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Adding a field “Item Inventory Price” to the view customization table, as well as export files in item search results
It would be very useful and is much anticipated by customers to be able add a field containing Item’s Inventory Price to the Item information tile in the item search results in Alma.
The field should be added to the first column of the Manage Column Display/Customize View.
In addition, we would like to have this field added to export files that are created under the command: Export to Excel (current view / all fields).The National Library of Poland cooperates with 141 libraries. During consultations with other institutions most of them raised necessity of such solution.
Item Inventory Price…202 votesHi all, thank you for sharing this idea!
We will add the option to display item inventory price on the items search results page. This development will be part of the planned move to the new UX.
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Creating POL from portfolio level should take the identifier from 020 and not from 776
When PO Line is created from the Portfolio level, ISBN comes from Marc21 field 776.
When PO Line is created directly from the bibliographic record, the ISBN comes from the first Marc21 field 020.
Desired behavior:
When PO Line is created from the Portfolio level, the ISBN should come from the first Marc21 field 020 (same as when PO Line is created directly from the bibliographic record).
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Deleting Bib in NZ if record not Held by other IZs - Delete bib records job
When running the "Delete bibliographic records" job on a set of bib records in the IZ, check if the records being deleted are not held by any other members and if not - delete the bib on the NZ as well.
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Bib Suppressed in NZ - Not showed suppressed in lZ
When a bib record is suppressed from Discovery at NZ level, it would be nice to have the Suppressed Icon when searching for the same bib record at the IZ level in the Network tab.
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Add RFID Support for Ship Items
Where there is an RFID integration Profile, an RFID icon shows up at the Scan In Interface and Patron Services WB, allowing to scan in items using RFID.
The same icon should allow also shipping resource sharing items using their RFID information in the Ship Items interface
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Include Parser parameters (override) as "Local Information" in Community Zone Updates Task List
Include Parser parameters (override) as "Local Information" in Community Zone Updates Task List for Report Type Portfolio linking parameters update
3 votesThis will be supported as part of the redesigned CZUTL planned for H2 2026.
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Bursar integration: Additional fee statuses in Alma & Allow fee status change with job Import from Bursar
Currently there exist in Alma only the fee statuses “open”, “transferred” and “closed”. Transferred means fee was exported to external Bursar system. When the fee is imported back to Alma, it is automatically Closed. For staff it is not possible to tell if the closed fee was paid, waived, unpaid etc. without consulting the 3rd party Bursar system.
To give the librarians and end users more transparency about the (invoice) status of a fee, we would need more differentiated fee statuses. Also, we need to be able to set this status when importing the fees back to Alma using the…354 votesAdditional 10 closed fee statuses will be mapped in a code table. Libraries will be able to change their description. Fees with any of these statuses will be considered closed for all purposes.
The same types will be used also for transaction types.
When an import from bursar is processed, each fee may optionally include a code of the status to which the fee will change.
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add "None" to Process Type facet for Physical Items search
When you do a Physical Items search in Alma, there is a facet for Process type. You can narrow the results of the search by Acquisition, Loan, Missing, Transit, etc. But you can't narrow the results to items without a process type. Adding "None" to the list of process types would solve that problem.
29 votesHey all,
Thanks for submitting this idea.
As we prepare for redesigning the items area in Alma, we plan to incorporate this change into the new UX.
Best,
Alma Product
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Add Description Field and Generate Button to ENUM/CHRON Tab in Item Record
It would be helpful to have the description field and generate button on the ENUM/CHRON tab in the item record. If someone is utilizing multiple enum/chron fields, beyond what's available in the General tab, they have to switch tabs to edit those fields and then switch back to generate the description (manually or through description templates and the generate button).
Alternatively, more enum/chron fields could be made available on the general tab. Possibilities include:
an expandable enum/chron section which by default shows only the first 2 of each (like what is currently available);
a customizable option that would allow institutions…30 votesHey all,
Thanks for submitting this idea.
As we prepare for redesigning the items area in Alma, we plan to incorporate this change into the new UX.
Best,
Alma Product
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Create a way to distinguish volumes for a single title
There is a title in Gale resources, Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history : the Black experience in the Americas, that has several portfolios available. Each portfolio links to a different volume in Gale. Each portfolio has unique linking but if you see the title in Primo, you will see only the title listed, many times. I had to add a volume note to each portfolio so users could tell each title apart. This was not the only title I've found that is like this. Ex Libris stated there is no way to add the volume to the title. It…
249 votesHi all,
Thank you for this idea.
To be able to better analyze the need, are there additional examples you can share of portfolios linked to the same bib but representing different volumes/parts/episodes/etc.?
Would you say this field should allow local overrides?
Thanks,
Alma product team.
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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.
20 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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Include "Dismiss Selected" button on the bottom of the page
When scrolling through the Community Zone Updates Task List, you need to scroll back up to the top of the page to click the "Dismiss Selected" button. It would be most helpful if the same function could be applied at the bottom of the page as well.
50 votesHi all,
With the move to the new CZUTL interface planned for 2026 we will have the entire top bar, including the bulk actions, remain 'sticky' as we scroll through the page.
Best,
Liza and the Alma Product Team
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Serials: Editing of Description Needed
When opening predicted items, the Description-Field is populated by the data provided in “Next Predicted Item´s information” and displays these data in a certain punctuation-logic. Unfortunately, this logic is not equal to the description- (and punctuation-) logic used in German speaking countries (which is following ZETA-Standard) – and there is no possibility to edit this. Since there has to be a correct description (for sorting etc.), the only way is to open and edit every single item once it is created by prediction pattern. This is causing a lot of unnecessary work to be done manually - we need the…
283 votesDear all,
It will be possible to have predicted items' descriptions created from the enum/chron fields using Alma's description templates.
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Improve the e-book purchase request workflow
The purchase request workflow needs to be improved for acqusition of electronic resources.
Currently, you can either approve or reject a purchase request. An approval automatically creates a POL and a standalone portfolio based in the Purchase Request BIB record. Both outcomes are unfortunate when working with e-books. An e-book will usually be ordered on the vendor site (e.g., the ProQuest portal) rather than through an Alma POL. It should be possible to select whether a POL is created. More importantly, we'd like the option, upon approval, to select and activeate a title from among CZ collections instead of having…248 votes -
Alma - automatic warning for users about to expire with dedicated alma xml letter
It would be useful to activate an automatic warning for users about to expire with dedicated alma xml letter.
The customer could simply set up the amount of days before expiration and if the letter should be sent to all users or to specific user groups. A scheduled job could be activated, so that the letter is sent every day at a specific time.347 votesWe're currently evaluating this idea for inclusion in our upcoming roadmap
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NCIP request security
Currently a valid NCIP request from anywhere can retrieve information about a given library's patrons. In order to exploit this, the attacker would need to know server address, institution code, code of the profile for ILL, all of the correct metadata, and the correct message type/formatting. It's not trivial to gather up all that information for a given institution, but much of the information is publicly available (e.g. NCIP message formatting is a public standard), and none of it is generally treated as a secret.
Given the continuously evolving state of library systems security, it would be good to prevent…
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Metadata editor: Enable moving up and down within a field using arrow keys
It would be nice to be able to move up and down within a field using arrow keys in MDE. For example, when a lengthy 505 or 520 MARC field has many lines, the cataloger must now move to the desired line using either mouse or left/right arrow keys, since pressing up/down arrow causes the pointer to move to the previous/next field.
My suggestion is that the pointer should be able to move within the field using up/down arrows and move only to the previous/next field when the pointer is on the first/last line of the field.
Using up/down arrow…
332 votesDear all, we are currently working on a design concept for a new form interface option for cataloging, which will make it easier to navigate long fields and subfields - we will take this request into account as part of this design. See our "Form Editing for MARC 21 Bibliographic Records" roadmap plans for more information: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Materials/010Roadmap/Alma_Roadmap_Highlights_(2024-2025)/Metadata_Management#Form_Editing_for_MARC_21_Bibliographic_Records
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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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Subdivided LCSH headings should be flipped by Preferred Term Correction
Preferred Term Correction is not flipping all LCSH headings when the authority record changes. If there is an authority record that has a subdivision, it is only flipped by PTC if the heading in the bib has no additional subdivisions. This means there is a significant gap in the PTC process that requires manual attention and handling, which is unsustainable. The PTC process needs to be more thorough.
For example, this LCSH:
$a Germany $x Politics and government $y 19th century
was updated by LC to be:
$a Germany $x Politics and government $y 1789-1900
When the authority record changed,…
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Allow institution to determine which type of Bibliographic record will be created when creating a Purchase Request
This idea was submitted by Ex Libris product management team in order to better understand the need as well as get feedback from the community.
Current situation:
- A purchase request can be created from Primo/Leganto/Alma
- A purchase request must rely on a Bibliographic record, there are 2 options for the purchase request to match on a Bibliographic record:
- Match to an existing Bib record (if exists)
- Create a new Bib record (this is the use case described below)
When creating a purchase request, the user has the option to decide whether it is a "One Time" purchase (Book) or "Continuous"…
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