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Add Option to Handle Multi-Matches Automatically Based on Brief Level
Alma’s import profile functionality currently includes the option "Do not override/merge a record with lower brief version", which ensures that an incoming record is not loaded if its brief level is lower than that of the matched record in Alma.
We would like to see this functionality extended to enable handling multi-matches automatically. Currently, when an incoming record matches multiple existing records in Alma, the import process still flags this as an multi-match issue, even if all matched records in Alma have a higher brief level than the incoming record. These cases must then be reviewed and resolved manually by…
10 votes -
Enable local extensions on MARC 79X and 89X
OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards sets out tags 79X (790-799) and 89X (896-899) as valid for local uses. These ranges should be available for network zone members to use as well. Adopting these ranges will allow catalogers to directly adapt records from WorldCat into a network and add local extensions without having to remap from the OCLC-supported field to a field in Alma, such as a 9XX.
Catalogers primarily use these fields to enter details such as authors with local affiliations (e.g., current faculty members), dissertation advisors or members of dissertation committees, and the college within the institution supervising the…
8 votes -
Make Existing Record Primary When Merging via Search Resources
When merging records through Alma’s Search Resources, make the existing Alma record the Primary and the incoming external record the Secondary.
Currently, when bringing in external records, Import and Integration Profiles treat the existing Alma record as Primary, but Search Resources makes the external record Primary. This inconsistency forces libraries to maintain two opposing sets of merge rules, depending on how the record enters Alma.
Making the Alma record Primary in Search Resources would align the behavior with other workflows. This could be configurable or at least opt-in so libraries can adjust their merge rule settings in the External Search…
8 votes -
Manage Sets without Repository Manager permissions
It would be nice if we could update and manage repository sets without needing the Repository Manager role. Without it, staff can create sets and run queries, but they can't update any sets that weren't personally created by them, making it so that managers are having to make small updates that could easily be made by staff.
7 votes -
Change the order of the dropdown menu for 'Run a Job'
It would save a lot of time and extra clicks if the first option in the dropdown menu for 'Run a job' was switched to 'Name', rather than 'Description'.
7 votes -
Add filters and columns to import profiles screens for zone, protocol, scheduling, status
The Import Profiles screen has few options for narrowing the list of profiles if one isn't certain of the profile name, or if descriptions are too similar. Please add filters and columns to the display screen--preferably sortable columns--for fields that distinguish the zone, scheduling, and status for import profiles.
Priority 1, Zone: Users should be able to clearly see whether an import profile is using the network zone or the institution zone for an import profile, as this affects the workflow and processing of records being imported.
Priority 2, Status: While the Active/Inactive status of a profile may be useful…
4 votes -
Collection - report who added title and when
When adding titles to Collections (Resources\Manage Collections) it would be helpful if it reported who and when a title was added to the collection. Report of this via Analytics would be preferable but displaying in Alma would be a start.
3 votes -
Add extra filter operators to date fields in title search
Add the following filter operators to all titles search:
-Is within last (days)
-Is older than (days)
-Is within next (days)to filters in all titles search such as MMS creation date (title) and modification date (title).
These filters are already available in user search.
3 votes -
Add the ability to enter a string of delimited values in bulk to Alma Advanced Search fields
Currently adding fields and values to Alma Advanced Search is only possible one by one. This is a painfully slow and click-heavy activity when there are many parameters to be added. This also risks slowing down Alma UI when upwards of several hundred fields (as advised by Ex Libris Support).
It is proposed to support many values to be copy and pasted in to a single field by a string with separator, such as an OR Boolean or semi-colon representing the OR.Use case: We use a logical set to fuel our Collection Discovery collection titled “Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
1 vote -
versions in new interface
In the new interface it is no longer possible to see dates of changes other than the original creation date and who created the record plus the last edited date and who made that change. Please reinstate the ability to see more version change dates without editing the record so that users who do not have the Cataloguer role can see this information in view-only mode.
1 vote -
Display of Collections in Collections Lobby in Primo VE
Ability to only display digital collections in the Collections Lobby page of the Primo View, whose profile slot includes the collection’s local scope.
Case number 081133401 vote -
Multiple Logical Sets Attached to Logical Collections in Collection Discovery
I would like to be able to create a Logical Collection in Collection Discovery that combines the results of at least two different logical sets.
CASE EXAMPLE: I have been asked to create "New Book" collections for multiple departments that include both print books and ebooks. For the print books, the fields I need to query on are only available the creation of a Physical Titles search set. For the ebooks, the fields I need to query on are only in an Electronic Titles search set. Since I cannot merge the results into a single logical set, that means I…
1 vote
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