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  1. Creating POL from portfolio level should take the identifier from 020 and not from 776

    When PO Line is created from the Portfolio level, ISBN comes from Marc21 field 776.

    When PO Line is created directly from the bibliographic record, the ISBN comes from the first Marc21 field 020.

    Desired behavior:

    When PO Line is created from the Portfolio level, the ISBN should come from the first Marc21 field 020 (same as when PO Line is created directly from the bibliographic record).

    142 votes
    Accepted  ·  4 comments  ·  Acquisition - PO & POLine  ·  Admin →

  2. Filter OUT cancelled PO Lines

    Provide a facet to filter OUT cancelled PO Lines in the PO Line view. We have a lot of cancelled PO Lines with the same title as existing PO Lines, and it is confusing and time consuming to find the 'active' PO Lines. It would help us tremendously if we could filter OUT cancelled PO Lines, perhaps even by default.

    13 votes
    Accepted  ·  1 comment  ·  Acquisition - PO & POLine  ·  Admin →

  3. Batch deleting PO's

    There is currently no system job to delete PO's. These have to be done manually using the Acquisitions>Purchase Order>Delete PO function individually in ALMA.

    We have 1000's of old orders migrated from our legacy system that are no longer required. We also now only keep 7 years worth of orders in line with current financial practice and so would like to be able to set a job to batch delete at rollover into the new fiscal period.

    307 votes
    Accepted  ·  9 comments  ·  Acquisition - PO & POLine  ·  Admin →

  4. Enable configuring VAT on the purchase order line level

    Institutions should be able to enable configuring VAT on the purchase order line level so that it can be taken into account for encumbrance calculation. Having the VAT only configured at the invoice stage creates incorrect Fund Balance reports where Encumbered Balance is always underestimated and Available Balance always overestimated. A distinction between Inclusive and Exclusive VAT in the POL would be necessary.

    127 votes
    Accepted  ·  5 comments  ·  Acquisition - PO & POLine  ·  Admin →

  5. More easily edit/delete POL templates

    We would like to be able to more easily update our POL templates. As far as I can tell, you need to create a new order, make adjustments in the POL, and then Save As Template - overwriting the old template. There should be an easier process.

    208 votes
    Accepted  ·  7 comments  ·  Acquisition - PO & POLine  ·  Admin →

  6. Extend the "interested users" functionality

    Acquisition librarians want to extend the current "interested users" functionality in order to serve the end user in a better and faster way. The current "interested users" functionality is not sufficient enough, to become useful and really benefit from this functionality we would like to extend it with:
    • The ability to sort the interested user list.
    Use case: some users (e.g. academic staff) have priority and should get the issue first!
    • Make it possible to create hold requests on these items regardless of the existing fulfillment policy:
    Use case: some libraries don't allow requests for available items, but…

    279 votes
    21 comments  ·  Acquisition - PO & POLine  ·  Admin →
    Accepted  ·  AdminNoam Fass (Product Manager, Ex Libris) responded

    Dear community, this idea was reviewed and accepted, below you can find the suggested design, please feel free to comment if you have further suggestion:

    1. It will be possible to sort the interested users list using arrows. The hold requests will be activated as per the order in the interested users tab.

    2. A check mark for ‘Loan to first interested user’ will cause the received item to be automatically loaned to the first interested user when the item is received.

    3. It will be possible to print the list of users (in the proper order) when the item is received

    Thanks,
    Noam Fass | Alma product management team

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