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Modify predictive pattern template season capitalization, SS chron fields.
We are wanting to modify the template that holds the formatting for the Season - SS chron fields- so that it follows the rules in RDA and AACR2.
21 - Spring
22 - Summer
23 - Autumn
24 - Winterto
21 - spring
22 - summer
23 - autumn
24 - winterThank you for reviewing this request.
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Change "Open Form Editor" short cut key
Currently the short cut key for "Open Form Editor" is Ctrl + F, and this prevents the user from using Ctrl + F to find text on the page.
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I suggest that in Alma in the Resources area / Metadata Editor the Spanish translation to of the LDR position 6 = "a" which says "Libro" be
I suggest that in Alma in the Resources area / Metadata Editor the Spanish translation to of the LDR position 6 = "a" which says "Libro" be modified and this word replaced by "Texto" (in the facets), because there is a lot of textual material that is not necessarily a "libro" (book).
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Allow notes to be ordered.
Sometimes a particular note is important enough you want it to always show at the top, but other notes need to added that push it farther and father down. It used to be if you did an edit on any note it put it back at the top, but that no longer works.
This needs to work in both portfolios and in purchase orders.3 votesHello All,
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Make the link to the items/portfolios attached to a title in the Collection resource editor
In the ‘Titles list’ tab of the 'Collection Resource Editor' in Alma, it would be useful to have a link to the items or portfolios attached to every selected title. This option could be added in the contextual menu.
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Allow Libraries to Set Default Action for Deleting Bib Records
Currently, the default action for handling a bib record when deleting the associated item/portfolio is set to "Do Nothing." In our library, we almost universally choose to delete the bib record, which means it takes two extra clicks to perform each delete operation. Could this setting be made configurable so that a library could choose which operation to set as the default, without losing the choice of other options in the dropdown? Two extra clicks per record adds up to a lot of time when deleting large numbers of records!
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rerun Overlap and Collection Analysis
There are certain reports that I would like to run in Overlap and Collection Analysis periodically. It would be helpful if I could rerun a past report instead of having to enter all the criteria every time.
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Preferred Term Correction job needs option to turn off the reordering of subfield URIs $$0
We have implemented URIs into our bib records, but found that the Preferred Term Correction job is reordering the subfield $$0, where URIs are automatically clumped together at the end of the subject string and are no longer associated with the term. Even though the current best practice is for only one URI to be associated with the subject string and for it to be last in order, most subject headings with multiple subfields do not yet have a single identifier (URI) assigned to the entire subject string. There should be an option for the reordering to be turned off…
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490's accompanying 830 field display
When you search titles, Alma currently displays 830 in the Series field when traced (490 with a 1 indicator).
However, 830 depending on 490 means that 490 takes precedence.It must be said that the trace which 830 is, is supposed to be used to be able to view 490 by the cataloguers and librarians.
But currently, when using the trace, 490 is not displayed.When you have a 490 field with several $a, you write several 830s.
For example ISBN: 9784043675043.
245 00 $$a Tō enmei.
490 1# $$a Kadokawa bunko ; $$v 13617. $$a Kadokawa sofia bunko ;…3 votesHello All,
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Additional Input Parameter Options for Item Description Templates
When creating an Item Description Template it would be very helpful to include additional Input Parameter options such as Permanent Physical Location. We utilize different description orders on our labels dependent upon the different locations items are shelved and there doesn't seem to be a way to distinguish the differing order with the current parameter options. More input parameter options would allow for greater individual institutional nuances and their unique practices.
For example, I could have an unclassed serial shelved in "serials" with material type issue and I want the description to display as:
v.{EnumA} no.{EnumB} {ChronI} {ChronJ}
I could…3 votesHello All,
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Publish the electronic collection name so that it can be made displayable and/or searchable by configuring Primo BO normalisation rules
Publish the electronic collection name so that it can be made displayable and/or searchable by configuring Primo BO normalisation rules.
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repository search sort by collection name (asc/desc)
Ability to sort searches in the repository by collection name (ascending & descending) when searching by titles & portfolios. This sort feature is only available right now when searching for electronic collections; this feature, when turned on, applies to the other searches you can do (i.e. electronic portfolios) but only if one searches by collection first. Would like the sort feature to be available for all searches in the repository, not just for collections.
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Search package titles in "All titles"
We would like to search package titles in the index "All titles". This is not possible in the moment.
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Ability to create a Titles set from a logical physical item set
Currently it's not possible to create a Titles set from a logical Physical Items set. Instead, one must first create an itemized set from the logical set, then create a Titles set. We would love to see the option to create a Titles set from a logical physical items set.
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View It in Alma for physical resources
In Aleph we were able to CTRL + O and see the physical item's record in the OPAC immediately. Now our metadata staff have to wait until the Alma pipe to Primo has run to view their record in Primo. Would it be possible to add a View It, like in the case for e-resources, for physical resources also.
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[Alma] - export items job - csv format - always add / embed in double quotes as text qualifiers / delimiters
Right now in Alma, when running a job to export a set of Items in csv format, double quotes are added only to values containing commas (see attached example).
Which is not wrong at all, but it would be much better (e.g. for postprocessing the file in a text editor or using regex) if the double quotes were always added by default in the .csv format.
For example, right now is.
03149898,Machine à lettres,MeMo,Book,"Magnani, Julien",AM 22800
but it would be much easier to process if it were:
"03149898","Machine à lettres","MeMo","Book","Magnani, Julien","AM 22800".2 votesHello All,
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make OCLC delimiter (double dagger (ǂ)) invalid in Alma
Please make the OCLC delimiter (double dagger (ǂ)) an invalid character in Alma. We all copy and paste information from Connexion. Often, people forget to change the double dagger to the double $$. Please make the double dagger invalid, and require the cataloger to replace with the proper character ($$) before they save the record. Other systems like Voyager make the cataloger replace the double dagger delimiter before they can save the record.
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Include prefixes in 035 repository search and creating set
Currently, when we do a repository search on Other System Number (035) with an identifier including a prefix, e.g. (EBL)165125, Alma would ignore the prefix and only match the remaining part of the identifier. That would result in retrieving incorrect record, e.g. record with (PQKBTitleCode)TC0000165125 in 035.
The same imprecise search also occurs when creating a set from a file with 035 field header. The prefixes are ignored and incorrect records are retrieved.
We would like the repository search on other system number and creating set with 035 field header to perform precise searches including the prefixes on the identifiers.
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Searching ISBN and Multimatch handling of ISBN-matches
I think perhaps searching ISBN may be a little too sensitive. When I search ISBN 978 -82-93206-05-7 I get no result (no records found). When I remove the space and search this: 978-82-93206-05-7 I get one record.
When importing files (Repository - Import from file) and a record in the file has spaces in stead of hyphens or spaces in addition to hyphens, I get many multimatches as it seems to be a match for all ISBNs that start with the part of the ISBN before the space, but not for the real match. In other words, I get i.e.…
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Diacritics and special characters
In Voyager, I was able to enter diacritics and special character from the edit, special character option. This feature should have carried over to ALMA.
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