Create Alma search queries and sets with relative dates
Give customers the ability to query Alma using relative dates. This functionality is currently only available in Alma Analytics, but we would like it to also be available for repository search.
This functionality would be especially useful for creating sets, particularly logical sets that can be used to populate logical collections. One of the most common uses for collections is to showcase new materials (e.g., books, journals, databases, etc. acquired in the last 90 days). However, there is currently no way to build a logical set like this. The best one can do is to select the current year and then commit to updating the query each year. To be completely free of the need to manually update the collection, customers need a way to build queries using relative/non-fixed dates (current date minus 90 days). Ideally, this option should be available for all date types but, for the purpose of this use case, should at least include creation date, activation date, and publication year.
An alternative solution to this problem would be to allow customers to create a logical set/collection from an Analytics report. This would give customers the ability to use relative dates in addition to providing access to Analytics' more powerful array of query options.
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Diederik Lanoye commented
Hi Joseph,
Many thanks for posting this idea. It would indeed be a great improvement to have a relative date filter (today minus x) to build maintenance free acquisition sets and display them in PrimoVE Collection Discovery.
Best regards,
Diederik Lanoye
LIBIS - KU Leuven Libraries (Belgium)