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Dynamically create statistical category and type specified in the user xml notice imported from SIS
The user.xsd xml shema contains statistical category an type description.
<user_statistics>
<user_statistic segment_type="External">
<statistic_category desc="STAPS">
4200013
</statistic_category>
<category_type desc="Code SISE">
BSISE
</category_type>
</user_statistic>However, when imported from SIS, il the category and type in a user.xml file imported from SIS does not already exist in Alma configuration tables, it is not imported in the statitistical type specified.
In the example below, category 4200013 and its description STAPS, type BSISE and its description Code SISE required to have been already created in Alma configuration tables.
If its not the case, the category 420003 is imported with NO type
and no description.…
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Expand Validate Local Call Number Distinction task to include 050
The Validate Call Number Distinction task should include 050 call numbers and not just local 090 tagged call numbers.
Vendors are sending records with call numbers tagged 050 _4 (LC-type call number assigned by a library other than LC) which are essentially the same as a locally-assigned LC-type call number (090), only they're not included in the validation task. We are encountering lots of duplicate call numbers in our Alma database.
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Vendor Contacts (Contact People tab) should not be internal contacts in Alma
When you enter Vendor Contact Details in Alma (Contact People tab) the internal contact form is used and the vendor contacts are stored as internal contacts. This form is inappropriate for Vendor Information. It asks for non-applicable fields such as gender and birth date and there is nowhere to add important information such as the contact's name, title and company they are associated with, work phone number, cell number, fax number, etc
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Ability to set individual item records to not publish
Would like the ability to set individual item records to not be published.
Historically, we did not create item records for individual serial issues, but created a fake item record to get usage which migrated over to Alma. These item records display to the user in Primo.
Our options to fix this would be to give them all a process type, and set that process type to not publish but many of our staff find work orders confusing and we would not like to complicate it further. Alternatively, we could move each one to a suppressed holdings record, which would…
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Email CZ Contributor
When a library contributes a portfolio to a CZ e-collection and there is an issue with the portfolio, Ex Libris Support is unable to update the error because of the policy in place for local contributions. Would it be possible to have the contributor add their email address to the contribution so errors could be reported to the contributing library? A link similar to Report to Ex Libris could be added, Report to Contribution Library. It isn't easy to locate someone at a contributing library to notify them of the an error with the portfolio.
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Add all information to excel downloads with the option to filter if decided (e.g barcodes on Picklist)
Add all information to excel downloads with the option to filter if decided (e.g barcodes on Picklist).
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Run a job on a collection
When we want to run a job on all the titles/portfolios in a collection we should be able to run a job on those contents without having to put the contents into a set first
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More sophisticated functionality in the Duplicate Title Analysis function
The Duplicate Title Analysis functionality does not allow you to clear previous duplicates when you run a new job.
For example, you may run a job to find duplicate titles. You investigate those titles and decide that they are not problems for your library, so you wish to leave those titles in Alma, but you don't want them to come up on the next Duplicate Analysis title job.
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Resource Sharing Preferred Email Address
We have multiple libraries set up as Resource Sharing Libraries. However as we can only have one preferred email address the Borrowing Resource Sharing Requests are coming from the default email address for the library (usually the information email address), and not the dedicated email address for resource sharing at that library.
It would be really useful to have an email address type in a library record that is used to send Resource Sharing requests.3 votes -
Request option via List of Items screen
It is possible to place a Work Order on an item from the List of Items screen, but not a Request. Could this function be added?
3 votes -
Request for Improved linking to courses associated with a title from the ‘All Titles’ citation list
As Library staff I want to be able to link to an associated Course code without the multiple clicking that is currently required.
What is required:
We are requesting that the result of an All titles search immediately displays with a “Courses” hyperlink for each title that would result in the courses list displaying on the next page.
The Courses hyperlink would preferably display where the Orders and Requests hyperlinks currently display on the citation list page.Reasons:
This would have the benefits of
• Immediate identification of an associated course
• Providing a 1 link click (rather than multiple…3 votes -
Strip incompatible characters from patron feed before processing
Our IT department occasionally produces a patron load XML that contains small amounts of non-ascii characters. Currently a single character in a Brazilian mailing address, for example, stops the entire load. I think the behavior should be that any unrecognized character needs to be stripped out by Exlibris so the rest of the SYNCHRONIZE job can proceed, and the locations of the stripped out characters should end up in a warning.
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Add user information column to funds transactions tab
Adding user information in a separate column can show who performed the transaction (relevant for allocation and transfer of funds).
That way any transaction can be traced back to a specific user.3 votes -
Modify predictive pattern template season capitalization, SS chron fields.
We are wanting to modify the template that holds the formatting for the Season - SS chron fields- so that it follows the rules in RDA and AACR2.
21 - Spring
22 - Summer
23 - Autumn
24 - Winterto
21 - spring
22 - summer
23 - autumn
24 - winterThank you for reviewing this request.
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Allow Multiple Rollovers for Reserves Courses
We attempted to implement course rollover at our institution but ran into an issue that means it did not fit how our university operates. We don’t get all courses in our course feed on a single date for a given semester, and we need to start loading the next semester’s courses before all of them appear on in our feed. This creates a problem for rolling over courses because it would require us to rollover the same course more than once. This would mean either: A) there would be multiple reading lists on the course, several of which were not…
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Have the ability to sort by: Storage location ID when scanning a tray of Items.
When processing books we put new barcodes in an item record in the storage location id input box so we can locate them within our facility and preserve the original barcode. When we are done processing a tray of items we verify all the items are in the tray by placing the tray barcode followed by an asterisk (ex. 00000000*) in the search bar. Alma then pulls all the records that are linked to the tray.
The problem is that they are ordered by call number instead of the storage location id. This makes it dificult for us to verify…3 votes -
Make "Automatically Print Slip" do what it says
The term automatically print slip makes it seem like you have the ability to turn off printing of slips by setting this to "No". This is not the case. Slips still print. We should have the ability to turn off ALL automatic slip printing when scanning in items. This worked fine for us until the May 2018 and November 2018 releases of Alma changed the way this worked.
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Use data in the Physical Condition field to create a conditional message in the On Hold Shelf Letter
There is currently a notesaffectloan label in Letters that will conditionally create a message if a patron has a block on their account. Another factor that could affect the decision to loan an item is the physical condition of that item. A conditional message in the On Hold Shelf Letter that the item is Brittle or Damaged or Fragile and may not be available for loan would be ideal.
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Ability to save a note on a patron's record to finish writing later without posting an incomplete note..
Currently when adding a note to a patron's account, if you are interrupted and need to move to a different screen (eg you need to serve another patron) you either have to post the note as it is or lose it, there is no option to save without posting for you to complete it later.
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Please allow adding multiple sequences with numeric prefix.
Now only one sequence with numeric prefix is allowed; if I want to add multiple sequences with numeric prefix, I have to add a random alphabetic prefix and then remove it. Please allow adding multiple sequences with numeric prefix.
3 votes
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