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  1. User record list of roles should display Expiration Date -- not Status Date

    In the display of Roles for a given user, displaying the Status Date (when the Role was created or last edited) is virtually useless. Much more valuable would be to instead display the Expiration Date for that Role. This is something that we must currently click into the record to see, and is something of much more value -- especially when checking on the status of student staff.

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  2. Make "Manage Users" table sortable by all headings.

    The "Manage Users" table is sortable by a few columns but not by all. Add the ability to sort by the columns that aren't sortable yet:
    User Group
    Status
    Expiration Date
    Blocks
    Notes

    This will make that table much more useful and easier to work with.

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    Completed  ·  Dana Moshkovits responded

    As of Alma May Release:
    Alma enables the User List to be sorted by User Group, Purge Date and Expiration Date. When using the advanced search, a set can be created to include multiple user groups. These groups or the expiry/purge date can now be sorted. The purge date column is hidden by default and can be added to the displayed columns.
    For More information please see Alma May Release Notes:
    https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2021/Alma_2021_Release_Notes?mon=202105BASE

  3. Provide clear indication on failed "Primo Login Using Email"

    "Primo Login Using Email" is a recently added feature in Alma to manage users that weren't in any external IdP. Alma would not need to manage password for those users and send them a one-time link to login to Primo. However, I discover that there are problems with the implementation of Email Login. When patron account has blocks that wouldn't allow them to log in, e.g. expired, Alma just simply not generate any email. It won't even give patron any error message like "login failed". It leaves patrons wondering why they did not receive any email. Ex Libris should add…

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  4. When paying all fines/fees the payment amount should automatically be populated

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  5. Add Expiry Date as optional field to display in Profile Role list

    We depend on Profiles (Config > User Management > Profiles) to assign multiple roles to many new student hires each semester. We set all student roles to expire at the end of each semester and renew roles each semester for returning workers. We started adding Expiry Dates to roles in frequently-used student Profiles to gain efficiency. We must update the Expiry Dates in each role in a profile in advance of the next round of student staff onboarding. Profiles that are applied less frequently do not get this Role-Expiry Date treatment.

    The problem is that the Profile Roles list display…

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    Completed  ·  Dana Moshkovits responded

    “Expiry Date” has been added as new column to User Profile’s Roles page.
    As of July Release

  6. Show / Hide Email Type and Address Type values (e.g. Alternative etc.) from Register New User menu

    It would be useful if we could show or hide some Email Type and Address Type values (e.g. Alternative etc.) from the Register New User menu.
    Actually those values sometimes generate problems in our API connecting Alma with our Human Resources system. But in general making them disappear could help in making the form for registering a new user more customizable and, if needed, simpler.

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    Completed  ·  AdminDana Moshkovits (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    It is now possible to configure the fields that appear in the Patron Registration and the Edit User Info (from the Manage Patron Services page) forms in Alma.

    The new option makes it possible to configure a form that is fine-tuned to the library's needs and manages only the information the library wants to manage.

    For more information see August Release Notes


  7. View history of patron record

    We'd like to be able to view the history of a patron record. This would help with troubleshooting problems with updates from our SIS and also investigating problems with circulation.

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