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Display requester note for purchase requests in "Requests" tab of "My Library Card"
Users who submit purchase requests in Primo VE put information in the requester note explaining why they are interested in an item. It would be useful for them to be able to review that note later (especially if it takes a while for a purchase request to be processed and they need to be reminded why they submitted the request), but users without access to the purchase request module in Alma have no easy way to review that information in Primo VE after they submit their requests. It would therefore be helpful for the "Requests" tab of "My Library Card"…
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Access to Primo Research Assistant search queries
In the same way we can view Primo VE popular search and zero results searches in Analytics, we would like to be able to see anonymised user search queries for the Research Assistant, to be able to tailor support content and understand user expectations for this tool.
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Consortia environment: inheritance for open access collections
Open access collections that are activated in the NZ are not inherited by the IZs.
Given the number of open access collections and the possible number of IZs, it can be a tedious task to activate a large number of OA collections for each IZ.
We would like to see that OA collections can be inherited just like regular subscription collections.
PS - copied from https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/19695103-consortia-environment-provide-inheritance-for-ope, to open it for voting again.
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new bibliographic releases in primo
Some time ago, a proposal was made to modify the criteria for the elaboration of new bibliographic releases (New records facet according to inventary record) so that it would be based on the date of receipt of the issue instead of the date of its creation, since in the case of novelties in the last week, many issues that were recently incorporated are often lost, but the issue was created in connection with a POL.
By implementing this proposal, the catalog could make it easier for its users to manage new items with shorter periods.
Thanks,
Juanjo3 votes -
Add more granular CDI suppress settings per electronic collection
When Ex Libris changed the "Exclude CDI ebooks" setting to allow ebooks from Database type collections through, we ended up with a lot of duplicate ebook records. The only way to fix that is to select "Do not show as Full Text available in CDI even if active in Alma" for each of our ebook collections. However, that suppresses everything from the filtered search, including book chapter records. I'd like the ability to only suppress the CDI ebook records per collection.
I understand the need to allow ebooks from Database type collections through, but we've got to come up with…
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Dedicate a user role for "Access Analytics (Primo)"
Now full "Design Analytics" role is required to access "Access Analytics (Primo)". In fact Primo usage is quite different from other Alma data including sensitive data like user, acquisition. It would be useful to have a partial analytics role for "Access Analytics (Primo)" like "Design Analytics – Acquisition", "Designs Analytics – Fulfillment", etc.
Thank you.
Howard
CUHK Library, Hong Kong5 May 2025
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Support a grouping for non-alphanumeric titles in AZ list
For the "Support AZ List in Database and Journal Searches" in 2025 May release, please add back the link to group non-alphanumeric titles. In the old Primo, if I remember correctly, there was a "#" link in which I can see all non-alphanumeric titles, e.g. starting with Chinese characters.
Thank you.
Howard Lam
CUHK Library, Hong Kong5 May 2025
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Add in additional filter features and options on Display Logic Rules (All/Any)
For the display logic rules to include an ALL/All other function in the rules.
Occasionally, we want to hide something, except when it's the only option available. We can only do this within the Display logic rules by selecting each service or interface individually to add to the list.
Creating the rule in this way makes it very large and unwieldy as well as static, having to go back in repeatedly when a new service or interface becomes available to add it to the extremely large list. By creating an all/all other option it would save time, make it less…
2 votes -
Enable separate search profiles, scopes, and slots for Advanced Search
We request the ability to display search profiles, scopes, and slots separately and selectively in Simple and Advanced Search. Today, any search profile added to a search configuration automatically appears in both Simple and Advanced Search together; it is not possible to configure them separately. We would like the option to display the profiles, scopes, and slots in Simple Search only, or Advanced Search only, or both. We request this at all levels of search profile/scope/slot configuration. We have developed scopes based on special collections. Given the nature of the content, it would be beneficial to only have scopes available…
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Allow conditionality/logic toggles for fields in Primo Forms
Description: Currently the Resource Sharing Request form is fixed/non-customisable in the options available, e.g. format everything is available Digital or Print. However, for some circumstances we need to hide the options that don't apply to the request being made (see use case below) Given that conditionality/logic toggle is in the form for the chapter fields, this would is an additional application of the existing functionality in Primo forms, but that we could control.
Use Cases: Where we can only provide a resource type in one way (print or electornic) we want the selection of resource limits the format type appearing…
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Develop web browser bookmarking tool/extension for pre-populating Purchase Request
With the recent development of the Order It tool, we have realised that for our purposes, we would like to have a similar toll available related to Purchase Requests.
Quicker, easier more accurate.
The form would help keep things accurate without giving access to order it to ordering librarians and help us utilise the requester information in the purchase request form (ours is behind a login and restricted to set user group)
The tool would grab and place the metadata from websites such as amazon, waterstones, and our suppliers, place the information into the purchase request form (which for us…
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Collection discovery - have an alert when using unsupported elements such as emoji
Hello,
In Alma Under Add New Collection Fields for Name and Description fields: "Non-text characters such as emojis are not supported."
In fact, they cause a major side effect : the codes are then no longer translated into labels throughout Primo.
I suggest:
- either correcting this dysfunction
- or, if emoji are prohibited (I'm personally not a fan of them for corporate communications), setting up an alert for the user when they attempt to include them in the relevant fields.
Sincerely,1 vote -
Display "to present" for journals with current coverage
Primo displays current journals by displaying only the start date - the "to present" is implied, but we've heard from our users that they are confused by this. Please allow the system to display "to present" for journals with no end date in coverage.
3 votes -
Adding Facets on Citation Trail in Primo VE
Adding Facets on Citation Trail in order to filter results.
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Primo VE customize logo tooltip/description
Allow tooltip/description text to be added to the uploaded logo in the Primo VE view customization, similar to the "Links Menu" customization description.
This is a basic usability feature that should be easy to configure.
Our usability testing showed that about half the users expected the logo to go back to the main Primo VE search landing page rather than the library's home page (as many libraries have configured). Having a description on hovering would help clarify for users.11 votes -
Cross-Institution favorites
In a consortial environment, we would like to see favorites shared across institutions.
Currently, favorites from institution A are only visible when logged into institution A but not when logged into institution B and vice versa.
Our desired behaviour would be that all favorites from all institutions are shown, regardless of which institution a user is logged in to.
3 votes -
Option to specify different price categories in the Request Sharing form
Depending on where the library can obtain a document ordered by interlibrary loan, our patrons have to pay different fees (price categories in our case: 1. from Swiss libraries, 2. from Europe, 3. from overseas). Our patrons should be able to specify in the ILL form up to which category they are willing to pay the costs. Unfortunately, in Primo VE it is only possible to display the field “Maximum fee”, in which patrons can enter any amount they wish. In our experience, customers do not understand the meaning of this field and do not know what to enter there,…
5 votes -
Search should be more forgiving of spelling errors/incorrect searches
We would like the search in Primo VE to be more forgiving in terms of spelling mistakes and incorrect searches, akin to other search engines, as this is what our users are mostly familiar with. For example, searching “Das Leid des jungen Werter” instead of “Die Leiden des jungen Werther” will find the searched for title on Google, Amazon as well as a local bookshops online platform, while on Primo VE, the book itself, of which we have several versions in our catalogue, is not found at all and only some related literature is shown. Another example would be “The…
9 votes -
Research Assistant: please allow to link external website for help pages
The current RA help page is built from the contents of code tables, but this doesn't give much flexibility in lay-out, to include images etc. Our question is that institutions also have the possibility to link to their own web pages for documentation and help.
6 votes -
Research Assistant: make filter button more noticeable
It appears to us that several of our users of the Research Assistant don't notice the filter option left to the search box. Our request is to make the filter button more noticeable, e.g. by making it blue like the arrow to the left of the search box and by and by providing a mouse-over text.
1 vote
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