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Option to set defaults when creating a new user
It would be nice to be able to control the default options in the 'Register New User' form. For example, when I open up the 'Register New User' form I would like the following fields to be selected be default:
- User group = BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts)
- Email types = Personal
- Identifier type = Barcode
In particular for parts 2 and 3 we rarely use any of the other options and it would streamline adding new users if we could have these options just be selected by default.
Joanna Hare
National Art School Library Manager18 votesHello All,
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user title as free text field instead of pre-defined drop-down
The field user title should be definable as free text field (min 100 characters long), so that various combinations of user titles can be imported from the campus information system. Now this is not possible, because titles (resp. combinations of titles) have to be defined BEFORE importing users via API.
14 votesHello All,
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Add address parameters to update/notify user job
We are a library in an institution that has one library but several locations/physical campuses. The students order material in Primo, and we send material from the library to the students by post (internal system) to their location.
The issue is that our SIS (Student information system) does not seperate the students by locaton, and does not offer any indication to where the stuydent is located in the user profile import to Alma. As it is, we have no possibility to see whether a student is located at the same campus as the library or at one of the others.
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13 votesHello All,
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Please leave me signed in at my library.
There is no point in timing us out of our specific library. It is super annoying to come back to my desk and find that ALMA has kicked me out of my library and that I have to select it again---the only library in the list of options, btw, making it pointless for me to "choose a library" in the first place. There's only one! Please turn that off. It is a bug, not a feature of the program.
13 votesHello All,
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Borrowing activity letter should exclude patrons with no loans
When running a borrowing activity letter job, it will send an e-mail to patrons with no loans. Only fees. That is not neccessary. Would be nice to have a possibility to exclude those customers.
13 votesHello All,
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User Registration Terms of Use - Have expiration dates be able to set from the calendar
When creating TOU for User Registration, we should have the ability, much like with due dates in Fulfillment, to set the expiration date to not only various amounts of time, but to a calendar date. We have some patrons who end their privileges at the end of the semester, and it would be very helpful.
12 votesHello All,
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preferred language
We are a bilingual institution. Sometimes we need to email users regarding requests, etc. In Manage Patron Services, we have to go all the way into Edit User Info in order to see the user's Preferred Language. It would be easier if the area on the right that contains User Notes and other details (see file) also contained Preferred Language.
11 votesHello All,
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Add Last Login attribute to Users subject area in Analytics
The current Staff Login Report in Alma Configuration is of limited use, in that it doesn't provide additional details about users beyond Primary ID and last login date. In Analytics, we can find full details about named users, but cannot determine which accounts are actively used without the "Last Login Date" field.
We would like to see the Last Login Date--i.e., the last date a user logged in to Alma to perform staff activity--added as an attribute to the Users subject area in Analytics. Having this date along with users roles and expiration dates will help our libraries better manage…
11 votesHello All,
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SIS - Save Rejected records in XML format for re-load
Currently rejected records from the SIS batch upload process are only identified in the event log. It would be very useful if the rejected records were saved to a separate file in XML format. This would allow for easier re-load once the load error is resolved.
11 votesHello All,
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Automatically attach the circulation desk that I choose in role creation.
When you are assigning any roles that require a circulation desk attached, you have us choose the desk, select it, and then attach it. Why can you not just use the one I select and remove the attach step?
10 votesHello All,
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Linking Proxy and Sponsor accounts
In our library, we create a separate library account for every Proxy, in addition to their personal account.
We want the Proxy and Sponsor accounts to be linked to each other so that all loans made by a Proxy on behalf of a Sponsor will automatically be registered on both accounts.
In addition, all requests placed by a Proxy on behalf of a Sponsor should be loanable on the Sponsor's account without the need of deleting the request/s from the Proxy's account.Since many Sponsors have more than one Proxy )sometimes up to 10), we would like a Proxies/Sponsor tab…
10 votesHello All,
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Batch Job to add User Notes with option to choose "Note Type" and select "User viewable" and "Pop up note"
Currently, there is no option to choose "Note Type" and select "User viewable" and "Pop up note" boxes while adding User Notes in batch.
10 votesHello All,
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Enable deletion of staff users from historical records
Enable deletion of staff users from historical records
Based on strong laws for data protection in Germany and in order to avoid efficiency control of the employees we need the possibility to delete the staff user from historical records.
Kende
9 votesHello All,
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Ability to log in as user to a user's Library Card
It would be nice to be able to log in to a user's Library Card as that user for various reasons, mainly related to seeing what the patron can see (which letters they are selected to receive, which loans are present and which can be renewed by patron, etc.).
This has been an immensely helpful feature within ILLiad, and with the ability to integrate Alma and ILLiad and allow users "one" library account to manage rather than several, it would be very helpful in troubleshooting users' questions over the phone or via email.
9 votesHello All,
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Read only view of user record information
There is a need to provide our faculty librarians with a role that allows for a read only view of the user record information e.g. user details, addresses, contact details, etc.
8 votesHello All,
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Update/Notify Users
External Notes and Statistics information is overwritten when synchronizing patrons Externally via the SIS system. Notes and Statistics information can be entered manually and set as “Internal” by running the Update/Notify Users job and selecting the option “Add/changed field = Internal”. However, you are limited by the information that can be added to each selection. In the “Notes” selection you can’t select nor add a Note Type. In the Statistic selection, there’s no option to select a Category Type or type a Note. (see examples)
It would be helpful, if there were notes and category options in the Notes and…
8 votesHello All,
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Add profile used to the list of Roles for a given user
It would be useful if there was an indication of the Profile used that added each role to a given users account.
8 votesHello All,
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Create role profile from specific user roles.
Once we have assigned roles to a certain user, and we see that the functionality is correct, it would be interesting to be able to create a profile directly with the roles of this user.
In this way, we can assign the same roles to another user.7 votesHello All,
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a specific type of "User notes" shown under "notes" tab
Currently, all user notes (which can be added manually) are hidden behind the "notes" tab (which can't be manually added), as shown in the attachment. It would be great if a specific type of "user notes"(for example, circulation notes) could be listed under "notes" tab, so that those notes will be more obvious to desk staff.
7 votesHello All,
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Batch upload (from template) of internal users
We do not use external SIS upload. However, it would be fantastic to be able to batch upload internal users from a template, like we can do with portfolios. At the start of each school year, we could use the list of incoming students very easily.
6 votesHello All,
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