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Add function to suppress a bib record from a title search results list
Add the ability to suppress or unsuppress a bib record directly from search results without having to open the record in the Metadata Editor. It's inefficient to have to have to open and close the MDE for that single task.
3 votesAs this will be supported as part of the new title search UX coming in H2 2024, we are closing this idea to release the votes.
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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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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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Add fields to record historical valuation data
When rare books and other special collections are valued for insurance / exhibition / audit, it would be useful to add this into dedicated fields in the item record for physical inventory or other areas for digital titles. This way, a history of the value of the item can be recorded over time.
2 votesHello All,
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Having the ability to configure the presence of all available Licensing terms in the Repository Search in Alma
There are a number of License terms that appear in the Advanced Repository search that are not configurable, that is there is no option to stop them appearing as options to search under in a simple or advanced search.
We want to delete some of these terms from Advanced Search. We want to get rid of the terms that we're not using in our current Licensing workflows (they clog up the search). The terms we want to delete from the Advanced Search are not available to configure in the Alma Configuration Menu > Resources > Search Configuration > Search Indexes.
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error message
when you want to add a title into a collection, if this title already exists in the collection, an error message should appear "title already in the collection". It would be very useful.
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Import Profiles - Match Profile - Adding a Title only match method
The customer would like to add a Title only match method for CNMARC when loading new records via import profiles.
The title field can be set to 200$a.Because when the ISBNs are matched, the book title may be different for some Chinese books. It would be great to be able to match on the 200$a - main title.
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Add 385,386,655 to Alma export list
Please add columns to Alma Export to List (Excel) from these fields: Creator/ contributor term (386/a), Audience (385/a), and Genre/form (655/a,2). These fields are important to include to the list.
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Search results sorted by record creation date
For the purpose of having an overview of the progress in cataloguing a sorting option for bibliographic records by their creation date in chronological order is necessary.
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Publishing profiles should be able to produce valid MARCXML
The ability to produce valid MARCXML exports from publishing profiles, with the namespace included, would be useful.
Currently the "MARCXML" option produces a file that is not valid MARCXML. It doesn't include a namespace.
The rationale given by ExL Support for not including a namespace was that it would be possible for the user to use norm rules to change the data on export, in which case the data might not be valid, so they didn't want to include a namespace. In some cases it may be necessary for libraries to produce data exports that are not valid, but even…
0 votesHello All,
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CDI labels in Alma to be more clear and user friendly
User Story - Our staff are confused when using CDI and would like clearer label, so they understand where to enabled something or not.
We would prefer the labels to be changed to more ‘symptom based diagnosis’ wording. So it would be clear for CDI operators. We have left 'CDI-only full text activation' blank, because he is still not sure what this option is for. In our example we have only given suggested wording. We are happy for this to be different, as long as the labels are more clear and user friendly about what the functions do.1 voteHello All,
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Ability to know which set/s a specific record belong to
It would be very useful to have the ability in Alma to know which set or sets a specific record is in. It would be nice to search for an item id (for itemized sets), an mms id (for titles sets) and so on, and get the sets' names those items or mmsids belong to.
6 votesHello All,
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Raise the exporting capacity from Alma to Excel
It's recently found that there is a limit of 100,000 records when exporting from Alma to Excel. Please consider raising the exporting capacity.
Background information: please refer to Salesforce case # 944923, and this documentation in the knowledge centre:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/010Getting_Started/050Alma_User_Interface_%E2%80%93_General_Information/The_Alma_User_Interface#Export_to_ExcelThank you!
4 votesHello All,
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function "back"
Metadata Editor: We miss the simple function of being able to undo the last steps when cataloging or editing records. In Aleph there was the function
CTRL + Z. This would be extremely helpful. The ability to restore an earlier version is not suitable for this.0 votesHello All,
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Add the 019 field as a match profile in import profiles
In managing import profiles, adding an option under Match Profile to match records on the 019 field would be very helpful. Some libraries use the 019 as the OCLC number and some use it for LibrariesAustralia numbers.
Matching on the 035 and 020/022 doesn't cover all situations for importing records.
4 votesHello All,
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Allow compression to export/publish files containing records in format binary MARC21
This option, to compress the file before send is available only if publishin MARCXML.
Spain University Colective Catalogue REBIUN, requieres files in that format, so publishing takes a long time.1 voteHello All,
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Block Deleted Records from Merge Records and Combine Inventory Process
Currently, when a CSV file is loaded into the "Merge Records and Combine Inventory" process in Alma Resource Management, if the preferred bibliographic record is already deleted from the repository, the merged record attaches to a deleted bib, and is deleted, which is not ideal. We would like to have those merges bounce or error and not merge, or at least be noted in the results file when this occurs, so that staff may manually review or fix that error.
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Automatically deactivate any scheduling of repository import profiles when import method changed to Upload Files/s
When the import method of a repository import profile is changed to Upload File/s, any scheduling previously set for another import method should be automatically switched off.
Currently the scheduling status for FTP/OAI has to be manually changed to inactive, in addition to changing the import method.
This could easily be forgotten by staff making changes to import profiles and results in the scheduled metadata import jobs continuing to run and subsequently failing.
The process would be streamlined and more efficient if scheduling could be automatically removed when an import profile is changed to an import method which does not…
0 votesHello All,
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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…
3 votesHello All,
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Add alphabetic title search field to the external databases search fields in Alma
when searching external databases in order to import a relevant record i notice there are many search fields by words but non of them is by alphabetic order. Especially missing a search field by alphabetic title.
1 voteHello All,
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