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Out of Stock Orders - Rialto
Out of Stock Orders (adding here as per response when posted on Rialto Idea Exchange by Clarivate staff)
When a Rialto item is not currently in stock it doesn’t reflect on the Order (POL) and the status is Sent. Is there something that could be done so that the Rialto status reflects in Alma’s order status? Otherwise, these orders will continue to have the status ‘Sent’. Potential issue during FY close as these orders will encumber into the next FY. Great if it will be published and/or if only a few orders with this status however not so if not.…
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ORCID iD Integration in Info Card for Contributor Page in Alma
Background: In August, ExLibris implemented the Info Card feature for contributor pages in Alma, which appears under specific conditions related to linked authority records. This enhancement has significantly improved the visibility of contributor information.
Current Conditions for Info Card Display:
- A person is linked to an LC Names authority for a personal name.
- A person is linked to a Name authority that exists in VIAF and can be linked to an LC Name authority for a personal name.
- Information on the person exists in LC Names and Wikidata, with at least two fields containing information beyond the name of the…
194 votes -
Allow option to only send scheduled report from Analytics object if report has results
We want to set up reports to help us monitor for data inconsistencies and other issues that need addressing. We have noticed that we can set up reports as analytics objects and users can subscribe to them, but the report is sent even if there are no results.
We should have the option to not send empty reports, and only send if the report brought back one or more records.
7 votes -
Flag an alert when a purge date falls earlier than an expiry date
A colleague has raised the point that currently when editing and saving a user record, if the purge date precedes the expiry date no alert is raised. This means if the purge date is adjusted and is set before the expiry in error, nothing alerts the user to this fact.
Would it be possible to have a an alert either in the form of a message or sidebar error alert to make the operator aware of the data issue when saving the changes?
8 votes -
Allow updating Controlled Vocabulary (Form) code tables for Alma Digital via API
Currently these tables (with codes beginning "FormCV.vocabulary") can be read via API, but attempting to update them throws a "Requested table is hidden" error. It would be useful to update these code tables automatically from upstream data, rather than requiring staff to import a spreadsheet periodically.
3 votes -
Link from POL to Full Record
Provide a Link from POL to its corresponding Full Record.
It would be helpful to be able to click on a link that takes the user into the full (i.e., main) record - including access to holding and item records.
1 vote -
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Adding Facets to Alma's internal All Titles, Physical Titles, and Physical Items searches
Currently, a search within Alma allows for a limited number of facets to filter a user's search when searching "All Titles", "Physical Titles", and "Physical Items". These only include the following facets: "Material Type", "Resource Type", "Language", and "Publication Year."
In contrast, Primo VE's public search has many more configurable options that include "Location", "Creation Date", "Collection", "Availability/Peer Review", etc. It seems odd that Alma would be unable to also use some of these options since they're configured within Alma. At the very least, having "Location" added as a facet would be helpful for seeing where items are in a…
19 votes -
add "Return Selected" to actions currently available for moving items checked out
Along with "Renew Selected" in the patron loan page, add "Return Selected" to enable a single or global return of a loan or loans.
1 vote -
When creating a new local portfolio generates a new bib record, the portfolio's material type should determine the bib's material type.
ExL documentation states, "When creating a new bibliographic record, the portfolio material is not taken into account. Thus, when you add a local portfolio and set a specific electronic material type, a bibliographic record is also created, but with 'Book' as the material, regardless of the portfolio's material. When adding ISSN, the material remains to be 'Book'. "
This is imprecise and creates issues for discovery: when I create a new portfolio for a Kanopy video and select Electronic Material Type=Streaming Video, the bib record is encoded for a book. So in Primo, the video's Resource Type shows as book,…
38 votes -
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Suppress from Public Displayed on Export
A field for indicating if records are currently suppressed from discovery should be standard on all exports directly coming out of Alma. Having this information directly available would greatly help in tracking data pulled from Alma without having to go into individual records first, or pulling a list from Analytics first to cross-reference.
It seems to be a major component missing, especially from the Export (All Fields) list.2 votes -
Advances search für PO Lines - searching for "empty" categories
In the advanced search for catalog data, it is also possible to search for content that is "not" included ("not contains...", "is empty", etc.).
This is not possible in the advanced search for order lines, but in my opinion it would be useful to search for incorrect entries.
I propose an extension in the advances search for order lines.3 votes -
Allow appending function to update portfolio Internal description field
Currently, there is no append option in the Information Update - Change Electronic portfolio information job. Hence, contents of portfolio Internal Description would be overwritten and extra work needed to lookup existing notes in the Internal Description field. If there is the append option, it will be easier to add new notes to the Internal Description without affecting already existed contents.
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Add "PO Line Owner" as an input parameter for Purchase/Invoice Review Rules
Adding "PO Line Owner" as a parameter for Purchase/Invoice Review Rules would allow differentiation by location. Our main library uses student workers for ordering, and I want to be able to have review rules in place to catch potential mistakes. Our satellite location has one staff person doing all the acquisitions. These same review rules will be cumbersome for their workflow. Having separate rules allows each location to operate most efficiently.
3 votes -
replace "Do not show as Full Text available in CDI even if active in Alma" with a pair of show local / show CDI checkboxes
To avoid duplicates when we have both local portfolios and CDI records, we can rely on the "Do not show as Full Text available in CDI even if active in Alma".
Enabling this feature will show in Primo local IZ portfolios, and is very good when local records are rich and CZ records are limited/poor.
Sometimes however CDI records are richer and provide indexing at chapter level. In such a case we would like to hide IZ local portfolios and show CDI records instead.
It would be therefore useful and clearer to replace the "Do not show as Full Text…80 votes -
Improve job "Requests - Handle Expiration steps"
The job "Requests - Handle Expiration Jobs" updates requests and at present, the output of the job informs only on the number of outputs. The job can block on a request-ID which then must be manually handled.
In order to save time and better inform the lending libraries, it would be helpful to have at least an information on any Error-causing request, with it's request-ID. Ideally it would be great to also have an output of successfully handled requests in form of a list, which can be exported to Excel.Improve the job "Requests - Handle Expiration Jobs" with output…
4 votes -
Additional "Suppress from FRBR/dedup" option and display
When viewing a bib record, the pop-out information to the side of the screen lists whether or not the bib is suppressed from discovery and suppressed from search. It would be helpful if this info also contained whether the bib was suppressed from FRBR/dedup.
Additionally, when you edit a bib record, you can select "Suppress from Discovery" and "Suppress from External Search" under the Record Actions dropdown menu. It would be helpful if there was also a "Suppress from FRBR/dedup" here.
1 vote -
Mass deletion of purchase requests
Purchase requests can be mass rejected but cannot be mass deleted after that, so they need to be deleted individually, which is frustrating and time-consuming.
2 votes
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