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Add previous price information to Column options
Already some time ago a new feature, to see previous invoices, was added in Acq in Alma. This is useful and even better if the previous prices were visible too (see screenshot). Is this something that Libis could configure for us?
Already some time ago a new feature, to see previous invoices, was added in Acq in Alma. This is useful and even better if the previous prices were visible too/added to the column options (See attachment)9 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Add other participants to trial after initial trial email is sent
There is only one opportunity to send out a "participate in trial' email. This means that although it is possible to add a participant to the trial, no email is sent out to this person if the initial trial email has been sent.
It would be great to have the option of sending an email to individual or all participants again.6 votesHello All,
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Send claims for journal issues for providers without EDI
We have a lot of journal providers for our legal deposit. As they may be associations or other small institution, they don't work with EDI.
Quite often, we don't receive issues. So we want to send them claims. But these are not sent automatically in Alma for subscriptions.
We suggest Alma sends claims for issues that haven't been received to the e-mail address defined for the provider (vendor), taking into account the claiming grace period.10 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Option for whether or not to carry forward Funds and Ledgers in a rollover
This concerns the Financial Year Rollover rules for rolling over the Funds and Ledgers.
It has become evident after each annual rollover we perform that these rules are carried forward to the new Fiscal Period in their entirety, without any option not to.
This is frustrating for us, because as an institution we set our expenditure limits on a fund by fund basis. However, we appreciate that this may not be the case for other institutions.
As such, would it please be possible to press for an additional option applied to the rollover job for Funds and Ledgers, whereby we…
2 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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"Acquisition method"
When creating a "PO Line" would it be possible in the "PO Line Summary" tab to move the "PO Line details" from near the bottom to the top as it actually makes more sense to select the "Acquisition Method" first as it dictates what fields you need to fill in, e.g. "Legal Deposit" means "Pricing" and "Funding" etc. become inactive and are no longer required fields. I know if you use a template it doesn't matter because you it populates that field for you but in terms of workflow it seems backwards.
Thanks :)
15 votesDear all,
Thank you for submitting this idea.
The PO lines unified list page has evolved since this idea was submitted. Today, users can change the position of PO lines sections, allowing to see first the fields which are most relevant. The “Acquisition Method’ specifically is located at the top of the form.
We are therefore setting this idea to “Closed”. Your suggestions are instrumental in driving meaningful improvements. We invite you to keep contributing your insights to help us better serve your needs.
Thank you,
Zohar Shemesh
Alma Product Team
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Sort option required for Vendor Account in Vendor Details > Invoice tab
When navigating to a Vendor record and clicking on the Invoice tab, it's immediately apparent that one can sort several columns in ascending/descending alphabetic or numeric order:
- Invoice
- Date
- Creation From
- Creation Date
- Last Updated Date
- # of Lines
- Total Price
The one column that seems to be missing the up/down arrows that would facilitate sorting is Vendor Account. Why is this?
We'd like to request that sorting is applied to this column as well. Staff find it odd to have to download all invoices into a spreadsheet and then sort according to this criterion, but not have to do…
2 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Cursor auto-return after refresh
Can the field that you are editing be the one that centralizes the display after the screen is refreshed. When creating/editing a POL you are constantly returned to the top of the screen after you enter each piece of data, no matter how far down the form you are.
11 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Ability to assign Renewals.
In the same way POLs or Purchase Requests in review can be assigned. This will give us that ability to assign subscription renewals to selectors/budget holders for approval.
14 votesDear all,
Thank you for submitting this idea.
This functionality was implemented as part of the move to the new unified PO lines list, in Alma new interface. PO lines in different workflow steps can be assigned to users (see attached screenshot).
We are therefore setting this idea to “Closed”. We greatly value your input and encourage you to continue sharing your ideas for product enhancements. Your feedback plays a vital role in shaping our future developments.
Thank you,
Zohar Shemesh
Alma Product Team
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Up/Down arrows in Culumn Headers
I think it would be easier for us users to have up/down arrows in the column headers instead of having the drop-down menu with the header text to find and then pick either up or down.
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Ability to remove Associated PO Lines from a POL
If we add a POL # to the Additional section of a POL > Associated PO Lines and then discover that it was incorrect we are not able to remove it. We can change it but not remove it.
We would like to be able to remove the Associated PO Lines if we find that we have made a mistake
30 votesDear all,
This idea hasn’t gained the traction we typically look for to move forward. As a result, it’s unlikely to be implemented in the foreseeable future.
That said, your feedback remains valuable, and I’ll continue to keep it in mind as our roadmap evolves.
Best regards,
Tamar Fuches
Alma product team
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Add the Amount Paid in Current FP field to invoicing
Presently there is a field which displays in the PO Line Summary for continuous orders which details how much has been spent on that PO line in the current financial year - useful for items which are subscriptions but paid for individually, such as Law looseleaf subscriptions. If this field could appear when entering an invoice on the Invoice Line Details that would be a great help in deciding whether to disencumber these orders, particulary towards the end of the financial year.
7 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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When you change vendors in the PO, there should be a warning note if a PO# is not entered
When you change the vendor for a PO, there needs to be a warning note if you do not fill in the PO#. If you are doing a large number of these (say you changed vendors for a e-journal package) it's very easy to miss putting in one po number, thus changing all your open PO's with that vendor to another vendor.
9 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
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Alma Product Team
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Display all orders for physical item searches, even when individual item records are not linked to a POL
When doing various collection development tasks, acquisitions and resource managers may want to know whether there is order information for a title at the same time they're viewing physical item details via the More Info link in Alma. Currently, Alma does not display orders for physical item searches when a POL is not linked to an item record. This is a problem for closed orders that migrated from another ILS because the POL does not get linked in the item record during the migration process. We see accurate information when conducting an All Titles or Physical Titles search, but not…
2 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Add description field to trial module
The manage trials module in Alma needs to have a description field available. This would be very useful as it would educate trial participants as to what new product they are evaluating. Right now the only information provided is Title. This new field would also need to be available in the XML for TrialLetter.
11 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
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Alma Product Team
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Alter the setting for the encumbrance and disencumbrance timestamps in Alma
Alter the setting for the encumbrance and disencumbrance timestamps in Alma from the current procedure of tying the disencumberance to the encumbrance date plus one millisecond.
We would much prefer the timestamp to reflect the actual date the transaction took place.
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Add 'View' action and maybe hover functionality to Note fields
Add View action (and maybe also a hover action) to:
- Activation Task List ? Task Note
- Invoice Line Note
- POs Invoice Line Note
This way no need to Edit, reassign,
8 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
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Alma Product Team
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need more search criteria in acq such as operator id or create/update date
It would be useful to have some additional search criteria, such as operator id, and facets, such as a last update date range and status, available to monitor staff productivity. Not just in purchasing but in all areas of acquisitions the site reports the need for functionality that will allow a combination of attributes of the records to generate results. For example, an operator should be able to search using their user name, some category of task (po lines in review, invoice lines in review, invoices pending approval, etc.) and a date or date range, or status (sent/ waiting auto…
60 votesDear all,
Thank you for submitting this idea.
The PO lines unified list page has evolved since this idea was submitted. Today, users can limit the search and refine it be many index fields, such as creation date, send date, PO line workflow step and more. Using the advanced search users can conduct date ranges searches.
Moving forward, as more Alma pages will move to the new interface, we will be able to enhance the search and facets capabilities for them as well (such as the invoices list).
The only part that is missing according to the idea’s description is a search by the modification date. Currently we do not plan to implement this in the foreseeable future. That said, your feedback remains valuable, and I’ll continue to keep it in mind as our roadmap evolves.
Thank you,
Zohar Shemesh
Alma Product Team
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