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Corollary suggestion to "Copy POL data to new POL with different order line type"
I would like to see Rollover of POLs receive a new rollover rules-build.
It would be extremely helpful if POL rollover could be done ledger-by-ledger if desired.
In addition, I (and maybe others? vote for this!) would like an option for firm orders to roll ONLY if they're still 'open', i.e. not 'closed', and not 'invoiced' (is rollover of firm orders ordered, received, AND PAID in one fiscal year into the next EVER useful? I doubt it myself...). Voyager did something like this with firm order rollover. I can't remember whether its rules just made sense, or if I adjusted…
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Sort Option for Data Start Date or Data End Date in SUSHI Area/Vendor Details
It would be helpful to add a sort option for the 'Data Start Date and Data End Date" when analysing SUSHI reports that have been uploaded to the vendor details area/profile. When doing a custom harvest or uploading data it would make it so easy to see what date ranges have been uploaded and/or harvested. There is already sort functionality for the file name, uploaded date, SUSHI account and others, please see screen shot. I honestly think this is too important not to have been considered.
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Merge records between IZ and NZ in batch
You cannot merge bibliographic records in batch from separate zones. We would like to encourage institutions to improve NZ bibliographic records by having users be able to do this within their own IZ instead of having to set up with the central office a separate external process for records to be updated in batch in the NZ.
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rename "Draft" status during ledger rollover
When you run the "Rollover Ledgers" job, you can choose either "Draft" or "Active":
• If you choose "Draft," Alma creates a ledger with status "Inactive"
• If you choose "Active," Alma creates a ledger with status "Active""Draft" should be renamed "Inactive" in the ledger rollover menu because it creates an inactive ledger, not a draft ledger.
This is a problem because many staff mistakenly think choosing "Draft" will roll over the ledger in report mode. This is a reasonable assumption since report mode is available for PO line rollover.
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Make physical item templates available in receiving workflow
The new physical item templates look super useful. However, the vast majority of our new items are added as part of our receiving workflow, so they do us little good currently. Can the physical item templates be made available as part of the receiving workflow?
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Deleting Bib in NZ if record not Held by other IZs - Delete bib records job
When running the "Delete bibliographic records" job on a set of bib records in the IZ, check if the records being deleted are not held by any other members and if not - delete the bib on the NZ as well.
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Bib Suppressed in NZ - Not showed suppressed in lZ
When a bib record is suppressed from Discovery at NZ level, it would be nice to have the Suppressed Icon when searching for the same bib record at the IZ level in the Network tab.
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Improve "Select all" search results selection
When running a search within Alma, we have the option to "Select All", at which point we can accomplish various tasks like "Push selected to MDE" (for a Physical Titles search), "Add to Itemized Set" and "Create Itemized Set" (for a Physical Items search), etc.
However, when clicking "Select All", this only selects the results on that page of results, which is capped at 50. If you create a search with many pages of results, you would have to take action on each page individually. Clicking "Select All" should actually select all results, not just the results on that page--or…
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mergent market atlas
Mergent has a new product that is replacing Mergent Online, which will be sunsetting in 2025. The replacement product is Market Atlas.
https://marketatlas.mergent.com. Are there plans to add this new collection?3 votes -
Implement Upload Electronic Holdings (Autoholdings) integration for Emerald
Implement Upload Electronic Holdings (Autoholdings) integration for Emerald, as is already available for ProQuest, Elsevier, Ovid, Springer, Project MUSE, JSTOR.
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Add "equal" option to the title search "Authority id" index
When searching for titles by authority ID, currently the search supports searching with: Contains keywords, contains phrase, is empty, not contains keywords, not contains phrase, is not empty.
Add the option to also search by "equals".3 votes -
"Show linked bibliographic records" action in Authorities search.
Add a new action in the Authorities search, that will allow navigating to the bibliographic records in the institution's catalog that have bib headings linked to that authority record.
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Delete Bibliographic Records Job should be able to be restricted to the different Related Record Types
The "Delete Bibliographic Records" job can be executed with "Do not delete if related to other records", but the parameter takes into account any Related Record Type to other bib records. We think it would be a great improvement if "Do not delete if related to other records" could be used to optionally select the exact Related Record Types that should be used for running the job. This selection would be very similar to the functionality for consortia "Restrict Deletion of Network Zone Bibliographic Records with Related Records " with Configuration > Resources > Collection Retention > Bibliographic Record Deletion…
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Provide DOI agency integrations for Alma Digital
There is now a handle integration for Alma Digital as well as Esploro - great.
There are Crossref and DataCite DOI integrations for Esploro (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Esploro/Product_Documentation/Esploro_Online_Help_(English)/Esploro_Integration/Configuring_External_Systems_in_Esploro), but not for Alma D.
Please consider adapting these for Alma Digital resources. This would support institutions who might be hosting student theses and other scholarly comms in Alma D, and complement the handle integration.
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Add barcodes to an items available facets in customize view.
When viewing items in Alma, it would be nice to add an items barcode as an available facet to see. All other impertinent item information is available (call number, title, author, etc.)besides item barcodes.
3 votes -
Metadata Editor option to Expand from Template available for Dublin Core records
In MDE, the option "Expand from Template" should be available for DC records.
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Digital Inventory Import Matching (Dublin Core)
If the Match Method for a digital inventory import profile is dc:identifier, then matching should only happen on the dc:identifier. dc:identifier should not match with other fields like dcterms:identifier (dcterms:URI)
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Retain loosing accounts identifier in all IZ and NZ after a merge
After merging two accounts the primary identifier of the loser account can only be found in those IZs via the search in which it was also merged manually. In such cases, the message that the two accounts have been merged is added to the Notes of the winner account; including the primary identifier of the loser account.
We think this information should appear in the NZ as well as in all other IZs so that it can be tracked which accounts have been merged. This is important, for example, in cases where fines and fees in Alma have been closed,…13 votes -
Implement OAI-PMH attribute completeListSize to element resumptionToken
As a data recipient of the Alma-OAI-PMH interface, I would like to see the extent of the response for a ListRecords query (also for ListIdentifiers), i.e. how many records are to be expected.
This information can be provided in accordance with the OAI-PMH standard (https://www.openarchives.org/OAI/openarchivesprotocol.html) in the completeListSize attribute of the resumptionToken element.3 votes -
Add RFID Support for Ship Items
Where there is an RFID integration Profile, an RFID icon shows up at the Scan In Interface and Patron Services WB, allowing to scan in items using RFID.
The same icon should allow also shipping resource sharing items using their RFID information in the Ship Items interface
3 votes
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