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delete users with expired purge date daily with scheduled job
Now deleting users with an expired pruge date has to be done manually and cannot be scheduled with a job. We would like to have a job that can delete these records more easy than now.
ExLibris came with this answer: Alma product management is aware of this issue and most likely scheduling will be possible in future Alma versions. However, there is no specific timeline for this solution, yet. Once the fix is released, information will be included in the relevant release notes and documentation.
It would be an efficiënt addidition in the ALMA jobs.
167 votesYes, it will be possible to schedule the purge users job.
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It would be helpful if there were an option to "print MARC record" within the MD editor and from the Repository Search.
We sometimes have need of a hard copy of the MARC record for tracking certain workflows. One such example is for making notes about title changes and tracking them across several records. It would be nice if there was a "print full record" option, both in the MD editor and in the repository hit list. Right now, we need to either do print screens or do a screen capture and print from that. Thank you!
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Raise the limit to total number of rejections ( currently 1000) for exporting records that are not imported (due to import profile setup)
There is currently no limit to the number or records that can be imported into Alma (as far as I am aware).. there is however a limit of 1000 when needing to export the rejected data.. Workflows would be much better managed if this limit was raised to the total number of rejected records
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Allow "ignore_lender_due_date" setting to be customized per resource sharing partner
Currently the "ignorelenderduedate" setting in the Alma Customer Parameters Mapping Table is a global setting; it applies to all resource sharing partners. This is problematic for consortia who have resource sharing partners for consortia members, as well as a resource sharing partner for ILLiad.
Setting "ignorelenderduedate" to "true" works for our consortia resource sharing standard checkout, but ILLiad due dates must be entered manually.
Setting "ignorelenderduedate" to "false" works for the ILLiad lender due date, but then consortia due dates must be entered manually.
If "ignorelenderduedate" could be…153 votesThe “ignore_lender_due_date” parameter will be handled as a default value. A configuration option on the partner record will enable to override its value.
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Add a facultative note to patron when rejecting purchase request
Our proposal is to add a free field text in the popup when rejecting a purchase request. This field would include a note to the user, detailing the reject reason.
This could be used by the library in several ways :
- give the link to the record in Primo for documents already available ;
- give the link to an Open Access version of the document ;
- give details about the book (out of print...).It would make communication more personal
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Converting Physical item request to Digitization or Borrowing request
It would be great if we could convert a Physical item request to e.g. a Scan request or a Borrowing request.
For instance: our patron places a request in another Library from our institution ( = In transit Physical item request), but it turns out the book is damaged (-> convert to Patron digitization request) or lost and cannot be supplied. (-> convert it to a Borrowing request)126 votesThe option to change hold to digitization request (and vice versa) will also be added
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Enable configuring VAT on the purchase order line level
Institutions should be able to enable configuring VAT on the purchase order line level so that it can be taken into account for encumbrance calculation. Having the VAT only configured at the invoice stage creates incorrect Fund Balance reports where Encumbered Balance is always underestimated and Available Balance always overestimated. A distinction between Inclusive and Exclusive VAT in the POL would be necessary.
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Alma Metadata Editor needs a "delete portfolio" option.
When am in the MD Editor, looking at a record for an e-resource, I can "View Inventory" to display the portfolios. From that half of the screen, I can view or edit the portfolios. Within that view or edit, I can click on the "Linking" tab and "Test access". If I find that the link has expired and the portfolio needs to be deleted, I want to be able to delete it at this point. But I have to return to the bib. record, release it, exit the editor, click back as many times as it takes to return to…
117 votesThank you for the idea, a delete action will be added for each portfolio presented in the MDEditor-> View Inventory
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Resource sharing search
Our Resource sharing staff at Sheffield Hallam University would like there to be an All category in the Find box, as there is under Find and Manage users. This would enable them to work more efficiently and would allow them to interrogate more than one index at once.
See attached image for a comparison between the two find boxes.
106 votesDefinitely makes sense ! We will look into adding an ‘All’ search option.
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Configurable Fines/Fees Behaviour
Configurable Fines/Fees Behaviour
We are a library that has two libraries in two different cities but we are one organization and we share the same economy. The Fines/Fees Behaviour is hardcoded to be owned by library which doesn't mirror our situation. We would like the Fines/Fees Behaviour table to be configurable.
101 votesAn approach we would like to take is to improve the Fines/Fees Notifications Profiles so that if no library is selected then a single notice will be generated with the fees of all of the libraries.
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Add ‘Bokbasen’ as a new provider in the Upload Electronic Holding functionality in Alma
The collection Bokbasen Allvit (which contains Norwegian academic e-books) is now added to CZ. There is a need for a solution for the administration of this collection. The library administrator can at any time purchase a new time-limited e-book license or change the budget for pay-per-loan titles. This, in combination with time-limited licenses expiring at different times and days (365 days after the purchasing date) will cause the catalogue of available titles to change continuously. The catalogue will also be different per institution. In order to provide the end-user with accurate information about the availability for each institution, there is…
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Improved facets in Alma - Include/Exclude plus the ability to select multiple facets
After searching in Alma, it would be great if we have the ability to further refine searching with facets that allow for the selection of multiple selections, as well as offering the ability to exclude or includes. For example, when searching a POL now, my facets for Status include In Review, Waiting for Renewal, Waiting for Manual Renewal, etc. I would like to either exclude two facets, or include 5 facets, but now I have to select one facet, review, then clear that facet and select the next one.
93 votesMulti-select facets are supported in Alma’s new UX searches, including Holdings, Borrowing requests, Lending requests and PO Lines, and will become supported in other searches as they are gradually moved to our new UX. Excluding facets will also be gradually added to new UX searches.
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Sorting Authority Task List
It would be highly helpful to have a sorting filter in the Authority Task List that would allow us to sort the list by Fields (e.g. 100's,600's, 700's, 830's,): Personal Names, Corporations/Conferences, Subject, Title, Uniform Titles, and Series. This way work loads can be created and assigned for these specific areas. As things are now, all items are mixed together and it takes far too much time to find/create a single list.
80 votesWe will consider addressing the requirement as part of the Authority Control Task List enhanced UX in the Alma roadmap: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Materials/010Roadmap/Alma_Roadmap_Highlights_-_January_2021/Metadata_Management#Authority_Control_Task_List_-_enhanced_UX
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Synchronizing XSL templates with external systems
When customizing XSL letter templates, it would be helpful to be able to import/export these to/from Alma. This could be done for example by webDAV. This should make it possible to use an external version control system, like git. The templates are many and complex, and version control would be useful for managing revisions. This would also enable syncing to templates between production and sandbox environments.
80 votesIn order to support this, RESTful APIs to manage the XSL templates would be added to our set of APIs for configuration related entities
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Normalization rules - adding dates
It would be great if the normalization rules could be enhanced to use variables such as date, or add datestamps.
We would like the ability to insert dates into MARC notes fields via normalization rules.
Ideally inserting variables something like %DAY%/%MONTH%/%YEAR% in a rule would add today's date in the format DD/MM/YYYY once a rule is run.
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Enable journal coverage date ranges to be shown whilst still allowing direct linking.
Our students want Direct Linking enabled, because they expect to go straight to the full text of an item when they click on the search result. Our academics want to be able to see the range of dates for which we have access the journal title they've searched for, like they could when we were using SFX as our Journal search.
We have Direct linking enabled which means that journals we get from a single supplier go straight through to the journal without showing the coverage date range, causing numerous complaints from academics. We tried the solution suggested by the…
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Enter 12 hour time with AM/PM
We have already changed our display to 12 hours in the General configuration (General/Other Settings/systemtimeformat is changed to hh:mm:ss a and it operates correctly.) However, there are still many cases when Alma requires us to input a 24 hour time.
For example, when we check out an item and need to change the due time, there is no way to input 12 hours with AM/PM. (Screenshot example: http://screencast.com/t/9B9XC2qbl) We must enter 24 hour time. This has caused an ongoing problem of inputting an incorrect due time (such as "17:00" when we mean to input 7PM), causing stressful…
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Additional Locations for Shelf Report
The ability to select multiple locations for the Shelf Report tool would be very valuable. For example, if we scan multiple floors but each floor is a separate location, we end up with a large number of items skew the report and require us running the same report again and trying to weed out the overlaps. This would also simplify the report if collections were intermixed within a physical location such as Floor 1 and Floor 1 - non-circulating or Floor 2 and Floor 2 - Oversized.
26 votesThank you for raising this idea. When running a shelf report, it will be possible to upload multiple files representing multiple locations in a certain library.
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New fields on Alma screens missing from Primo RS form
In the December 2017 enhancement, the fields Chapter Author, Chapter Title, and Editor were added to the Alma Resource Sharing screen and Chapter was renamed Chapter Number.
However, these fields were not added to the Primo Resource Sharing form, which means all the details must be entered in one field such as. Chapter details: title, author, number.
As most Resource Sharing requests arrive via the Primo form, it would be helpful if EXL fixed this too.18 votes -
option to delete bib when relinking physical inventory
When relinking electronic inventory, a pop up occurs asking what to do with the bib (nothing, delete if no other holdings, or suppress).
It would be a time saver to have the same pop up when relinking physical inventory
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