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Tables need an option to clear the default value
There are various code tables in Alma that prompt you to choose "Default Value -- Yes/No" when adding a row to the table. Once multiple rows have been added, it's possible to select one value to be the default value. However, once one value has been chosen as the default at any point in time, there is NO option to clear the default value (short of deleting the default value row which causes other problems). There are times when we don't want a default value but "Yes" was chosen by mistake when adding a new row.
One example of this…
17 votes -
add log information in the request view audit trail menu.
We hope to add the operation account and specific operation time for each operation in the request view audit trail menu.
1 vote -
Dojo Payment Collection Software
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The warning information system of the new metadata editor can be directly displayed, or the librarian can be configured to display or not di
The warning information system of the new metadata editor can be displayed directly, or librarians can be configured to display or not display it. The current warning in your record requires manual clicking of the arrows at the back to appear, with each item being highlighted, seriously affecting the efficiency of cataloging.
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Add the Inventory price, Receiving date,Inventory date fields on the output results display
It is important for the acquistition staff to add the following items to the display options based on the output results display retrieved by the physical item:
Receiving date
Inventory date
Inventory price4 votes -
Workforms
Coming from Leap this is the most missed feature. Being able to have multiple tabs open, remembering recent patrons and item records opened, and switching back and forth without losing what I'm working on.
Ex. If I look up a patron's account and they ask me to look up an item, I shouldn't lose their account page when I go back to "Manage Patron Services".
1 vote -
Archived Reading Lists show up in Reading List Tasks
When I archive reading lists, they show up in reading list task section and there isn't way to remove them from there. I don't need know that they've been archived, so it would be nice if they didn't show up in this area since I use it to monitor reading lists I'm currently working on. If there is a way to configure this, so they don't show up, I haven't been able to find any documentation for it. (Most of the time I get pointed to Leganto and we don't use it)
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Interested In Letter - Remove from preferred email
Could we please have this letter removed from the list of letters affected by:
"For some letters, such as several resource sharing letters, the From: address contains the library's email preferred address, if this address is configured. If the address is not configured, the letters use ILL@exlibrisgroup.com as the From address. The list of letters with this behavior is:"
It doesn't make sense that a letter triggered by an acquisitions workflow is lumped in with a bunch of (largely) resource sharing letters.
3 votes -
Toggle the copying of Configuration to Premium Sandbox
A recurring theme in NERS voting is the ability to maintain Premium Sandbox Configuration changes on refresh.
I suggest that instead of allowing for export and import of tables an extra toggle be added to the Premium Sandbox Configuration area. When this toggle is selected NONE of the configuration tables from the Production version are copied at refresh. This would allow sites who wish to maintain their sandbox changes to do so while sites that would prefer the overlay have the option. It would also be somewhat easier to code since it is an if/else in the current refresh workflow…2 votes -
Add a job that can set the CDI option collectively
We would like you to add a job to set "Activate for search in CDI" collectively for the electronic collection set of CZ.
Also, please add a job to batch update the following CDI options for the electronic collection set of IZ.
- CDI Search activation status
- We subscribe to only some titles in this collection
- CDI-only full text activation
- Do not show as Full Text available in CDI even if active in Alma58 votes -
Increase password strength requirements
Our institution's security protocols require certain password strength requirements that do not align with ExL's general password guidelines of 8 characters or greater. With the rise of identity theft and database exploits, ExL standards are not up to date with current guidelines. Our institutions minimum password requirements are:
i. Be at least 15 characters long
ii. Be no more than 127 characters long.
– Some applications limit the number of characters that can be used.
iii. Not be used for the user’s other accounts.
iv. Not consist of a common phrase.
v. Not be based on something that’s guessable by…9 votes -
Improve Primo view override function in Alma
The override function in the Configure Views section in Alma does not what one would expect, at least not for me.
It would be a lot better that you can override your default view with the settings of a newer view, but without irreversibly altering either and allowing to switch back, or use another view altogether.
And it should not only use the new settings, but also use it's customization package.
This way it's easy to update your default view with new settings and style while continuing to use the same view code.
3 votes -
Allow bulk updating of citation sources
It would be very helpful to be able to run a job to delete, add or update a set of citation sources in bulk.
3 votes -
German Translation and Knowledge Base-Usability Enhancement
There are many misunderstandable field translations in Alma.
If these cannot be repaired ad hoc in the program itself, one could at least touch this up in the KB, so that the explanations help further.Analytics is mostly untranslated, except for some buttons.
It would also be more user-friendly if the KB could be switched between English and German content at the current location via dropdown, without having to walk the path to the decisive location again.
3 votes -
Exclude results in "Facets"
When viewing search results in Alma, it would be nice to easily exclude items based on their pre-determined facets. For example, showing all results except for those on loan. This can be accomplished via an advanced search as well, but it would be more convenient to have it available via the facets menu, similar to how it is in Primo.
3 votes -
Alt-Text Capability for Images in Alma-D
To improve accessibility, libraries should be able to add alt-text to image files uploaded to Alma-D.
3 votes -
Add feature to change the background dark and the letters white in Alma
Please develop a way to change the background dark and the letters white. Reworded in hopes of getting an update on the previous idea from 2019. At that time it was stated this feature would be on a future roadmap, but we haven't seen anything yet. This is an important feature for those of us who spend a lot of our work time in Alma.
6 votes -
Customizing search result sort options for Physical Titles/Holdings/Items searches
When conducting a Physical Items/Holdings/Titles search in Alma, it would be ideal to have the capability to: change what the default sort options are; customize additional sort field options for the Primary and Secondary sorts so an institution may sort by any field in their catalog that they desire; hide sort options from the drop-down menu that are not needed or not used.
1 vote -
Add option for inventory's title to the "Interested In" letter
When we receive items on a standing order POL, our interested users listed in the POL receive the standard "Interested In" letter notifying them that an item has been processed. However, when the standing order POL is attached to a brief bib for the series, the letter only gives the series title and not the individual item's analytic title. As a result, the interested user is only notified that a new item in that series has arrived, but not what that specific item is.
The letter's XML does pull the individual item's call number through @@callNumber@@ : <xsl:value-of select="notification_data/poline_inventory/call_number"/>". Replicating…
6 votes -
Add the option to custom harvest the entire institution's SUSHI accounts
We usually analyse the usage data of the whole previous year. In our "Monthly usage data" overview many reports failed. We have 100+ vendors with SUSHI accounts.
To manually go to each vendor and custom harvest the year's usage data takes a long time.
Please include the option to run a job that harvests ALL SUSHI data as a custom harvest.
37 votes
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