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Ability to Relink Holdings of In Process Items
I would like the ability to relink holdings for items that are in process. When preparing a new item in Alma, sometimes I need to relink a holding to a different bib record. Currently, Alma does not allow this unless the item is in place and gives the error message “The item is not in place and there are requests registered for this item. Please handle the requests before {0} this item.” I would like to attach the holdings to the correct bib record before putting the item in place. It would be helpful if Alma allowed relinking to occur…
40 votesAs of Alma December release you can re-link holdings to a different bib, even if there are some item requests on this bib.
For More information please see Alma December Release Notes -
Create a Physical Titles or Physical Items set from a list of MMS IDs
It is possible to create an All Titles set from a list of MMS IDs, but not a Physical Titles or Physical Items set. To run certain jobs – like Change Holdings Information – a Physical Titles set is required. In order to run this job on a list of MMS IDs, you must first create an All Titles set, then extract some other key like OCLC #, then create a Physical Titles set from that list, and only then can you run your job. Since all physical titles and items DO have MMS IDs, it should be possible to…
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Allow more then 5 Digital Resource Copyright Declarations
By now Digital Resource Copyright Declarations are limited to 5 declarations. This is not enough and not even covering all CC licenses. There should be an unlimited number of copyrights or at least 20.
39 votesImplemented in January.
Digital copyright statements were separated from the general copyright declarations and now has its own page: Copyright Statements – Digital.
The out-of-the-box set of boilerplate copyright statements now includes all Creative Commons licenses, Rightsstatements, and US Code. These statements are view-only and are available in the Boilerplate section of the page.
A new Custom section is available on the Copyright Statements – Digital page where you can add an unlimited number of custom made copyright statements. -
Lending Requests - Display of Article Title on main screen
We would like the the article title to appear on the main screen of Digital Lending requests. Currently the Journal title appears twice e.g. Advances in Health Sciences Education / Advances in Health Sciences Education.
We would like to see: Advances in Health Sciences Education / CASPer, an online pre-interview screen for personal/professional characteristics - instead of pressing Other details.38 votesWhen a lending request is linked to a bibliographic record, the task list now shows the article title (if exists) in addition to the journal title.
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Add "Electronic collection" subject area in analytics
I want to count the subscribed database collections for yearly statistics. However , it is found that only the collections with portfolios can be drawn in "E-Inventory" subject area. There is no way to draw the electronic collection statistics without portfolios so that I suggest to add a dedicated subject area.
38 votesAs of July release electronic collection usage is now included in usage statistics in the E-Inventory subject area.
For more information please see Alma July release notes:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2020/Alma_2020_Release_Notes -
Add electronic avaibility facet for portfolios
Hi,
In the repository search, there is a facet "Avaibility (Electronic Collection)" when looking for an Electronic Collection (please see attachment).
Would it be possible to extend this facet to electronic portfolio ? In institution zone but also in the community zone (currently this facet is not even prensent for the electronic collection in the community zone).It would save us a lot of time for electronic ressources management.
Thanks for your support.
Ariane
37 votesNew facets, additional sorting options, filters, and display options were added for portfolio-level search results.
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Upgrade internal XSLT processor
Copied from https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308179-rosetta/suggestions/31088020-upgrade-internal-xslt-processor
Currently ALMA seems to accept only XSLT 1.0 syntax for XSLT custom letter configuration files. This means we are deprived of the many goodies of XSLT 2.0 and 3.0:
- strong typing and XSD types
- XPATH 2.0 sequences
- XSL functions
- range variables
- regular expression matching and grouping
- URL encoding and decoding
- better value comparison
EXSLT 1.0 is not supported either, so whenever I try to do something more intelligent that some simple markup and string replacing, I hit the limits of XSLT 1.0. Trying to make decisions in your XSLT based on element values without regular expressions is…
37 votesAs of Nov 2022, it is possible in Alma to use functions in XSL version 3 or lower for letters configuration. See https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2022/Alma_2022_Release_Notes?mon=202211BASE
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Add Chronology J, for months or seasons, as a physical items sort routine option.
Add Chronology J, for months or seasons, as a physical items sort routine option. Serials without vol/nos now display months alphabetically.
36 votesCompleted as part of Alma December Release.
The following additional fields are available for sorting physical items: Chronology J (month), Chronology K (day), Material type, and Receiving date.
For more information please see Alma December Release Notes:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2018/001Alma_2018_Release_Notes?mon=201812 -
list more than 20 items on screen
I want to be able to have all items in a record on one screen, not 20 items split up on separate pages. For a number of reasons, one being:
When creating a set when I click "select all" it only actually selects the first 20 items. If I want to actually add all items in the record I have to go back and forth adding them 20 at a time.36 votes -
add the "public note" field to analytics
Hello,
adding the "public note" field to the "physical items" subject area ("physical items details" dimension) would be a great thing...36 votes -
Ability to reverse 'completed' requests in Resource Sharing
There are some occasions where we have completed a resource sharing request, and then later realise we aren't actually "finished" with the request.
Even if you change the status to something else (e.g. shipped physically), you are still unable to receive an item on the request number.Would it be possible to create an option to 'un-complete' a request? Which would then give the request all the available options as active requests?
36 votesThe July 2019 release has a feature for ‘Reactivate Resource Sharing Requests’.
For completed peer to peer resource sharing requests, a new row action, Reactivate Request, is available on the Resource Sharing Task List. This action may be used to reactivate a request that has been mistakenly marked as completed.
The option is available on both the borrowing and lending request task list.
For borrowing requests, a temporary item is recreated using the previous barcode with the process status set to ‘In resource sharing’.
For lending requests, the shipped item’s process status is set to In resource sharing and the item is relinked. The request status is Request Reactivated.
See https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2019/Alma_2019_Release_Notes?mon=201907BASE -
Remove 246 $a from title matching
When fuzzy and extended fuzzy tests for title matches, they include 246 $a. This allows too many mismatches. When testing for title matches, match should not evaluate on 246 $a at all. For example, the current routine considers these two titles a match (due to 246 $a), even though they are in different languages (both have Plato as an author), have different ISBN, publishers, etc.:
Title: Ion, oder, Über die Ilias
Published: Göttingen ; Bristol, CT, U.S.A. : Vandenhoeck et Ruprecht, [2017]Title: Ion.
Published: Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2018.36 votesThank you for the idea.
Extended Fuzzy Serial Match Method now supports the same functionality as the Extended Fuzzy Serial Match Method, except that when matching against the title, this profiles matches only by 245 a,b,k,n,p and not by 245 a,b,k,n,p, 245 a, 210 a, 246 a.
for more information please see:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/040Resource_Management/060Record_Import/020Managing_Import_Profiles -
Booking calendar - hourly
We would like to enable users to book rooms and equipment on the hour / half hour. Booking to the minute, as in the current booking calendar, is not suitable. Would it be possible for an alternative calendar to be made available or to have the facility to modify the existing one?
35 votesA new booking policy in the Terms of Use, Booking Resolution, allows you to define the allowed resolution of your booking request
Available only for Primo customers
For more information please see:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2019/Alma_2019_Release_Notes -
Allow reactivation of withdrawn items
It would be very useful to be able to easily reactivate/reinstate withdrawn items. For example, an item that has been made missing, not found, and deleted may turn up later. This is happening more frequently as we are carrying out large scale stock projects, and will increase when we begin regular stock taking.
Ideally when a deleted item is returned or scanned in a message box would alert the user:
"This item was withdrawn on dd/mm/yyyy.
Would you like to reactivate it?
Proceed/Cancel"
All the necessary data appears to be retained (and can be seen in Analytics), and I am…
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Add sushi job options beyond weekly
Currently the only SUSHI job configuration options under acquisition job configuration, is either to run every Saturday or not at all. I get FAILED messages from my weekly sushi job notification. I'm finding out there are some vendors that do not make their data available except for certain weeks of the month. For example, Oxford does not make their data available until around the 15th,unless it's a weekend then it's the following Monday.
So the job runs to no effect except about once a month.
Can an option be added so the customer can run the job monthly in addition…
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Add MMSID header when creating digital titlles sets
Currently, when we import digital material records as digital representations which is digitized from the physical books, first, we usually create all titles set using the “MMSID”header, to put the physical titles into a collection. But only digital titles can run the withdraw digital representations job. So it would be very useful to add MMSID header when creating digital titles set. And then we can use this set to apply the withdraw digital representations job. Or add “all titles”content type in withdraw digital representations job instead.
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Allow multiple item records to be withdrawn at the same time.
Presently item records must be withdrawn one by one. It would be helpful to be able to click on multiple boxes next to item records and withdraw them all at once. This would save a lot of time for withdrawing individual items after material is bound or when withdrawing those not retained permanently in the collection.
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RESTful API for the Alma Link Resolver
Hello,
I think it would be great to provide a RESTful API for the Alma Link Resolver which delivers all relevant holding data for titles with physical and electronic holdings in a JSON format.
33 votesThe existing BIB related API have been enhanced to include a ‘resolution_url’ which can be used to direct end users to the full text resource
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Include MMS ID in Excel output from Manage Sets Results pages
The MMS ID is essential information when dealing with spreadsheets of records, and yet it is missing from Excel output of lists of sets and search results. Please include the MMS ID in all output Excel spreadsheets of Repository records.
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Existing linked accounts need active lookup to update patron expiration date
In a consortium with shared circulation policies and privileges, linked accounts need an active lookup each time they are used so that expiration dates that may have changed since a user record was first brought into an institution other than their own, can be updated to ensure a user is still entitled to privileges at another institution.
We understand that the Alma Roadmap includes plans to bring blocks through on linked accounts using a network level block, but expiration dates are also important once a linked account is already created and is used again.
33 votes
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