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  2. Add API name as an Analytics field in Physical Items subject area

    I am looking to create an Alma Analytics report for quality control purposes for the numerous Ex Libris Developer Network's apps we use. Currently, the only way to monitor item record changes using the APIs in the Physical Items subject area is to select "Modified By" but the only option recorded is "exl-api". I cannot monitor which APIs are updating which records with this generic "exl-api" response. I would like to add either a different field to select API by name or update the "exl-api" response to "exl-api_[name of API]".

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  3. Increase report limits on Delete bibliographic records job

    The Delete Bibliographic Records job does not include a report on the records deleted and any errors if the set is larger than 10,000 records. This number is not sufficiently large enough for operations in a network zone, and the main workaround is to create smaller sets of records and running multiple delete jobs.

    Please increase the reporting limits on the delete bibliographic records job.

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  4. Run the job ‘Change Physical Items information’ with user role ‘Physical Inventory Operator’ at library level

    Background
    Currently, a user with ‘Physical Inventory Operator’ role at institutional level can perform physical inventory change by a batch job ‘Change Physical Items information’ in Alma. This applies to a set of any physical items owned by all libraries in an institution. A user with this role at library level has no way to run the job ‘Change Physical Items information’ in Alma as it is not on the job list.

    Request
    In an institution of a network of libraries, a branch library staff often updates information of a batch of physical items owned by branch library. The user…

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  5. Fulfillment Network Users get roles assigned by Role Assignment Rules

    Network Zone/Fulfillment network users get roles scoped to our institution zone by the role assignment rules, which makes it appear that they have access to user and financial and other data of our institution, even if they don't.

    I propose changing the behavior so that users who are not local, and from another institution are ignored by the role assignment rules.

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  6. Allow AFN loans and returns via Offline Circulation

    AFN (Automated Fulfillment Network) items can neither be loaned nor returned via Offline Circulation. The Offline client accepts the AFN barcodes, but when we attempt to load the file into Alma the resulting error message is "Item not found. Barcode: [barcode number]". Since non-AFN resource sharing loans are considered “local” records in Alma, they can circulate via Offline Circulation. Please add this functionality for AFN loans and returns as well.

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  7. Merge records between IZ and NZ in batch

    You cannot merge bibliographic records in batch from separate zones. We would like to encourage institutions to improve NZ bibliographic records by having users be able to do this within their own IZ instead of having to set up with the central office a separate external process for records to be updated in batch in the NZ.

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  8. Additional SMS possibilities using webhooks

    I would like to suggest additional SMS possibilities when using webhooks. Currently, there are only four SMS message possibilities triggered when using webhooks (Borrowing Activity Letter, Fulfillment Cancel Request Letter, Loan Status Notice, and On Hold Shelf Letter). Others that would be very helpful to include with webhooks are:

    Courtesy Letter, sent to patrons before their items are due

    Ful Overdue and Lost Loan Notification Letter, sent to patrons after their items have become overdue

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  9. Add a new privilege to the "Purchasing Operator" role which will prevent users with this role from being able to delete items

    This Idea was submitted by ExLibris to check the community support for the following enhancemnet:
    Currently, users with "Purchasing Operator" role can delete items, the existing logic behind this is, when a PO line is created (even before it is received), there is a need for the Purchasing Operator to be able to delete the item in case of an error on the order.

    This Idea suggest to add a new privilege to the Purchasing Operator role which will prevent this user from being able to delete items - the new privilege should be enabled by default to maintain existing…

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  10. Allow API update action of License in POLine record

    Currently, License field in POLine record cannot be updated via Acquisition API. There are no effective way to link up POLine record and License record without manual update one by one. The field were mentioned in the restpoline.xsd as

    "The license code. Relevant for electronic orders only, and is not supported for PUT. "

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  11. schedule job api support "Reload & Delete"

    Currently there are api interface to trigger running of schedule job. However there are situation where OAI repositories does not support tracking deleted items, therefore, the current solution is to update import profile harvest start date and run "Delete & Reload" manually from time to time. We would like to suggest to include support to update import profile parameter and running of "Delete & Reload" job.

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  12. Use the same terminology in the search box as the field label - Analytics objects list

    In the new Analytics objects list, one of the search field options is "location". It is searching the field labeled "Subject Areas".

    Please use consistent terminology.

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  13. Harvest and add Unique item requests to analytics IR_M1 usage reports

    The IR_M1 usage reports come with the metrics: Unique item requests and Total item requests. Currently, Alma only harvests Total item requests, and leave out Unique item requests. So, in Alma analytics, we cannot retrieve the unique item requests statistics, which is more important than Total item requests.

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  14. Add Vendor Type to Analytics

    We would like to pull a report that lists vendors by type in analytics. Ex. Access provider, material supplier. This is not currently in analytics. This is a filter in the vendor module in Alma, but we want to pull more complex reports in analytics, such as all vendors listed as a material supplier only that are missing a financial code.
    Thanks!

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  15. Add Electronic Collection Type (override) to Analytics

    We use the Electronic Collection Type field to keep track of whether we have all portfolios activated (Aggregator Package), only some activated (Selective Package) or none activated (Database). Using an Analytics report we can check these values against our Auto Active Settings and CDI settings to make sure all our settings are in alignment.
    However, there is no Electronic Collection Type (override) field in Analytics so the reports cannot be accurate. We use an override when we have selected a Type that is different from the Type in the CZ collection. It seems like an oversight that this field isn't…

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  16. Alma Digital Viewer - Enable/Disable "New Alma Viewer" for representations

    Right now, you can only set rules for when a certain viewer (i.e. Alma Viewer and Universal Viewer) is displayed/not displayed. Specifically in our case, we have unchecked the "Use New Viewer" feature make things cleaner in our interface. However, overtime, another department may begin to use Alma Digital and may want to turn that feature back on (which is better suited for their resources).
    For instance, if we begin to upload image files or digitized newspaper clippings, the New Viewer would work great -- but for other general content, it's not always the best option.

    It would be great…

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  17. agree to copyright terms

    Make the agree to copyright terms tick box mandatory when placing a manual resource sharing request.

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  18. Have Alma/Primo support the ability to account for coverage dates in physical inventory.

    Currently we have a display logic rule in place for articles - so if the item is available in our institution we do not provide a Resource Sharing option for the patron. So - if we do have the item - but not the complete item - (all the dates available) - we need to have the Resource Sharing option available for that patron. The display logic rule doesn't consider coverage dates for the display. Resource Sharing request is suppressed for any citation, including those that are outside of the date/volume range held by the library, we would like the…

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  19. OAI publishing profile

    At the moment Alma can have only one OAI publishing profile. However this doesn't always meet customers needs.
    We already have one OAI profile which we use with RapidILL to control books and is restricted to our main library via the set rules. However we have now been asked to set up another OAI profile to link to a service which would use books in two of our other libraries. At the moment this is impossible.
    Could this functionality be added? I imagine it would be of benefit to other Alma users.

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  20. Configure the User Services page to include statistical information

    On the User Services page, when we are looking at a user's data, we can see the Notes and some other basic data. It would be interesting to be able to choose which of the user data we want to see here. Specifically, we are interested in including statistical data.

    1 vote
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