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Choosing the Electronic Collection an incoming record overlays as part of the multi-match handling functionality
In the Repository Import Profile, in the "Match Profile Tab", in the "Automatic Multi-Match Handling" section: it would be good to be able to specify which Electronic Collection you want the imported records to overlay when there are duplicate records from multiple collections that match the incoming record. In some cases this would save a significant amount of time
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license
Allow users to upload multiple vendor licenses and amendments at a time to ALMA
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If possible, it would be very useful to be able to use the ‘Release assignment’ function for a batch of requests in the same way in which we
If possible, it would be very useful to be able to use the ‘Release assignment’ function for a batch of requests in the same way in which we can ‘Reject Selected’.
For our workflow, it’s infinitely more likely that we would need to release more than one request at a time instead of rejecting more than one at a time.
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Allow more information to be included in the Webhook Failure letter
As things stand, the Webhook Failure letter cannot be customised to include a reason for the failure, forcing recipients to trawl through the opaque and confusing logs to work it out. Allowing administrators to add more information to this letter (such as information from the webhook response body) would simplify the process of dealing with webhook issues.
11 votesHello All,
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Relocate "Change temporary location information" in the "Change physical items" job
We run "Change physical items" job every day. At present, the"Change temporary location information" section is in the middle of the task parameters page. We would like to move it to the end of the page because we usually do not change item's temporary location but have to scroll down to reach other parameters in need to change.
9 votesHello All,
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Push bib record to MDE and make it as selected or opened by default or configurable
At present, bib record record pushed into MDE are not selected or opened in MDE. We want to make the record that is most recently pushed into MDE as the selected or opened record in MDE for streamline the workflow and improve productivity. If this requirement is not common, please think about making it configurable via a Customer Parameter.
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Preserve the requests when edit an item and save
When modifying an item and saving, the related requests on the item might be cancelled. We hope for preserving the requests if the item was changed. Or the system can provide a selection button, and the librarian can decide whether to cancel the request or not.
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Offer letter/notice digest option for users
Currently, every book checked out and returned (if loan receipt and return receipt letters are enabled in Alma) will trigger an email notice to a patron. The option to set a daily digest of fulfillment activity would cut down on the number of letters received by patrons, which would help ensure that they're not overwhelmed with information and potentially miss a detail in the flood of emails.
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Holds on behalf of patron
We would like staff operators (perhaps with certain roles) to be able to place holds on behalf of patrons regardless of TOU settings.
Additional information: we don’t allow our undergraduate user group to place holds on items that are currently available in our local collection, just on items that are checked out. In the testing I’ve been doing, configuring that TOU option also prevents staff from placing a hold on an available item on their behalf.
To remedy this we’ve allowed undergraduate students to place holds in the TOU but hid the hold request service on the Discovery Display Logic.…
4 votesHello All,
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Batch Job to add User Notes with option to choose "Note Type" and select "User viewable" and "Pop up note"
Currently, there is no option to choose "Note Type" and select "User viewable" and "Pop up note" boxes while adding User Notes in batch.
10 votesHello All,
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Request to add Cancellation Reason and Cancellation Note of POL to the Interested In Letter
When cancel POLs that have interested in users, Interested In Letter about this cancellation will be sent to the interested in user. However, despite Cancellation Reason and Cancellation Note could be input during the cancellation, they are not included in the XML file of the Interested In Letter and thus cannot be added into the letter content via letter template customization. We request adding the Cancellation Reason and Cancellation Note into the Interested In Letter XML file so that these information could be revealed to the interested in user who receives the notification.
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Add fields to specifiy the work order type or workorder status to the print slip for 'manage in process items'
The print slip for items in the Fulfillment > Manage in process items uses the ReceivingSlipLetter.
This is the workflow suggested by trainers for things like repairs or other technical work order flows.
The letter does not have the XML fields that would reflect work order type or work order status.
Development says this is an enhancement request, as they designed this letter for acquisitions work orders (case 00725539)4 votesHello All,
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Webhook events for withdrawn items should include MMS-ID
I would like to suggest that webhook events for withdrawn items should include the MMS-ID the item was associated with. Why does this matter? We've created a custom solution for locations in Primo VE, and to save on the number of API requests to Alma and speed up the loading, we're caching the results. We're using webhooks to update the cache as needed, based on MMS-ID. However, as withdrawn items does not include information on MMS-ID, we cannot automatically update the cache when items are withdrawn.
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API UPDATE Single Tag in the record (PATCH)
Currently if I want to update a Bibliographic record I have to use a "PUT" command, but using this replace all tag in the record. So you have to pay attention if you don't put a tag this will be lost.
So we would like to have the possibility to update only one tag in the bibliographic record for example using another command, in Rest API usually is used a PATCH command that allow to change a single element of the resource. So I ask to implement a real UPDATE command (PATCH for example) so we could change single or…6 votesHello All,
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Borrowing receival - adjusting hold shelf letter
Automatic update of letters sent after receipt of an ILL (Borrowing Requests > Receive), the FulPlaceOnHoldShelfLetter for all kinds of requests, when using (one of) the following two fields:
- Entered request cost
- Reading room onlyIf these fields are filled in/checked, it would be ideal if the letter contains an extra sentence about costs and/or consultation options (no loan, reading room only). Now we have to send a separate mail about this.
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Adding an interested user for paid invoice (or pol)
For the orders to be reimbursed by other department, we cannot initiate the reimbursement request until the order is paid. Often, the invoice team would have to notify the management's assistant. The mechanism of "interested user" is already in place. I wonder interested user "after invoice is paid" can be set up.
7 votesHello All,
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Stop bib page from jumping
When editing different fields within a bib record, the page inexplicably jumps and scrolls, causing catalogers to lose their place or mistype. This seems to be especially true at the bottom of longer records, when it will auto-scroll towards the top when the cataloger is still trying to edit fields near the end of the record. Please allow for the page to be stationary unless catalogers physically scroll the page.
5 votesHello All,
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Non Auto-active collections deleted in CZ - keep active in IZ
If there is an active collection in the IZ which is linked to the CZ but marked as non auto-active, if that collection is deleted from the CZ it should stay active and local in the IZ.
The current scenario is that the IZ collection becomes inactive.
The scenario should keep the collection local and active in the IZ.7 votesHello All,
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Custom Notifications
To send an automatic email notification to users when a certain value appears in their user details.
Like when a student has met graduation criteria, Alma will see this criteria in their user details and send an email to the student automatically to ask them to pay their outstanding fines.
In general, it would be good if Alma trigger automatic procedures based on the existence of certain values or triggers in the user details.
For example, when an exchange student has met course completion criteria, the university student system can update the student SIS data with a note to indicate…
3 votesHello All,
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Improve "MMS – build record relations" job to allow matching on CZ ISBN-10s
I may be incorrect on this, but I believe that the "MMS – build record relations" often fails to "relate" lower-quality community zone records to local records where we'd expect it to. I wonder if this might be due to the CZ records concerned having only ISBN-10s (formatted with dashes), whilst the local records have ISBN-13s.
Whilst it would obviously be ideal to improve the CZ metadata, I know this is part of a larger, incremental project. In the meantime, if I am right about the matching issue, would it be possible to tweak the job parameters to allow matching…
4 votesHello All,
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