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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:
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UNIMARC to MARC21 Authorities crosswalk issues
UNIMARC to MARC21 crosswalk should be updated
On behalf of the Product management team we would like to hear about the improvments that are required of the following 'Planned' feature (which it's need was raised by a specific library) - any comment is welcome.0 votesA number of enhancements were introduced to the UNIMARC/MARC21 crosswalk to handle missing/new/incorrect fields mapping
For more information please see Alma December Release Notes:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2021/Alma_2021_Release_Notes -
Add "Updated By" and "Last Updated" columns to the list of letters in the Letters Configuration screen
On behalf of the Product management team we would like to better understand the need and use cases of the following 'Planned' feature (which need was raised by a specific library) - any comment is welcome.
Ex Libris plans to add "Updated By" and "Last Updated" columns to the list of letters in the Letters Configuration screen, which will indicate if any part of the configuration was changed (labels, template)
0 votesThe columns “Updated By” and “Last Updated” were added to the Letters Configuration page. This helps you troubleshoot issues with letter customization and know which staff user last updated the configuration.
For more information please see Alma December Release Notes
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For institutions working in accrual accounting, enable the option to create an invoice from PO for one-time orders
Currently institutions which work in accrual mode have no ability to create an invoice from PO. In order to allow institutions who work with accrual accounting a stream line workflow for creating their one-time orders, there is a need to allow creating invoices from PO for one time orders.
When a user will select to creatr an invoice from PO, Alma will present the user only PO's which contain one-time PO lines.
0 votesAs Of Alma September release institutions have the option to create an invoice from a purchase order for one-time orders only.
for more information please see:
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Add policy to prevent Booking requests over closed days
On behalf of the Product management team we would like to understand the need and use cases of the following 'Planned' feature - any comment is welcome.
Currently, Alma users and Primo patrons can create booking requests in Alma which span over several days, if user tries to book items on closed library days, and the time frame is under the max length policy - Alma will adjust the book start and end time, without checking if the resulting time-span is more than the max length.
This means that patrons can create booking requests that span an entire period a…0 votesNew assertions are now available for the Closed Library Booking Management policy to allow institutions to prevent seats being booked for time periods when the library is closed.
For more information please see Alma November Release Notes:
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Change physical items - New holding will keep call number type configured in the physical location
On behalf of the Product management team we would like to understand the need and use cases of the following feature (which it's needed was raised by several customers) your feedback is most welcome.
Conceptual solution:
The field 852 indicators 1 will be taken from the physical location configuration when
moving items.0 votesA new configuration option was added in Alma. When holdings records are created by changing an item's location, if the location has a call number type configured, the call number type of the new holdings is updated to match that configured for the new location
For more information see August Release Notes
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Remove Assigned To column from file exported from Manage Purchase Requests as not populated
When exporting the purchase requests to Excel from Manage Purchase Requests, the Assigned To column is not populated in the output file. Ex Libris have confirmed that this is by design and Assigned To information is not exported.
If this information is not included in the export, then the redundant 'Assigned To' column should be removed from the file, as this is misleading for staff.
0 votesWhen exporting to excel a list of purchase requests, the assignee column is now populated.
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