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Alma TPRS integration Resource Sharinng - request bib / request fields missing
Currently there are a number of fields not mapped correctly for TPRS-ALMA integration.
We would like this to be enhanced. See #08113211
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Subtitle field data entered in TPRS not appearing on the Alma side.Missing values for Author initials and Additional Person Name.
(Borrowing) Book Request (Alma borrows from TPRS) - Alma sends Data "Place of publication", this value did not land on (TPRS)?
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Resource sharing borrowing requests - Overdue Request status
It would be great if Resource Sharing Borrowing Requests could be automatically allocated the status 'Overdue Request' when issued to the borrower, and when the loan 'due date' has passed.
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Pop-up message when scanning in an item with a request note
We refer to the Alma March release notes: Pop-up Messages in the Scan In Interface. Various pop-up messages can be configured in Alma configuration – Fulfillment – Physical fulfillment - Scan In Messages Configuration. It would also be very useful to be able to configure a pop-up when the borrower has filled in the comment field on a request in Primo/Oria, e.g. that they want the book sent to another library. This is otherwise easily overlooked.
The request comment enters Alma as a Request note, and is visible in the Pickup from shelf list. But we would also like a…
435 votesA new ‘Requester Note’ message has been added to the Scan In Messages Configuration screen. By default, this message is enabled and will appear as a ‘Pop-Up’. The message will be displayed when an item that is scanned in has a ‘Requester Note’ associated to it.
For More information please see Alma May Release Notes:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2021/Alma_2021_Release_Notes?mon=202105BASE -
Preventing Change of Due Date (Recall) when placing Physical Item Request
When placing a physical item request for an item that is checked out, we typically want to recall the item, but there are sometimes exceptions to this. For these exceptions, we would like to have the option, while placing the request, to prevent the recall and simply add the requester to the queue without changing the due date.
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Add more flexibility in Request TOU Pickup Locations policy
We’d like more flexibility in Request TOU Pickup Locations policy.
We have more than 20 libraries and most of them are located within walking distance. Therefore, we want our patrons to go directly to those libraries instead of placing pickup requests and limit the patrons who can place such requests. Otherwise, the number of requests will become too large to handle and logistics and management cost will become enormous. Moreover, it’s not time efficient. If users go directly, they can borrow immediately, but it may take 1-2 days to deliver since there is no direct route between…
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Show a confirmation/warning about completing a lending request when using scan in items
It would be a good enhancement to get a warning or a confirmation that a request is about to be set to completed, when we scan in an item that is currently in a resource sharing process. Because we use RFID, we have had multiple occurences of scanning in a document that already has the status Shipped Physically again by mistake, only to have the lending request irreversibly set to Request Completed, without the item ever being received by the Borrowing library. This means we have to contact the owning library and ask them to resubmit the request.
When…
279 votesAs of July release you canset a message to warn the users if they are going to complete a lending process when scanning items. On the Scan In Messages Configuration page, the Complete lending request message, which defaults to none (no message), can be set to Popup message.
for more information please see Alma release notes:
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Request for Enhancement of the "Patron Physical Item Request" Function
We would like to request an enhancement regarding the "Patron Physical Item Request" function.
Currently, Alma recommends using the "Patron Physical Item Request" function at the title level, and customer institutions are also using the function in the same way.
When a purchase request is made, notifications for item arrival and hold requests for interested users are also processed at the title level. As a result, when multiple items (e.g., volumes/issues) are ordered under a single title, even if several items are received by the library through that order, interested users receive a notification indicating that only…6 votes -
Trial : request of a Trial viewer role
There are 3 roles about Trials : administrator, operator and participant.
But none gives access to the Trials and all information with only option to view (and not delete neither modify datas).
A license viewer role exists in ALMA ; we request a similar Trial viewer role.28 votes -
Improve Request Limit configuration to match Loan Limit configuration
Request limit configuration is currently extremely limited:
- It applies across the whole instutition
- It is a single limit which can't be distinguished for different material types, items or kinds of requests
- It is linked only the user group of the patron.
We propose that request limit config should match loan limit config and allow for other variables:
- Application to a specific library
- Limit by item policy, location, material type, user group, statistical category and job category.
An additional improvement would be to allow some link up between request limits and loan limits. They are particularly problematic for remote storage…
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Feature Request for Individual Interlibrary Loan Requests
We would like to request a functional enhancement regarding individual borrowing requests in the following menu:
[Alma > Fulfillment > Resource Sharing > Borrowing Requests]
When a user at an Alma customer institution (e.g., a university library) submits a KERIS interlibrary loan (ILL) request via the library website, the request is received in the Alma menu above. In such cases, the staff in charge of resource sharing must separately submit the request through WILL (the KERIS interlibrary loan system).At this stage, the staff would like to send a notification email to the user confirming that the interlibrary…
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Request Access Type in Title Report harvest
In COUNTER R5.1, title reports are getting more important as the list of data type has been expanded. A lot of non-journal and non-book usage (e.g. conference proceedings, reports, newspapers, theses, etc.) can only be found in title reports. However, in R5.1, while data type is a mandatory attribute that vendors have to send in title reports when the reports are requested, Access type is not. Access type includes: Controlled, Open Access and Free to Read. In order to get Access type to be included in title reports, the request queries must include the request for Access type. Otherwise,…
16 votesHi everyone, thank you for supporting this idea.
I'm happy to announce it has been implemented as part of the February 2026 Alma release.
Refer to the Alma release notes for more information.
Best,
Alma Product
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Add mandatory choices for Digitization Request page
For the Get It option of Digitization Request page in Primo, we want to be able to set some fields in the form as mandatory on demand, as a digitization request without specifying the detail is invalid. Only if we can set the following fields as mandatory, the number of invalid requests could get reduced.
*calculateDigitButton
*calculateQueueButton
*chapterArticleAuthor
*chapterArticleTitle
*comment
*endPage
*fullChapter
*generalUseLabel
*issue (For future use)
*manualDescription (For future use)
*notNeededAfter
*part (For future use)
*partial
*publicationDate (For future use)
*startPage
*volume (For future use)16 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
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Alma Product Team
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'Not Needed After' date should be mandatory on patron physical request form.
It would be helpful if the 'Not Needed After' date is mandatory on the patron physical request form to improve the requesting process for Patrons when there is a high demand for physical items.
394 votesAugust 2026 release notes -
Set 'Date Needed By' to Mandatory on Patron Physical Request
When creating a request, if the new mandatory_last_needed_date_request parameter (Configuration > Fulfillment > General > Other Settings) is set to true, the Date Needed By field (the latest date by which a requested item is actually needed) becomes a mandatory field on the Alma Request forms.
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Force article request form for ebooks
When patrons place a resource sharing request on eBooks, we would like the article request form to appear. Currently the request form type by genre cannot accomodate this for eBooks because both eBooks and print books share the genre type book. If Ex Libris could assign eBooks a different genre type, we could easily force the correct form. However, any way to accomplish the same thing would be great! Don't care how it happens.
7 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the NERS process.
We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team
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Fix Analytics request creator field to stop it changing to Alma staff primary ID when request cancelled on Alma
When a user places a request on Primo, the ‘creator’ field in the Analytics requests table shows as ‘System’. When a request is placed by a staff member on Alma, the staff member’s primary ID shows in the creator field.
If a request placed by a user on Primo is subsequently cancelled by a staff member on Alma, the creator field changes from System to the staff member’s primary ID. This means reporting on requests placed on Primo vs. requests placed by staff members on Alma is not accurate and the field is misleading (creator should refer…
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Add a function to automatically notify users when a Resource Sharing Request converted to an ILL request via ALMA API
We implemented the ALMA API to convert Resource Sharing Request to Illiad ILL request. Currently, we can't find a way to automatically notify users when their requests being converted/transferred to Illiad. Since processing the ILL requests usually take longer than processing a regular consortium wide Resource Sharing Request, it will be very helpful to notify users automatically about this information.
11 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the NERS process.
We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team
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Adding a lending request 'from search'
Small thing: when choosing 'from search' for adding a lending request, can the cursor be active in the keywords search field automatically, please. Thanks.
10 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the NERS process.
We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team
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Keep suppressed records without items that have received more than one purchase request
We have detected this case that we consider is an incorrect behavior of Alma.
When a purchase request is generated, a non-visible bibliographic record is created. The problem is that if a second purchase request for the same document is generated, Alma automatically makes the bibliographic record visible, even though we still do not have copies of it. Therefore this record appears visible in Polibuscador but without funds.
We request that the bibliographic record should only be visible when the issue or copies are available to the user, meanwhile, even if more than one purchase request has been made, it…
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Not "Notify user" when canceling a "Patron physical item request"
In most situations we don’t want a request cancellation to be sent to users when we cancel a patron physical item request (Ful Cancel Request Letter). But since the checkbox “Notify user” is checked by default, the letter often gets sent by mistake, resulting in users thinking they will not receive the requested material, when in fact they will. We want the checkbox to be unchecked by default. Maybe this could be a configurable option in Alma (whether the checkbox is checked or not) so that each library can decide this for themselves?
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Monitor request page
Currently on the Monitor requests page for the Activity status filter there are the following options:
Completed; Active, All. It would be useful to have the option that filters requests with status Rejected83 votes
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