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Entend time-out of Alma.
I would like the option of changing the timeout for Alma, often I am away and Alma times out and I have to go back and get back to what I was doing. I can see timing out at the end of the day, but 1 hour is way too short. Thank you.
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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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Alma Product Team
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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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Alma Product Team
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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 voteHello All,
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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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Fix this: Link to "Suggest an Idea" not clickable if the user has moused over 'Alma Release Schedule'
The Alma Release schedule is not a separate page, so it should be moved to the bottom of the list to avoid disrupting other parts of the list. Or it should be changed from an explosion that disrupts the rest of the list to a new page in a new tab, consistent with the other items in the list.
1 voteThis seems to be a bug.
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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
1 voteHello All,
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Watch ideas and share lists of ideas
It would be helpful to have the option to watch an idea without having to use a vote or when an idea is marked as planned.
I'd like to share the list of ideas for which I have voted without exporting or requiring viewers to login.
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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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Allow customisation of locations assigning different colours
As working across different teams it is necessary to switch constantly from one location to another with the possibility to forget to select the appropriate one. Allowing the customisation of the locations assigning a different colour to the layout of each would help avoid this oversight. Moreover it would make feel users in control of locations with no need to constantly check if they are working in the correct environment.
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Search History For All Categories
There is a history of searches for "All titles" in Alma.
It can be cool to have a history for other types of searches such as:
"Order lines", "Invoices" and etc.1 voteHello All,
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We would like to add a filter of barcode or call-number into the result page of a itemized set page.
We would like to add a filter of barcode or call-number into the result page of a itemized set page, so they could locate and remove the dedicated item from the result quickly. The Filtering Sets function is not efficient to locate and remove single item from the result of a set, for more information, please see the attached screenshot. Thanks.
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we would like to set it to show the circulation desk of the library for the patron physical request item in Primo.
The current patron physical request item pickup in Primo is set to Library level, we would like to set it to show the circulation desk of the requested item. So it will be more convenient to our patron.
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