Enable Alma collections items linked to logical sets to be updated as the set changes
Currently it seems that Alma Collections can only be updated by manually adding individual items or adding items from sets. If the set is a logical set, as new items that fulfill the set search criteria are added, could they also automatically update the Alma Collection. This would save having to manually maintain Alma Collections to some degree.
Anonymous
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It is now possible to define a logical collection based on a logical set of titles. The collection will be updated daily based on the changes in the set. Ad-hoc updates to the collection are also possible if required.
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Manu_Schwendener
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> job "Synchronize All Logical Collections"
should be working correctly since March 2024
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Manu Schwendener commented
For us, the job "Synchronize All Logical Collections" isn't working as expected. Ex Libris confirmed that other customers reported the same issue and has passed it to Tier 2.
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François Renaville
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👍🙏
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Via the Alma mailing list:
"... we agreed on including NERS #7880 in this year’s enhancements and having the extra points removed from those available in 2023."
Meaning this should be possible by autumn 2023.
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Cross your fingers: this got to place 5 of the 2022 NERS voting, round 2.
From the announcement via Alma mailing list:
"Members of the Alma Product Working Group will meet with Ex Libris representatives in July to discuss options regarding the enhancement that ranked fifth in the final vote."
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Brian Moore commented
The confusion with Primo is probably because this was available as a Publishing job in Primo BO (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/Primo/Back_Office_Guide/060Configuring_Primo%E2%80%99s_Front_End/050Collection_Discovery#Configuring_Discovery_for_Alma_Collections). It's functionality conspicuously lacking in Alma/VE.
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Now in Alma idea exchange by Anonymous: https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/45152647-enable-alma-collections-items-linked-to-logical-se
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Plus 529 votes from Primo idea exchange https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/40856926-update-collections-automatically-with-changes-to-l
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François Renaville
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You are right, Manu. I think Ex Libris should themselves transfer this idea to the Alma asset, give the existing votes by default and associate all current voters to the new idea.
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> Could you please close the Idea and reopen as an Alma idea?
a) we can't close an idea ourselves (which I understand)
b) starting over in Alma would mean loosing the 522 votes this idea has
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Hi,
Could you please close the Idea and reopen as an Alma idea?
Thank you,
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Did not make it through round 2 of Alma NERS voting.
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[Deleted User]
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Great idea! We often refreshing a collection manually from a logical set. Would be great to automate!
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Matt McDowall (spoko)
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Most of the collections we have (and have thought about creating) are dynamic groups that are easily identified via a logical set. Seems completely reasonable to think that the collection would update to reflect changes in that set, even if via a nightly job or something.
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_Alma_ NERS 7185, open for voting now.
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This will come to NERS voting in 2021, but under Alma.
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Christophe Bezençon
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It's an improvement that we would also appreciate at BCU Lausanne and that is available in competitor's ILS
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+1