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Letters Configuration page should be sortable and searchable

I like the new Letters Configuration and Components Configuration pages; they've simplified the letter customization work I am doing for our two libraries.

However, the Letters Configuration page is a bit too unwieldy... requiring a lot of paging and scrolling to find a specific letter.

Please consider making this page sortable by clicking the column headers, and if it's not too difficult, maybe even searchable?

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  • AdminAsaf Kline (VP Library Solutions, Ex Libris) commented  · 

    Thanks for all the input here. In the March 2021 release quite a few improvements were made to the Letters Configuration page.

    The main changes were:

    - You can now search for letters by name.
    - Pagination enables you to jump between pages.
    - Filters enable you to see a subset of relevant letters:
    Enabled: To see letters you enabled during
    implementation and need to configure.
    Channel: To filter letters by email, SMS or Webhook.
    Patron Facing: To easily disable patron-facing letters if you do not want to send them out to patrons.
    Customized: To see only letters that were customized or were not customized.

    There is also a video explaining about these changes: https://youtu.be/p0dEg6i8fOY

    Alma Product Management

  • K Floyd commented  · 

    Especially helpful would be sorting the table (or even filtering the list) by Enabled/Disabled, which would pare down the list of letters to comb through.

  • Anonymous commented  · 

    Searchable would be great 👍👍👍 It's cumbersome to get to the letter you want to configure.

  • Peta Hopkins commented  · 

    I support this idea, though I have no votes left.

  • Natasha Stephan commented  · 

    In a recent update, Letters Configuration became sortable by letter name or description... but it would still be great to sort or filter by whether a letter has been customized or is patron facing. And searchable... well, that would be icing on the cake.

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