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Add Close Note to the Change PO Lines Status job
We would like to add a Close Note when running the Change PO Lines Status to Close orders. Currently we can add a Cancellation Note but if we CLOSE a batch of orders (essentially cancelling continuation orders that have had receipts), there is no way to add a general note that populates all order lines. We have to manually add a note to each order.
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Pin your favourite vendors
We would like the ability to 'pin' favourite vendors to the top of the Search Vendors list.
Staff are going into a couple of vendor records to occasionally run manual EDI import jobs. Rather than search for the vendor (which brings up the 'Search Vendors' screen) and then click on the vendor, staff want to be able to enter the Search Vendors list by clicking on a bookmarked link (which is currently possible), and then see their favourite vendors at the top of the list (which is currently not possible).
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R2Digital PDA: Implement automatic upload of electronic holdings
Implement automatic upload of electronic holdings for R2Digital PDA titles. Currently staff receive monthly reports that require manual adjustment to the collections for both new and archived titles.
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Overdue lending requests - sort by overdue-date
In regards to overdue lending requests, it would be very beneficial to have the option of sorting by due date. By sorting this way, you could tackle the documents that have been kept out of circulation the longest first, with one (or two) clicks.
Per 13.05.24, the options we can choose from in the "sort by" drop-down menu are:
- Last interest date
- Update date
- Creation date
- Title
- Shelving location
There are toggleable due-date spans in the facet menu. A sorting function would still be beneficial.
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Add Reporting Code 4 and 5 to XML Invoice Export
Currently only Reporting codes 1, 2, and 3 are included in the invoice XML that is exported from Alma. This has been confirmed with Ex Libris.
It would be useful to include the other 2 reporting codes as well.
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Provide fulfillment configuration utility information in an API response
Currently, testing configurations requires manually pasting information into the Fulfillment Configuration Utility and then reviewing output.
It would be much more helpful if an API could accept a list of users and barcodes and return the output of the fulfillment configuration utility - names of the matched rules, or names + policy values. That would allow for much more robust and efficient testing of configuration.
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Add "License Type" filter
Under the licenses tab, you're able to view all licenses and amendments that your institution has created. There are currently two filters: "Status" and "Review Status".
It would be helpful if there was an additional filter for "License Type" so that we can filter the list down even further to view only Licenses or Amendments. Some of our licenses come with a TON of amendments, and it's not always ideal to see licenses across multiple pages when I may need to review things regarding our Master Licenses.
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Be able to restrict certain libraries to particular user groups only
We need to restrict who can access one of our libraries by user groups. We need to restrict one of our libraries to only be used by users with a certain user group. We want to restrict who can collect a hold request by user group for one of our libraries.
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Search and replace
It would be useful to have a feature like job that allows you to work on substrings, a sort of search and replace of a part of a part of a string. From what I understand, with jobs I can set or delete values but I cannot work on the contents as substrings.
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Display 360 mp4 file in Alma-D
We would like to have Alma-D support for displaying 360 mp4 files.
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Searchbox jankiness
The searchbox in Alma is...odd.
When you click into it with one click, it highlights everything (instead of inserting the cursor where you clicked). Why not use the almost universal standard of 1 click = insert cursor at that point, 2 clicks = highlight that word / string, 3 clicks = highlight everything?
It's also needlessly difficult to make the dropdown disappear after having opened it when editing a record. The dropdown should disappear if you click anywhere else on the screen - as it does when not editing.
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Improve event key data for System Events tracking
The data captured in System Events for code and mapping table changes could be useful for auditing purposes and tracking changes to administrative settings. However, the key value pair captures an internal code for the table rather than the name, and there is no way for Alma customers to retrieve the code, either from the Alma UI or the configuration API calls.
It would be much better to include the table name in the event log, or provide the table code in some fashion so that they could be linked together.
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Add OCLC number option to Borrowing->Create a Request ->From Search->External Search->World Cat
In the Borrowing->Create a Request ->From Search->External Search->World Cat
can OCLC number be added to the field options? This could greatly enhance matching for specific items.1 vote -
Subtotal multiple allocated fund values on an invoice (for multiple invoice lines)
We often use multiple allocated funds for different invoice lines on the same invoice. When I am trying to compare with our financial system, I have to manually subtotal the amounts per fund to make sure it matches the cost center values. If the subtotal of all allocated funds used on an invoice (different invoice lines) could be present on the invoice lines tab or summary tab, that would be very helpful.
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PO line automatically renewed notes
Have the option to turn off "The PO Line has renewed automatically on date by the system" notes if not required or be able to delete in bulk. They can make it hard to find specific notes about the order
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Add collections for East View's China Monographic Serials
Series A, B, C & E of East View's China Monographic Serials are missing from the knowledge base. Please add them, thank you!
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Allow internal users to have a phone number as default required field (not email)
We have a mix of internal users, some community users do not have email addresses. We find that it is nearly impossible to set up Alma accounts for them when they do not have an email. We would like to have the option to set those users to have a default phone number as the required contact field and the ability to print on demand any notifications they may be.
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Need job to force POLs out of Claims status
Over the years, many items of all resource types have fallen into Claims for one reason or another. For the purposes of cleaning up records, Alma should have a job that enables Acquisitions managers to force POLs out of Claim status, even for closed fiscal periods or POLs that are closed. The inability to move an item out of Claim due to it not following the strict receiving process is very inconvenient and makes the Claims function almost useless when its so cluttered.
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Digital Inventory Import Matching (Dublin Core)
If the Match Method for a digital inventory import profile is dc:identifier, then matching should only happen on the dc:identifier. dc:identifier should not match with other fields like dcterms:identifier (dcterms:URI)
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Metadata Editor option to Expand from Template available for Dublin Core records
In MDE, the option "Expand from Template" should be available for DC records.
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