Customisable per-record merge options in Search Resources
We would like it to be possible to get external resource searching (Search Resources) to merge only specific fields from a given record.
By which we mean: when clicking on View to view a record from an external resource, or alternatively when clicking on the elipsis next to a brief result, the options include Copy & Merge.
The Merge Method which is enacted by selecting Copy & Merge at this point is set on a per-external target basis in Alma's External Resource configuration setting, e.g. the Merge Method for the British Library Integrated Catalogue could be "overlay all fields but local".
However, Alma doesn’t offer an equivalent for applying a method just on a per-record basis. This is a problem, as it's not always the same field or fields that we wish to change in the records for a specific target.
We would like the facility to set up per-record Merge Methods, and for these to pull through into the external resource import/merge/overlay options, i.e. so that the drop-down might include Copy & Merge, Copy & Merge 490 and 830, Copy & Merge 65x, and so on.
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