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Support SWEDISH and NORWEGIAN special diacritics in Browse
Support SWEDISH and NORWEGIAN special diacritics in Browse
On behalf of the Product management team we would like to understand the need and use cases of the following 'Planned' feature (which it's need was raised by a specific library) - any comment is welcome.0 votesAs of July release the handling of Scandinavian characters was enhanced.
for more information please see Alma July release notes:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2021/Alma_2021_Release_Notes -
Ability to run Analytics reports on Alma Configuration settings
It would be exceptionally helpful to be able to run Analytics reports on all areas of Alma Configuration.
It should be possible both for each individual library to run the reports on their own behalf, AND for libraries belong to a consortium, possible for consortial staff to run the reports across all institution zones simultaneously for comparison between member IZs.
Use cases:
1) Reviewing a spreadsheet containing all of the settings in a configuration area makes settings review easier, and reduces errors. Needing to click between screens and take screenshot to compare settings is cumbersome, and leads to mistakes or…181 votesDear Colleagues,
we are very happy to provide you with the ability to review fulfillment unit roles and terms of use policies with the analytics "Configurations (Limited)" subject area.
For more information see our online help.
Additional requests for configuration analytics will require separate ideas in the idea exchange.
All the best,
Shoshana
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Enable the ability for DARA recommendations to be assigned to individual staff members
It would be useful if DARA recommendations could be assigned to individual staff members in the same way Electronic Resource Activation's can be. This would enable one staff member to distribute DARA tasks to all relevant staff members in a most direct way
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Make Proxy For Tab Information Available in Analytics to Search For
Please make the information from the "Proxy For" tab in Alma a searchable field in the Alma Analytics. We have had to come up with alternative ways to track the information, which is time consuming and not always reliable as some staff may not be reporting that they are creating a proxy user link.
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Cursor to be automatically positioned in the field
We found the problem about “Quick printing”.
When printing slips during “Scan in Items” using “Quick Print”, we have to position the cursor in the “Scan Item Barcode” field every item.
We think it is a bothersome step, and would like to skip.We suggest that the cursor to be automatically positioned in the “Scan Item Barcode” field.
1 voteDear community,
When printing slips using quick print the positioning of the cursor is done automatically once the print dialog box closes.Thanks,
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Choose more than one facet in Lending requests and Borrowing requests
Currently In Alma there is no option to choose more then one facet in the same category in the pages Lending requests and Borrowing requests.
for example I can't choose to watch Created lending request and Renew requested at the same time.
It will be very helpful if it works.19 votesThe new UI for Resource-Sharing Borrowing Requests and Lending Requests Task Lists has been released in August 2022, see the 'Borrowing Requests and Lending Requests' section in the release notes. Among many other features, this new UI allows for multiple criteria to be selected in each facet category, providing more flexibility in the creation of a filtered request list.
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Order lines - Simple / Advanced search: missing "PO line owner"
Our colleagues are desperately missing the field "PO line owner" when searching for PO lines.
In Simple search the field "PO line owner" is provided at least as an filter option in the results list.
But the results list of the Advanced search does not provide filter options. :-(74 votesAn additional search field “Owning Library” was added to Alma advanced search when searching by PO Line.
For more information please see Alma December Release notes -
"All" tab for searching in Task List (Borrowing and Lending
We can see the "All" tab in the Reading Lists Task List for Leganto. Would like similar for Borrowing and Lending for Alma RS instead of having to go through Assigned to me, Unassigned and Assigned to Others. More efficient to search in one place when multiple people manage RS.
47 votesThe new UI for Resource-Sharing Borrowing Requests and Lending Requests Task Lists has been released in August 2022, see the 'Borrowing Requests and Lending Requests' section in the release notes. Among other features of the new UI, activity status information is a facet , enabling searching for requests by specifying multiple activity statuses.
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Include Attachments Tab Data in XML Output of Invoice Export
Currently, when you send invoices to your S/FTP server, only data from the Summary tab and Invoice Lines tab are included in the XML output.
We would like the data from the Attachments tab to be included in the XML output as well for our upcoming integration with Workday. Workday requires a URL for the attached invoice and the Attachments tab is the place to store this.
These data also do not appear to be available via the API. Adding these data to both places would be ideal.
47 votesThe invoice and license APIs include expand parameters for attachments. A GET API will return the number of attachments for invoices and licenses.
For more information please see Alma December Release Notes:
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Disable autofill for fields in user details screen
It is apparently possible to mark fields to not allow autofill: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40200130/how-to-disable-chrome-to-autofill-username-email-password/40200269#40200269
This is what should be done for the fields on the user management screen that cause issues. Specifically the Primary identifier and Pin fields:
https://www.screencast.com/t/SJ91zBqdIfkThese fields would seldom if ever, need to be filled with the Alma employee users saved info.
The current suggestion of just turning off autofill for the browser is not adequate:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Knowledge_Articles/PIN_number_letter_sent_to_patron_although_PIN_number_was_not_changed83 votesThis was identified as a defect that was resolved as part of Alma July release
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Limit the IP range that can call the Alma APIs
I would like to suggest an enhancement in ALMA regarding APIs: in addition to the API keys mechanism we would like to limit the IP range that can call the Alma's APIs.
This feature can be useful for System Administrators and the main benefit is to increase security and user data protection.
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Allow work order names to be translated
The name field of work orders displays in PVE (for example "In Process of Repair until..." for a work order named 'Repair'). However it's currently not possible to provide a translation for these labels, which is problematic in multilingual contexts.
12 votesAlma enhanced its capabilities to define language variants for the names of Work-Order-Types. The enhancements include:
- An added language (globe) icon for the Work-Order-Type field.
- Based on the current language of the staff or patron, the relevant value is displayed.
For more information please see Alma May Release Notes
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Alma task lists: "Assign to me" and bulk actions
In Alma task lists ...
- Electronic resources - activation - unassigned (Electronic Resource Activation Task List)
- Order Lines - review - unassigned (Purchase Order Lines in Review)
- Invoices - review - unassigned (In Review Invoices)
... there is only a row action ("..." button) to start the "Assign to" dialog which opens a pop-up window where you can select a user. Our colleagues are not satisfied with this cumbersome assignment functionality.
The missing functionalities are:
(1) a one-click "Assign to me" button
(2) a bulk functionality for "Assign to" and "Assign to me" (it is already possible to mark several…189 votes -
Attach copy in Borrowing Request
We would like to be able to attach a PDF article that has been supplied by another library, into a borrowing request in Alma RS to send to our client rather than using our email, similar to the way you can with Lending Requests.
Currently we have to email all PDFs outside of Alma RS.
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Provide MARC record quality measures to CZ collections
CZ collections vary in regard to the quality of their metadata. Some CZ collections contain rich MARC records, while others contain very poor records. When facing the question whether to import vendor's MARC records or to rely on CZ records, librarians usually lack basic information about the quality of existing MARC records in a given CZ collection.
I would like to suggest that each CZ collection will include basic statistical information about the MARC records quality. Such information could be generated in different ways.
One possibility is to provide an analysis based on predefined quality profiles of MARC records. Here,…
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Add a "Platform" field to SUSHI Release 5 Account Details
A field for Platform needs to be added to the SUSHI Release 5 account details page. Some vendors, specifically Elsevier, require that platform information is included to harvest data via SUSHI.
LibInsight provides a "platform" field in the SUSHI release 5 account set up. With COUNTER 4, the platform was provided before the customer ID (SD/C000000123). For release 5, a separate field is required.
20 votesAs of July release the SUSHI Account Details page now includes a Platform field. This field should be populated for vendors that require a platform code for successful harvesting of usage data. Note that the platform code is case sensitive. Only one platform code can be used per SUSHI account.
For more information please see Alma July release notes:
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Allow labeling of parameters like local param 01, 02 for bib and holdings
Alma allows adding bib or holding field additions into Alma Analytics
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Knowledge_Articles/Add_bibliographic_fields_to_Alma_AnalyticsFor instance you can request that "local param field 01" pulls the 690 field. However, you cannot change the "local param field 01" label in analytics from "local param 01" to 690. This is not user friendly because the availability of the 690 field in your analytics report isn't apparent to users.
I'd like to request the ability to locally label these local param fields so they match up with what the fields actually do in an analytics report.
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List of items- add column for item policy
This idea has already been submitted. It received 201 votes and is listed as completed back in Feb 2019. However, the item policy column still doesn't seem to be visible in the 'List of items'.
It would save a lot of time to have an instant overview of the ratio of item policies for a title, without having to go into every record individually and write them down.1 vote -
Allow overlap analysis tool to include print as well as e
We would find it useful if the overlap analysis tool could also compare against print holdings, as well as electronic. Currently it only allows you to compare overlap within electronic titles, however the functionality of the tool is useful in that you can upload a file containing a list of identifiers, set up the overlap and leave it to run.
The only way to conduct print and e overlap analysis in Alma at the moment is to use the Title level overlap analysis dashboard in Analytics, which includes various overlap reports and includes both print and electronic. However, we have…
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Option to disable confirmation messages (not of deletion actions)
That will be great if there will be an option to disable the confirmation messages when performing actions that are not of deletion (see attached image).
25 votesThe confirmation message “The description may need to be updated as well (using the generate button)” was improved to only show when relevant fields were changed and the description was not generated or updated manually. Customers who never require a reminder for updating the description are able to disable it completely.
For more information please see Alma May Release Notes
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