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In Advanced search make a change on condition 'country of origin' "equals" and then a drop down list with countries
If you add the condition 'language' while making an Advanced Search you get "equals' and a dropdown list with languages. This is not the case if you search on 'country of origin'. We would like to have "equals" and a dropdown list with countries added to the conditions.
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Coordinate the alphabetization of the Letters tables
Coordinate the alphabetization of the Letter Activity table and the Letter Emails table in configuration, and the letters description table in the OLH. Each table seems to use a different alphabetization scheme (if any at all) which makes it extremely difficult to coordinate configurations or to locate specific letters to customize or review.
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Socialize Alma
Enable users to see other users online, chat, etc.
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Collaborative space for project management
Create a space for collaborating on projects, sharing calendars, working toward milestones.
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Create a system that IDs (and removes?) former staff who are still linked to reports and actions in ALMA.
We have had several people leave our library but we didn't realized that they were still listed as recipients on reports and scheduled actions. ExLibris say there is currently no way to identify what process staff members are connected to except to open and edit every report and look for their name. A simpler way of IDing or reporting/removing ex-staff would be very helpful (long term).
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When using the Excel tool, instead of results.xlsx, can Alma not name the item by the title of the search? For instance, if we're looking at
When using the tools function, instead of results.xlsx, could Alma not name the item by the title of the search? For instance, if we're looking at the set from a saved repository search, the Excel file could use the name of the set.
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Make the user identifier configurable in the Staff Login Report
This report is of limited utility since despite displaying "User Name" it is actually showing the Primary ID. Make the user display info. configurable (along with "Updated by" as noted elsewhere).
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Custom Widgets
We would like Alma to support custom Widgets.
Something as simple as embedding custom HTML/CSS/JS code to display data from other sources such as Tableau Online or Google Data Studio would be a great addition.
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For publication year search option, replace symbols ">" ">=" "<" "<=" with the wording-- or add behind the symbols.
The publication year search option drop-down list includes "Equals," "In," "Not Equals," and "Not In"-- and the SYMBOLS for less than, more than, etc. Replacing the symbols with the wording would add consistency (as well as clarity for those of us who haven't had a math class for, ahem, several decades). For example, replacing ">" with "Greater Than" and replacing ">=" with "Greater Than or Equal To."
Alternatively, add the wording behind the symbols when only the symbol is listed, and add the symbols when there is only the wording.
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Make Mapping Tables available for Alma Admin Users
We would like to make Mapping Tables available for Admin users in Alma and/or Alma Premium Sandbox to be able to customize fields in Alma that they are self-explanatory for back-end users. For example, in the Full record display (Primo as a discovery layer) we would like to hide the "Pickup location" and modify the "Material type". Another example is to examine Acquisitions fields options for the records management activities.
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Provide more display text options for physical related records
Although the Alma "Labels" table has multiple codes for use with electronic related titles, there's only one for physical related titles.
Specifically, there are separate viewit options for 773 (c.uresolver.viewit.relatedtypelist.PARTOF) and 774 (c.uresolver.viewit.relatedtypelist.CONTAINS) but a single getit option (c.uresolver.getit.relatedtitle_display) is used for both 773 and 774.
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Allow dynamic values in (some) configuration fields
In some cases it would be helpful to be able to enter a dynamic value rather than a static text in a configuration field.
My current use case is configuration of FTP import profiles, where it would help with two different needs: avoid repeatedly having to adjust all import profiles after a sandbox refresh, and avoid having to create separate import profiles for each operator with the only difference being a personal Input directory.
As the import profile configuration doesn't use the centrally defined FTP profiles (another idea ...), after reloading the sandbox from the production environment all FTP import…
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For calendar entries which have a start date in the past, automatically update the start date to the current date upon edit.
When you edit a calendar entry, you have to physically change the "Valid from" start date to today if the entry was first entered in the past. If you forget to change the start date to the current date, you trigger an error that reads "Valid from cannot be in the past".
My enhancement request is:
For calendar entries which have a start date in the past, automatically update the start date to the current date upon edit.
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Enable different time formats for Alma interface and letters
Currently, it's only possible to set one time format within Alma (Configuration Menu > General > General Configuration > Other Settings > systemtimeformat), which is used universally in the Alma interface (e.g. in patron records, in monitor jobs). A time format that's appropriate for use in the Alma interface isn't necessarily right for letters that are sent out to users. For example, we would like to set the time format for the Alma interface to 24 hour clock including seconds (H:mm:ss). For letters though, we would prefer to stick to 24 hour clock without seconds (H:mm) because it's…
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Ajout de l'adresse de la Bibliothèque propriétaire de la demande annulée
Concernant la lettre d'Annulation d'une demande "FulCancelRequestLetter", au lieu d'avoir l'adresse de l'Institution, nous aimerions voir apparaître les coordonnées de la bibliothèque dont dépend le document demandé.
Cela permet à l'usager d'avoir la possibilité de contacter la bibliothèque en cas d'annulation de demande de celle-ci.
Bien cordialement1 vote -
Enable drag and drop of recent pages so we can use that as virtual bookmarks
If you can allow drag and drop of recent pages so we can use that as virtual bookmarks and not have to see rarely used pages that happen to be recently used.
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Alma Studio
Having an Alma Studio (like the Primo Studio) would be great for customizing the Alma interface.
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tener una buena traduccion del programa para el usuario español, la que hay deja mucho que desear y es incompleta
traduccion correcta y completa, gracias
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roles
It would be helpful if there were a tool that lets you enter/select every task across all modules that you want the user to have access to, and then it will give you a suggestion of which permissions/roles would be most appropriate to assign them.
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Migration Configuration Menus
During the migration process, it is sometimes difficult to know what to ask about when looking for help from our migration specialists. Furthermore, following documentation can sometimes be confusing when it leads you to a menu that is not only unavailable, but also invisible. If these menus can be made either "read-only" until an institution receives their Alma Certification, or if the link to the menu can be visible (but not clickable), that will assist in future migrations.
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