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Scroll-up button in a list of items
Currently there is in Alma only a scroll down botton when there is a long list of items. Is there any way to add a scroll up button (in order to the beginning of the list)?
2 votesHello All,
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Make it possible to create a custom search box that will search only one library in Alma and keep the filter in subsequent searches
We need the ability to limit our elementary school students to search the elementary library only so that they cannot access college level resources in their searches.
3 votesHello All,
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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.
1 voteHello All,
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More rapidly hide items that have been deleted so patrons aren't confused and think we still have them. This is for course reserves.
Find a way to more quickly remove course reserve items that have been deleted from view in Primo. The same goes for adding new items to course reserves, find a way to more quickly display those items in Primo.
4 votesHello All,
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Include the parameters used in the Job Report
The current Job Report is of varying usefulness, depending upon the job run. In many cases, all that is returned is the name the user gave to the batch, time and date run, the number of records processed, and a process ID which is useless on the local level.
It would be FAR more useful if the Job Report, at a minimum, included all of the parameters used to generate the report -- a summary of the selections and input made in the "Run a Job" screens. Without the parameters, troubleshooting is difficult if not impossible.
As an example, when…
8 votesHello All,
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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.
1 voteHello All,
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Add link to 'note' tab in actions menu
We quite often have to add notes to electronic collection records that advise users of outages. Some vendors have nearly 100 collections in their inventory that each need to be updated when there's an outage.
It would be less time-consuming to add a note to multiple records if there was a link to the note tab in the 'actions' menu.
2 votesHello All,
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View the operator's name in the top corner in new UI
in the old UI, the operator's name is visible in the top right corner. This enables employees at a busy, standing service desk to see who is logged in where and avoid using each others' accounts. In the new UI, it's visible only from the home page.
5 votesHello All,
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Make credit and debit figures easy to distinguish
The current use of "-" to designate a credit can be easily overlooked. A more conventional display using "()" would also be more visible.
3 votesHello All,
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Make the Alma new UX search default saving settings optional
The new UX's feature of retaining a user's past 10 searches seems to override browser or computer specific settings to remember more than the most recent 10 searches. Our acquisitions department tried to keep a running list of many of our more complex standing orders, which was a great time saver. This feature was especially useful for cases where transliteration can lead to variations in spelling -- Dostoevskii vs. Dostoevsky vs. Dostoyevsky.
For this reason, we'd like to be able to shut the feature of remembering the most recent searches off, if we want to on an individual user basis.4 votesHello All,
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"Report a Bug" button
Yeah, the UI is slightly buggy and I'd like an ability to report these bugs, thanks.
7 votesHello All,
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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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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).
1 voteHello All,
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Usage statistics Missing Data page should have a note tab
In the Missing Data page, we need a place to put notes in to explain all the red Missing symbols, e.g. vendor closed business, see aip and scitation together (usage statistics split in two places), zero usage, resources moved platform to another vendor, etc.
4 votesHello All,
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Exclude operator roles from "start now" option in scheduled jobs in sandbox environment
As of now every role that has permission to monitor jobs in production can use the "start now" option in the scheduled jobs list in the sandbox. Several operator roles have this permission, e.g. purchasing operator, resulting in an unwanted and uncontrolled run of an institutional job by library staff testing our sandbox environment.
Therefore, we would like this permission to be restricted to manager or administrator roles. If that means, that operator roles need to be stripped of the permission to monitor jobs in production that would be fine for us. We hope that we do not have to…11 votesHello All,
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Add a print option to tables
Printing tables off in Alma can only be achieved by either printing the page (makes for poor results), or exporting to CSV and formatting that document.
Please see the attachment for my suggestion.
7 votesHello All,
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Alma emails: provide matching plain-text alternative to reduce spamminess
Currently Alma emails only include an HTML-formatted variant. Anti-spam software will typically penalise messages that do not contain a plain-text variant, increasing the odds that the message will be marked as spam. Providing a plain-text variant would also benefit users of plain-text only email readers. The plain-text variant should resemble the unformatted content of the HTML-formatted variant. If they differ this might suggest that the sender is perhaps sending an innocuous text in the plain text part just to get through spam filters, and again, would be penalised for this.
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The Letter Activity Mapping Table should be searchable. .
The cryptic names of the various emails make it difficult to find the one I want to customize. A simple search box would go a long way toward greater ease of use.
3 votesHello All,
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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.
1 voteHello All,
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Custom Favicon
Support the ability for an institution to upload a custom favicon. Favicons make work easier when staff have multiple tabs open so they can switch back to Alma quickly. For example, someone may have a tab open with their Primo site, and a tab for the Library of Congress. A local favicon for their institution would allow them to quickly identify the Alma tab and switch back to it.
4 votesHello All,
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