Allow free text in "Change Portfolio" job, "Set interface name" field
i work almost exclusively with local, standalone portfolios for electronic resources. I need to be able to globally update the "Interface name" field with free text. The"Change Portfolio" job currently only allows the change to be to one of the vendor code names established in the Acquisitions area. Our acquisitions staff have not set up in Alma such codes for many resources, for example, e-collections for which we purchased perpetual access years before we migrated to Alma.
One reason I need an interface name on the portfolios, is that when I do a repository electronic titles search, there is nothing to show me which vendor's record I'm looking at (because they are not gathered in local ecollections, or linked to CZ collections). We might have access to the same audio recording through Naxos and Alexander Street Press, and I can't tell from the title search results display, which record is for Naxos and which for ASP (I have to click "Portfolio List", then "Edit Portfolio", then the "Linking" tab to see the URL).
The "Interface name" field displays on the portfolio "General" tab, where I can manually edit it, and there it allows me to select one of the acquisitions codes or enter free text.
One of our technical support staff was able to globally change the "Interface name" field to free text using an API, I think, but I don't have such privileges.
Patt Leonard
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