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Sorting results of non-English external searches performed through SRU.
When performing external searches via SRU in languages other than English, the results are first sorted in English before being sorted in the respective language. We request that the results be sorted in the search language first.
1 voteThis idea has not received sufficient support from the community through votes. As a result, it is being closed to allow those votes to be reallocated to other active proposals. We appreciate the contribution and encourage continued participation in shaping future initiatives.
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Add the ability to group select items in the 'Monitor Requests & Item Processes' view, the same as we can in 'Expired Holdshelf'
It would be useful to be able to group select items in the 'monitor requests and item processes' so that transit labels for them can be printed in bulk. Currently these have to be done individually per item. The ability to group select items already exists in the 'expired holdshelf' view so would (hopefully) be easy to implement
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Customization for labels on locally defined LOCAL PARAM subject areas
Our library requested to have a LOCAL PARAM defined in Alma Analytics. We asked ExLibris to map the 983 field to this field in Analytics so that we could easily run reports using information in this field. However, it is not currently possible to modify the label so as to easily remember/know that this field has been locally defined. Also, as we define more fields, it becomes cumbersome to know which field belongs to which mapped field.
6 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Alma Link Resolver on all Google Scholar Records
As an Alma Administrator at Kettering University, we would like the option for our Alma link resolver to appear on all Google Scholar records.
It would be nice for our patrons searching in Google Scholar to see the option to check access in our library holdings or request through our resource sharing without leaving the platform. We have activated it now in the library links settings, but it only appears in limited records (image attached).
Related to Support Ticket ID: 07235331
Thank you,
Courtney2 votesHello all,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than a year 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 CERV 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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RapidILL
RapidILL chapter/article forms in Alma. If a patron fills in the wrong form e.g. Fills the article form for a chapter and vice versa. There is no way to flip them without entering a new request in the correct form.
1 votePlease take a look at the Change RS Requests Type cloud app – https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/appcenter/change-rs-requests-type/. It allows changing article to book requests and vice versa.
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Shipping cost lender rule partner code prefix
When setting up the Shipping Cost lender rules, there is no ability to add a rule that allows you to adjust the price based on the partner code prefix. Currently you have to add every partner to that list, and when partners are added or removed you need to manually recreate the parameter list again. (Because you can't edit the parameters, only delete.) Having to manually update these rules is unnecessary work, and the alternative is to manually edit the costs for every partner that doesn’t fit the standard code rules. These issues, and the errors caused by manual editing…
6 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Limit physical holding by year in the getit frame
Using the Primo service page, when we have print holdings for a journal the requested article is from, but not for the article date, we still see print holdings which are not related and confusing to our users.
I would expect to either not see the print holdings or have it be clear that these are not for the requested item (like having to click "more" to see them).
5 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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We need to be able to limit the number of patron holds
We have patrons inundating us with hold requests. We'd like to be able to configure Alma to limit holds by amount.
5 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Develop a ‘sticky’ last search feature in the Repository search
We have staff in multiple roles, who use the repository search feature as part of their daily workflow. These staff run many repository searches a day, however, although people within a particular work area routinely use the same search parameters, across different work areas staff use a range of ‘standard’ search parameters.
We like to request that ExLibris to develop a ‘sticky’ last search feature in the Repository search. This would mean that Alma would ‘remember’ the way the Repository search was last configured, based on the user login. Our idea is that Alma would ‘remember’ a user’s most frequent…
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Expand Number of User Identifiers in Analytics
In Alma Analytics, when running User analyses, only two user Identifier options are made available under the Users | User Details subject area. Each of these two Identifier options can be associated with a single user identifier type by Ex Libris, requiring that a case be opened with Ex Libris to change that association as needed. Given that there is no limit to the number of user record identifier types in Alma for an institution, having only two user identifiers readily available in Analytics is very limiting and inefficient. Ideally, Analytics should offer up to ten user identifier options as…
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Create rejected lending requests workflow
Due to multiple inactive patron lending requests please consider a rejected lending requests workflow.
1 voteHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Add No Charge parameter to Update PO Lines Information job
Please add the No Charge field to the Update PO Lines Information job to allow a library to set the No Charge value on PO Lines in bulk. Currently, neither this job nor the Update PO Lines Information - Advanced job allow this value to be modified, though a user may modify the POL manually.
This is valuable to acquisitions staff that are cleaning up POLs for titles ordered in a subscription package, whether the POLs were migrated from a previous system or they were added to Alma incorrectly. Another POL will be used to encumber and invoice the subscription.…
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Mark resource sharing bib records
When creating a borrowing request in Alma, Alma transforms the info in a brief bibliographic record. This is great for everything that has to do with Resource Sharing.
BUT: Librarians who are cataloging find this bib record, don't think twice and just add a holding and an item. So the RS bib record has become a real bibliographic record, but without any one completing the info.
We would like the resource sharing bib records to be marked somehow so that cataloguers can identify them easily and either complete them or import them from another source.
2 votesHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Auto update to Resource Locate Status
When we purchase a material thought the request from Leganto, after the item is delivered and processed by Library, the Resources Locate Status is still "Resource Located" but not "Check Availability", it is necessary to make the Alma update automatically.
1 voteHello All,
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Alma Product Team
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Analytics for count of resource sharing requests made via Course Reserves citations
We'd like to be able to see analytics data for resource sharing requests placed via Course Reserves citations. We are told by Support that this is not currently supported, and it was suggested that we create an idea here.
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Move the Fund and Ledger Fiscal Period Table from Configuration to Operational Acquisitions Module in Alma & Update Role Requirement
We request that the Fund and Ledger Fiscal Period table be moved from the Configuration menu to the operational Acquisitions module in Alma and associated with the Fiscal Period Manager role. The management of fiscal periods is an operational, recurring activity performed by acquisitions and finance staff as part of the annual fiscal rollover process. Although the table is currently located under Configuration, updating fiscal periods does not represent a system configuration change. Instead, it is a routine operational task that must be completed each fiscal year.
A transition of this kind aligns the location of fiscal period management with…
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Alma - direct / static link to rs resource sharing form
We simply need a link to the rs form we can send via email or put in a web page. This link link should automatically ask for authentication.
Right now this is possibile only using PDS authentication[1]. Which is however about to be discontinued by the end of the year. We switched to SAML and Alma based integration profiles in Primo, so we can have only the link to RS form as menu link in Primo, but we have no way to have a have a static / direct link.6 votesThe form is usable also in Primo VE, where it does not rely on PDS as a means of authentication.
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Expired requests available in Analytics
I would like to pull statistics on the number of requests that expired without being picked up in a given time frame. Expired is not a hold status available in the Requests subject area. Currently, the only way to get this data is to create a Fulfillment report of Loans from Holds, create a Requests report to find the number of holds placed, and then subtract to get the remainder that expired. This is tedious and creates opportunities for errors; it would be better to be able to get the needed information from the Requests subject…
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Display the PO line and invoice number in separate columns in Excel export
In the excel export of the funds' transactions list, we would like the PO line and invoice numbers currently displayed in the Related Record column to be displayed in two separate columns "Related PO line" and "Related Invoice Line".
This would make it easier to use the excel export for further analysis.In this same excel export and for the same reason, we would also like to find the transaction amount and its currency in two separate columns. An Idea Exchange proposal for this request already exists: https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/38575105-separate-amount-and-its-currency-into-two-columns.
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Offer same Row Actions List options from the results list on both Scan In Items tabs
It would be useful to be able to cancel a request and edit items from the results list in the Change Item Information tab of Scan In Items, like you currently can from the Scan In Items tab. It's confusing that both editing items and cancelling requests necessitate a Scan In Item tab change.
1 voteHello 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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