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1. API for managing scheduled jobs configured in integration profiles

   The enhancement described and completed in the idea http://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/9592206-api-to-interact-with-alma-job-scheduler is fine as far as it goes, but the current functionality does not allow us to interact with jobs launched automatically by Alma on a periodic basis; it only supports jobs launched manually by a user.

   Our use case: we have scheduled periodic uploads of SIS student data
   configured in a SIS integration profile. We would like to get a formatted list of rejected users, errors, etc. that happened during the automatic load available as a file on our processing server, so that the list can be parsed by a script and appropriate actions taken (rollback changes for failed updates, notifications via Nagios, etc.), or as data retrieved by an API call.

   Ideally, we could launch an API call, giving the automated scheduled job ID as a parameter, and retrieve full information about the job (including a list of records rejected, etc.) in the response.

   What we do not want to do is log into the UI after each job, navigate to
   the job history, navigate to the job events, and click a button to
   download the Excel formatted file so that we can then process it.

   The enhancement described and completed in the idea http://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/9592206-api-to-interact-with-alma-job-scheduler is fine as far as it goes, but the current functionality does not allow us to interact with jobs launched automatically by Alma on a periodic basis; it only supports jobs launched manually by a user.

   Our use case: we have scheduled periodic uploads of SIS student data
   configured in a SIS integration profile. We would like to get a formatted list of rejected users, errors, etc. that happened during the automatic load available as a file on our processing server, so that the list can be parsed by a script… more

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2. Add RFID multi scan function in Alma

   Currently, Alma doesn't allow multi scan use with RFID readers.

   This means librarians at circulation desk have to scan one by one items with RFID reader instead of dropping them off directely on the RFID reader. Thereby, RFID tech loses a huge part of his interest in library.

   This is all the more strange that RFID self check machines offer this possibility with Alma.

   To conclude, RFID libraries should be allowed to use multi scan functionality with Alma. Please implement such a function.

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   Completed  ·  Dana Moshkovits responded

   As of September release you can configure your RFID reader to scan more than one item at a time. When the new check box on the RFID integration profile, Handle Multiple Items, is selected, the integration profile will accept multiple items on the RFID reader.

   See:https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2020/Alma_2020_Release_Notes

3. faster receipt printing

   Don't use email for all print events. It's too slow for receipts and transit slips at staffed service desks. (Complex anti-spam engines and office365 hosted email typically adds up to a minute to email transit time.)

   Instead, write some local software to act as a print client that talks back to the cloud. That way, you can bridge local networked printers across large sites, back to the cloud in a more timely fashion.

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4. Include Attachments Tab Data in XML Output of Invoice Export

   Currently, when you send invoices to your S/FTP server, only data from the Summary tab and Invoice Lines tab are included in the XML output.

   We would like the data from the Attachments tab to be included in the XML output as well for our upcoming integration with Workday. Workday requires a URL for the attached invoice and the Attachments tab is the place to store this.

   These data also do not appear to be available via the API. Adding these data to both places would be ideal.

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   Completed  ·  Dana Moshkovits responded

   The invoice and license APIs include expand parameters for attachments. A GET API will return the number of attachments for invoices and licenses.

   For more information please see Alma December Release Notes:
   https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2021/Alma_2021_Release_Notes

5. RESTful API for the Alma Link Resolver

   Hello,

   I think it would be great to provide a RESTful API for the Alma Link Resolver which delivers all relevant holding data for titles with physical and electronic holdings in a JSON format.

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   Completed  ·  AdminAsaf Kline (VP Library Solutions, Ex Libris) responded

   The existing BIB related API have been enhanced to include a ‘resolution_url’ which can be used to direct end users to the full text resource

6. Create a Tableau Web Data Connector for Alma Analytics

   Alma Analytics users who also use Tableau would benefit from a generic Tableau Web Data Connector (WDC) available via the Alma Integrations page to integrate Alma Analytics into Tableau vizes via the Ex Libris API.
   
   The WDC could generate report-specific field structure based on the schema/xsd section of the API report XML, making the addition of Alma Analytics report data to Tableau as easy opening an Excel spreadsheet.

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   Completed  ·  AdminYoel Kortick (Senior Librarian, Ex Libris) responded

   Completed, as per comment from Nov. 28 2016

7. Purchase Requests API

   A Purchase Request API is needed. This would allow the library to seamlessly integrate with internal systems.

   From Francois Renaville: "We asked for this in May 2016 and were told in July 2016 (case 00222634 - API for Purchase Requests?) 'that API for purchase requests is on the Alma road map for 2017. Currently, there is no release date.' No news since then."

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   Completed  ·  Dana Moshkovits responded

   Completed as part of Alma January release:
   It is now possible to submit a purchase request using an API.
   For more information please see Alma Release Notes:
   https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/009_2019/Alma_2019_Release_Notes?mon=201901BASE

   Documentation can be found at:
   https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/alma/apis/docs/users/UE9TVCAvYWxtYXdzL3YxL3VzZXJzL3t1c2VyX2lkfS9wdXJjaGFzZS1yZXF1ZXN0cw==/

8. Add "create fee" function to Alma API

   In our future Alma installation we want to offer our users a self service function to purchase interloan access data. Since there's no possibility to integrate this functionality in Alma, we must develop a separate application for this purpose.

   However a fee for the purchasing user has to be created in Alma via the Alma API. Unfortunately there's no such API function ("create fee") available up to now.

   Please implement such a function!

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9. Display “Created by” field for all Notes tab notes

   When we use the APIs to update a record, the “Updated On”, and “Updated By” fields on the Notes tab are overwritten with today’s date and “API, Ex Libris”. (This behaviour occurs regardless of the record type.) While we love the ability to use the API to update fields in our Alma records, we feel it’s misleading for these fields to show as having been updated when no update actually occurred.

   Per Ex Libris, this is the expected behavior: when we have a list of something, the PUT API replaces them all by deleting them and then recreating them according to the info in the PUT payload. If you remove the notes from the body, then the API will remove any existing data and since there is nothing to replace it with in the body then it remains empty (i.e., the notes will be deleted entirely).

   Since we cannot stop the notes from being deleted & replaced nor the “Updated On” and “Updated By” fields from being changed, it would be very helpful if the “Created By” field would display in the Alma User Interface. Even if we cannot see which operator originally updated the note, it’s very useful for us to be able to see who originally created the note. In a large, decentralized system, where many staff might be touching or updating records, seeing who created the note can provide additional context as to why the note was added.

   Please consider displaying the “Created by” field for all notes in all record types.

   When we use the APIs to update a record, the “Updated On”, and “Updated By” fields on the Notes tab are overwritten with today’s date and “API, Ex Libris”. (This behaviour occurs regardless of the record type.) While we love the ability to use the API to update fields in our Alma records, we feel it’s misleading for these fields to show as having been updated when no update actually occurred.

   Per Ex Libris, this is the expected behavior: when we have a list of something, the PUT API replaces them all by deleting them and then recreating them according… more

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10. Create item via API addition of parameter to generate description field

    Creating item via API using -POST /almaws/v1/bibs/{mmsid}/holdings/{holdingid}/items

    Addition of a parameter "generate description" , when this flag is set to true in a call Alma would generate the description field from the provided enumeration data based on the description templates set in config.

    Looking for an equivilent ot the create digital representation paramter "generate label".

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11. Limit the IP range that can call the Alma APIs

    I would like to suggest an enhancement in ALMA regarding APIs: in addition to the API keys mechanism we would like to limit the IP range that can call the Alma's APIs.

    This feature can be useful for System Administrators and the main benefit is to increase security and user data protection.

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12. Writable Code-Table API

    Code-tables, like UserStatCategories, really demand a writable code-table API.

    As our institution adds departments and majors, the only choice we have today is to assign a human to manually update the table in a regularly occurring, human friendly frequency.

    For a machine, it would be trivial to update and synchronize the UserStatCategories code-table via API, daily, hourly, whatever.

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    Completed  ·  Dana Moshkovits responded

    The Code Table API now privies support for updating code-tables, in addition to the existing ability to retrieve this configuration entity. In addition, the GET-Code-Table API now supports the parameter “scope” that can receive as a value a particular library within the institution. Thus supports the ability to retrieve tables that are specific to a library. See https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/alma/apis/conf/#General

13. Enable 1 Alma Print Daemon to Serve Multiple Printers

    I am thankful that the Alma Printouts Queue and Print Daemon exists. The free email service bundled with our printers has proven to be unreliable at times.

    However it is unfortunate that 1 PC can only run 1 instance of the Print Daemon software. So to map multiple Alma printers to multiple local printers requires running the Daemon on multiple servers.

    The enhancement I am requesting is for this software to be able to map multiple Alma printers each to their own separate local printer. For example

    • Alma Printer Main Circ Desk -> Local Printer BLDGAFLR2-7
    • Alma Printer Rare Book Circ Desk -> Local Printer BLDGBFLR1-3 and so on.

    One instance of Printer Daemon serving all our queue to printer mapping.

    Thanks,
    Mark

    I am thankful that the Alma Printouts Queue and Print Daemon exists. The free email service bundled with our printers has proven to be unreliable at times.

    However it is unfortunate that 1 PC can only run 1 instance of the Print Daemon software. So to map multiple Alma printers to multiple local printers requires running the Daemon on multiple servers.

    The enhancement I am requesting is for this software to be able to map multiple Alma printers each to their own separate local printer. For example

    • Alma Printer Main Circ Desk -> Local Printer BLDGAFLR2-7
    • Alma Printer Rare Book… more
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14. Bursar Export: Option to not close out fines/fees upon eport

    It would be useful if the bursar export job to export fines and fees had an option to keep fines and fees active in the Alma user record upon export. Some libraries want to keep fines and fees active even as fines and fees owed are communicated to a bursar's office. Because it's possible through the fine/fee payment API for a custom solution to be developed to communicate fine/fee payment back to Alma, some libraries would choose to use a bursar export integration to export fines and then develop a custom solution to send payment information back to Alma to close out balances. This would enable libraries to use bursar payment while also using TOU that block users from circulation activity based on active fine/fee balances owed.

    It would be useful if the bursar export job to export fines and fees had an option to keep fines and fees active in the Alma user record upon export. Some libraries want to keep fines and fees active even as fines and fees owed are communicated to a bursar's office. Because it's possible through the fine/fee payment API for a custom solution to be developed to communicate fine/fee payment back to Alma, some libraries would choose to use a bursar export integration to export fines and then develop a custom solution to send payment information back to Alma to… more

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15. API to interact with Alma sets

    Suggested by LIBIS consortium in their presentation today.

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16. API to interact with Alma job scheduler

    A second suggestion from session 5.12 by the LIBIS consortium.

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17. We would like the ability to import new funds (from Workday) into ALMA

    We would like the ability to import new funds (from Workday) into ALMA. In other words, we can currently import new patrons into ALMA from Workday. We would like that ability to extend to our Funds data.

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18. Expansion of the Configuration API

    Today's retrieve library API returns limited information. It would be very helpful to have this expanded to include campus information, default location and resource sharing configuration.

    In particular this is needed when creating/updating users, eliminating the need for local mapping tablles, in the case where student master data only contains either campus or library information.

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    Completed  ·  AdminMoshe Shechter (Alma Senior Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    I am happy to share with you the information that the default location and campus have been added to the ‘Retrieve Library’ API – see https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/alma/apis/xsd/rest_library.xsd?tags=GET.

    Thank you,
    Moshe

19. Add request time stamp and note to Retrieve user requests API and xsd

    Hello,

    We'd like the request time stamp and note added to the Retrieve user requests API and xsd, so we can retrieve them:
    https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/alma/apis/xsd/rest_user_request.xsd?tags=GET
    https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/resources/xsd/rest_user_request.xsd

    Thanks,

    Ryan Edwards
    Digital Access and Systems Librarian
    Information Systems
    Getty Research Institute
    1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
    Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
    reedwards@getty.edu
    310.440.7398

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    Completed  ·  AdminAsaf Kline (VP Library Solutions, Ex Libris) responded

    In the August 2019 Release, the following change was done:

    Request time is now available for the Get-Request and GET-requested-resources (task lists) APIs, including the exact time (HH:MM:SS) the request was placed.

20. Allow starting Course Load jobs via API

    We'd like to be able to kick off course loads via the API. The machinery needed to do that seems to be in place but customers are prevented from using it and are forced to schedule the job using the Alma UI.

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    Completed  ·  Dana Moshkovits responded

    The API has been expanded to allow starting Course Load jobs.
    For more information please see Alma December Release Notes