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  1. Add subscription to and from dates to the invoice information that Alma exports

    We believe it would be useful to include subscription to and from dates in the invoice information exported from Alma.

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    3 comments  ·  Acquisitions - General  ·  Admin →
    Completed  ·  Dana Moshkovits responded

    New fields were added to invoice export to XML:
    1. Subscription dates range
    2.Additional information
    Both fields were added under tag

  2. receiving note - sizable

    It would be terrific if we could resize the Receiving Note field when we are editing, just as you can with the POL note fields.

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    Completed  ·  1 comment  ·  Acquisitions - General  ·  Admin →

  3. "Save and dismiss" button in "Manage EDI Tasks"

    In the "Manage EDI Tasks", when using the "Update Expected Receipt Date" action, updating the date and clicking on "Save", it would be great the concerned line would automatically be removed from the list without having additionally to click on "Dismiss". A new function button like "Save and dismiss" would be helpful.

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    Completed  ·  4 comments  ·  Acquisitions - General  ·  Admin →

  4. Include "Quantity for Pricing" in EDI for ebook POLs

    It is currently not possible to send the correct quantity to the vendor via EDI. When EDI is sent for POLs of type "Electronic book - one time", the quantity field in the EDI is always 1, even if the Alma POL has a different Quantity for Pricing value. We often need to order multiple "copies" (i.e. sets of access credits or user licences) for an ebook, but only want 1 portfolio on Alma.
    Please consider using the "quantity for pricing" in EDI for electronic - one time POLs.

    225 votes
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    39 comments  ·  Acquisitions - General  ·  Admin →

  5. Ability to change Purchase Type / Order Line Type after an item has been ordered

    When ordering an item a purchase type must be selected to create a POL. It appears as Order Line Type in the POL after the item has been ordered. It would be nice to have the ability to change the Order Line Type within the POL instead of canceling an order and having to create a new one from scratch. An example would be having the ability of changing the order type Print Book - Standing Order to the order type Print Journal - Subscription within an item's POL.

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    Completed  ·  27 comments  ·  Acquisitions - General  ·  Admin →

  6. More PO line options for Create Purchase Request

    Purchase Requests functionality is great idea (ACQUISITIONS --> Purchase Requests); unfortunately, the usefulness of this new feature is limited because it appears that it can only be used with certain PO Line Types (Print Book - One Time, Electronic Book - One Time; Print Journal - Subscription; Electronic Journal - Subscription). We cannot use the purchase requests workflow for physical media, for example, because there is no option for a requester to choose a "Citation type" that would map to a PO Line Type of Visual Material. We cannot use the purchase requests workflow for streaming media, because this is…

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  7. Add field for administrators in license record

    We would like to add a field called "administrator” in the Summary tab of the License. This field would preferably be connected to the user inventory in Alma and should be repeatable for as many administrators as we want. Often there is more than one person included in the negotiation of a license agreement. It would be of great help to have the names of these persons in the license record in Alma.

    46 votes
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  8. Function of generating license report

    We are trying to generate a report (either via Analytics or from a Set) of License fields in the License Terms tab (specifically the Authorized Users fields - Authorized User Definition and Local Authorized User Definition). Neither Analytics nor Sets seem to report on the individual fields - even a Tools - Export to Excel would be useful.

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  9. Ability to add more than one POL to an electronic collection

    Need the ability to add more than one POL to an existing electronic collection. We do have a work-around of cross-referencing the POLs, but it doesn't really work well. We would like to see both orders listed when viewing 'More Info' on an electronic collection

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    Completed  ·  3 comments  ·  Acquisitions - General  ·  Admin →

  10. Add Chronology J, for months or seasons, as a physical items sort routine option.

    Add Chronology J, for months or seasons, as a physical items sort routine option. Serials without vol/nos now display months alphabetically.

    36 votes
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  11. Allow multiple item records to be withdrawn at the same time.

    Presently item records must be withdrawn one by one. It would be helpful to be able to click on multiple boxes next to item records and withdraw them all at once. This would save a lot of time for withdrawing individual items after material is bound or when withdrawing those not retained permanently in the collection.

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    Completed  ·  1 comment  ·  Acquisitions - General  ·  Admin →

  12. Add Allocation to the information for each fund on the "Funds and Ledgers" page.

    Add Allocation to the information for each fund on the "Funds and Ledgers" page in Alma. Currently Available Balance, Cash Balance, Encumbered Balance, and Expenditure Balance are displayed, but we would like Allocation to be displayed also so that it is included in Excel exports from this page.

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