Add the option to expand both physical and electronic inventory simultaneously rather than having to choose one or the other
For people who work with both physical and electronic items, it is frustrating to continually have to toggle the Expand option back and forth between the two inventory types in order to see associated items or portfolios in the brief results lists. This makes collections work burdensome and requires multiple additional clicks. We'd like the option to have inventory information for both types display automatically by default, in addition to the existing options to display one type or the other.
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The June 2018 Release introduced a new option: On pages with record lists that have an Expand table action menu, the option Expand all was added to this table. See here for more details https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2018/07_June_2018/Alma_June_2018_Release_Notes/08Administration_and_Infrastructure_-_June_2018_Enhancements#Expand_All_Tabs_in_a_Record_List
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Sharron Zuodar commented
It would be great to have the option to expand one area or both areas at once. I'm loving the new uncluttered screen but the extra clicks are an issue.
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JMC commented
Yes. Options for Physical, Electronic, and Both would be great. Would also be nice if that selection could be saved by log-in so we don't have to reselect it every time we launch Alma.
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Diana Brooking commented
Many of our staff work with both physical and electronic inventory. It is very frustrating to have to choose one or the other and then click back and forth. This can also be considered a regression since the old UI would display all inventory. (We don't consider inventory information to be "clutter.")
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[Deleted User] commented
I can't overstate how helpful this would be. It would save much time and clicks for staff who are just trying to get a basic overview of physical and electronic holdings - which they have to do all the time for reasons already noted in the comments.
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AN - UNSW commented
This functionality would also benefit those processing Alma reading lists / Leganto.
When looking at citations it is important to know if you have enough physical items for those in a course or if electronic access is okay. As reading list have a mixture of both print and electronic there is no right expansion option to use and this means a lot of clicking to see what is happening.
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Sion Romaine commented
This really would be useful. If our staff worked with just physical or just electronic, it wouldn't be as much of an issue, but the reality is most of our technical services staff now work with both physical and electronic.