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Show all holdings in export list in column "availability"
The results list exportet to excel shows only the first three to four holdings followed by “and others”.
So you do not get the complete number/information about the holdings of the record.3 votes -
Allow Correction of MARC21 Field Data in Metadata Configuration List
In Config-->Resources-->Metadata Configuration-->MARC21 Bibliographic, Alma users can add a new MARC21 field not currently included in the suite of out-of-the-box MARC21 fields by using the "Add Extensions" command to upload a XML file that contains field definitions and prescribed indicator and subfield values. The values in that file trigger error warnings in the Metadata Editor if that field contains incorrect indicator values or unauthorized subfields in a given bibliographic record. However, it is currently NOT possible to delete a newly added MARC21 field or upload a revised XML field definition file without deleting the entire extension pack.
What we're requesting…
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Possibility to open a record in MDE with MMS ID in URL (Deep Link)
At the moment it is not possible to create a link from an external system or a document which opens the MDE for a given MMS ID.
We would like to speed up the workflows of our cataloguers by having a possibility to generate links to Alma for a list of MMS IDs.
e.g. https://{alma domain}/mde/?mms={mms id}
This could then used by external tools to generate a "show" or "edit" link for our cataloguers.
It would also be possible to generate such links in an Excel document with MMS IDs by using a formula to generate such links, which would…
82 votes -
automated import profiles - create log file with useful information if process fails
We are finding Alma less than helpful in cases where the automated download fails due to a parsing error. Apart from actually creating a log file as suggested here, there would be other ways to improve this experience.
This is what currently happens:
- for automated import profiles, no log file is created when the process fails, the emailed report simply states that the import failed, there is nowhere in alma where I could find any further information
- because of this, we then need to try and run the import manually, so we can see what the issue is…1 vote -
Add Call Number to all Overlap and Collection Analysis Reports that include Print
Add Call Number to all Overlap and Collection Analysis Reports that include Print
The new Title Look Up function that permits comparing a list of print to various electronic collections is excellent. However, the output reports don't include the print call numbers. That would be a significant improvement; staff could then easily use the report to go to the shelves. As it is, we have to do a separate process in Analytics just to get call numbers which seems like a waste of time.
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Replace the search index label "Creator" with "Author"
the label used for the author index in the title search is confusing, implying that it is the creator of the Alma record, as shown in Alma Analytics, and not the author of the title.
19 votes -
Make bibliographic references searchable
Make bibliographic references searchable
MARC21
555__ |a
555__ |dImportant for old prints and manuscripts
555 also includes references that cannot be used in 024 7
So far 500 has to be filled out in addition to 555 to make it searchable
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Add a tab to Manage Sets that shows Sets linked to Publishing Profiles
From Admin - Manage Sets we can see My Sets, Public Sets, and All Sets. It would be useful for there to be a way to more easily distinguish and find sets that are used in Publishing Profiles. As more and more integrations with third party services rely on Publishing (HathiTrust, Google Books, RapidILL, BrowZine, Syndetics, etc.) more and more sets need to be created and maintained and occasionally tweaked if locations or libraries are added, removed, or changed, or if new materials within the sets become unshareable for some reason.
The current workflow to find the right set is…
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Display Collection details on a citation record the same as what you see via an Alma All title display
Display Collection details on a citation record the same as what you see via an Alma All title display
We use Collections to group records together to help with our Leganto processing, but you cant see this information from the Citation view. We would like both views to provide the same level of information. The attached screenshot shows what I mean
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Improve search for ayn diacritic directly after hyphen
In a romanized Hebrew search when an ayn diacritic appears directly after a hyphen, there is zero results with the expected search: "gozeret ha-orot" (no spaces). This very search has the expected result in Primo but not Alma. That search also works in OCLC Connexion. I was told to use a space instead of a hyphen in Alma, which brought up the record but it is not the way one expects to search in this instance.
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URL Checker for Alma
In the system we were working with before (Innovative's Millennium) we had a tool for checking electronic record URLs called URL Checker, so we could detect URLs that weren't working properly. We suggest that this tool be developed for Alma.
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IZ/CZ symbol display in Record View
Could “Record View” display the symbol to show whether the bib record is IZ or CZ? At the moment, you have to click on Edit and go into the MDE to find out which it is, which is annoying and time-consuming if you don’t need the MDE at that point for any other reason. You may have reached Record View from a route other than a search (e.g. activating an e-resource), so may not have seen the IZ/CZ symbol at a previous stage.
2 votes -
Add warning for active title-level-requests when relinking or deleting holding records or items
When relinking holdings and items to new bib records or deleting holdings or items, requests can get lost. This is the case if they are on the titel level instead of on the item level.
(Cf. https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/Physical_Resource_Management/015_Managing_Physical_Resources#Relinking_Items_to_Another_Bibliographic_Record)Staff with the role Cataloger Extended or similar roles which allow for relinking and deleting of records, holdings, and items, would benefit from a warning that an active request is present on the title level (e.g. a pop-up) before a holding record or item is relinked or deleted.
80 votes -
Adding the publisher location to the "Keywords" index in Alma
Currently, the publisher location is not indexed in the general "Keywords" index in Alma. If someone wants to search for a certain publisher location, one must use the specific index because a "Keywords" search won't bring any results.
This is particularly unpractical when searching for series or periodicals, as they often have similar names but different publishers or publisher locations, or later editions of a certain work which can be identified by the different publisher resp. publisher location.
What confuses staff users is also that if one wants to search for a book, using the title and/or the author as…128 votes -
Collection Discovery manual title ordering
In collections and sub-collections, please allow adjusting the order of titles manually (and individually - like we change the order of collections by drag-and-drop).
While the ability to change the default sort method is useful, our collections require more granular control over the order in which titles display.
A drag-and-drop system would be ideal. Slightly less useful would be the ability to track and sort by the date that each title was added to a collection.
35 votes -
Improve editing of large fields in the Metadata Editor
When creating and/or editing a MARC field with a large volume of text, such as the 505 or 520 field, occasionally the cursor will appear to be in a different position than it is, so that the user may accidentally delete the wrong characters, or insert them in the wrong place. This appears to happen at random, and saving the record, restarting Alma, and even clearing the browser cache does not consistently fix the problem, even in the short term.
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Allow to define several local search indexes, including standard MARC fields
Following the partial implementation of idea "Ability to search via free text MARC tag and subfields" (https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/17197337-ability-to-search-via-free-text-marc-tag-and-subfi) under NERS 2020 #6795, here is perhaps a more modest suggestion, that hopefully can be more technically feasible and still provide a large chunk of the missing functionality.
Similar to the analytics "Local Param" concept, it would be very helpful if institutions were able to define 5-10 "Local Search Indexes", based on each institution's needs. These indexes should be able to include any MARC field or subfield, whether local or standard (and preferably also field combinations).
Use case: In our institution,…
60 votes -
Allow multiple Z39.50 to be setup in Alma
Right we use the only Z39.50 setup for Interlibrary Loan's ILLiad. One of our librarians would like to connect a new Z30.50 to search through Endnote to run systematic reviews. We had previously wanted to use another Z39.50 setup to input a more comprehensive search in Search Resources in Alma. If we can get multiple Z30.50s setup in Alma it would help us connect various sources to Alma and make it more robust.
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Option to publish new set with Publishing Profiles
Currently, when you change the set in a publishing profile, the previous set is first published as deleted, and then the new set is published by the job. This behavior means that we have to duplicate an existing publishing profile each time we want to publish a new set with an existing publishing profile in order to get a "clean" output and to avoid overly long processing times publishing the old set as deleted. This results in the needless duplication of institutional publishing profiles and extra staff time to duplicate the publishing profiles to publish new sets. The current publishing…
45 votes -
Provide ability to turn off the display of Related Records in Alma
Our staff find the appearance of related records in Alma that appear as part of a search result to be distracting and add no value. I'd like to suggest that we get the ability to configure whether these related records appear at all.
4 votes
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