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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.
34 votes -
Provide better bib relinking functions
Provide better relinking functions. For example, when I need to move all the items (with multiple holdings) to another record, I need to transfer one holdings record at a time. It would be nice to be able to select the holdings records we want to move and relink them one time. Also when we are moving course reserve holdings from a short bib record to a full bib record the reading list does not update to the full bib record. I have to go into the reading list and remove the old bib and attach the new bib record to…
6 votes -
allow testing of Alma letters by specifying parameters rather than having to create the correct situation to trigger the letter
Currently you need to create the 'real' situation in Alma in order to trigger a letter to send. E.g. in the case of making changes to the overdue and lost loan notification letter like sending a message every 2nd day, testing this in the sandbox means you need to setup a test scenario, then make sure you run the correct job every day to see what Alma will be doing. Instead, it would be great if there was a test dialogue that would allow you to specify letter specific relevant parameters, eg. in the above example which user, which items,…
2 votes -
Increase report limits on Delete bibliographic records job
The Delete Bibliographic Records job does not include a report on the records deleted and any errors if the set is larger than 10,000 records. This number is not sufficiently large enough for operations in a network zone, and the main workaround is to create smaller sets of records and running multiple delete jobs.
Please increase the reporting limits on the delete bibliographic records job.
13 votes -
Create a "sticky note" widget for individualized staff notes.
It would be helpful to have a "sticky note" type widget available on the Alma homepage so that staff could record personalized ideas/instructions/reminders to themselves about Alma-specific work.
The simplest version could just be a plain text box where staff could add/delete text as desired. A fancier version could allow for multiple notes to be created, storing them each with a title and create date and listing them all in the Widget.
If we get really crazy there could be a setting to enable the user to choose whether the note is a public note (for all other Alma users…
82 votes -
""Display in Discovery" link should go to Primo view based on your location in Alma
Currently if your Alma instance has multiple Primo views, you can only choose one for the ""Display in Discovery" link to go to. This can be incredibly frustrating for anyone needing to see the display in a different Primo view, as they have to edit the url.
Every Alma user already has to choose a location when they log in. Therefore, Alma should be configurable to go to a specific Primo view based on the current location of the Alma user.
31 votes -
View members or results button from Set Details page
When looking at the list of sets on the Manage sets page, it is sometimes necessary to click into the Set Details to view the description or notes to make sure that it is the correct set that I want to work with. To then view the members, it takes three more clicks: 1) go back to the manage sets screen 2) right click or click the ellipsis button 3) click the members or results option on the dropdown menu. It would be really nice if on the Set details page there were a button to view either the members…
2 votes -
Transit Time Rules for Work Order Departments
We have work order departments in a central location providing services to multiple libraries across our state. When the department has completed their task and is ready to send the item to the distant library, Alma sets the delivery date to 24 hours when the transit time between libraries could take 72 hours. This confuses patrons who believe the item is available when it is in transit.
The Transit Time Rule set between libraries are not configured to include Work Order Departments and only the library level is available for configuration. We would like the Transit Time Rules to include…
5 votes -
Advanced Search for Citations
Enable Advanced Search for Citations along with the ability to save the Advanced Search results as a set.
As we use Leganto, the number of citations in Alma continues to increase. It is becoming increasingly difficult to wade through these citations to find the ones that need attention.
For example, we are using 3 different tags to indicate if a book needs to be temporarily moved to the course reserves collection/location of the library. In this example, we frequently need to view books with these 3 tags at the same time but currently there is no way to do this…
9 votes -
Printouts Queue: Include more info in printing queue display
Idea: Include bibliographic or request information in the display of the Printing queue. (E.g. An additional column that displays Title and/or Internal/External identifier).
Rationale: There may be multiple desks/people scanning in requests at different times; it would be helpful to be able to see which item a letter was referring to at a glance. This information is available from the "preview" option, BUT, it takes a lot of time and clicks to open each to see if it should be printed or reprinted.
7 votes -
Create a widget from a set
It would be very useful to add the ability to create a widget based on the results of a logic set.
10 votes -
Allow filtering and sorting on all columns in "In process items"
In the "In process items", some columns can be filtered (Process status, request filter, library) and some can be sorted but not all. It would be useful to be able to filter by "Modified by", "Modification date" and to sort by "Modification Date".
7 votes -
A new design for the homepage of ALMA
It would be really lovely if the homepage to ALMA was colourful and bright with easy access to the major functions we use in the library. For example there could be a homepage that has different bubbles (5 in a circle with one in the middle for example) and people can drag and drop their 6 most used icons. For library assistants this would be super useful if we could open ALMA and instantly be able to issue / return books / search for a service users name / card number for easy access. It would also be great if…
4 votes -
Alma should remove any whitespace before/after identifiers, barcodes, call numbers etc.
Alma should automatically remove any leading or trailing whitespace in user identifiers, barcodes, call numbers etc. - any kind of identifiers entered manually or via copy&paste. Barcodes that are not working, users that are not matched at login are examples of real-life malfunctions that cost us time to analyze, all caused by a simple trailing blank entered in a form. It could be easily trimmed by Alma itself with neglectible implementation effort.
48 votes -
Enable Auto Refresh on the Monitor Jobs Page
At University of Tennessee we have found we are often waiting on lengthy system jobs to process before manually ran jobs are completed. It would be nice if this page had a built in auto-refresh to reload job percentage completion. It is rather tedious to repetitively click the refresh button to see if a job has began or made any substantial progress. If possible the button should be able to be clicked for instant refreshes but it should also refresh automatically in a timely matter. I believe increments of thirty seconds would be favorable or up to a minute. Thank…
43 votes -
Location color schemes
I would like to make it an option to change the color scheme of the ALMA top ribbon/possibly sidebar to differentiate locations especially between Main Circulation Desk and Acquisitions, of which I have to switch regularly. This would save me time spent on correcting errors due to being in the wrong location for a particular procedure.
52 votes -
Do not automatically highlight search terms
After completing a search in the persistent search box, the inputted text remains in that field. When clicking back into the persistent search box to edit this text, all of the text is automatically highlighted. This often results in accidentally deleting the entire search phrase when attempting to edit it slightly, or at the very least having to pay extra careful attention to click twice into the search box to un-highlight before editing. Removing auto-highlighting would streamline the process of editing searches and alleviate the frustration of many accidental deletions.
24 votes -
Configure paired libraries to have own Discovery Widget in Alma
We have two libraries and would like to have the Discovery Widget visible on Alma's initial page based on own libraries collection. When I go to Configuration Menu > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views, 2 libraries are listed. If I select my own library, my own library discovery widget becomes the default to both libraries. We'd like each library to have their corresponding collection on the Discovery Widget.
14 votes -
Making Copy to Community / Network / Institution configurable
When searching for authoritiy records, there are options to copy an authority to Network or to Community or even to the Institution zone.
We understand there may be institutions and consortia administrating different kind of vocabularies at different levels, but this is not the case for all. We see in our consortium too many mistakes due to catalogers selecting the wrong button when importing a record. We therefore strongly suggest making all these options configurable, so that it will be possible to hide the buttons.
45 votes -
Alma new layout: better visual distinction between Alma Main Menu and Alma Configuration
Hello.
I'm testing the new layout of Alma. https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/010Getting_Started/050Alma_User_Interface_%E2%80%93_General_Information/045Usability_Improvements/Layout_Improvements
One major change is that the Main Menu (with the Alma functional areas: Acq, Resources, Fulfillment,...) is now on the left side. The Alma Configuration Menu is also on the left side.
It can be difficult to visually distinguish between the Main Menu and the Configuration Menu. (Please see "Alma new layout, Main Menu vs Config Menu.png")
For example, I think I'm in the Alma Main Menu so I click on Resources to Manage Import Profiles. But I'm actually in the Configuration Menu so when I click on Resources I go…
28 votes
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