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Allow Primo Research Assistant proxy definition to be determined by electronic collection's service
Currently, there is only one proxy definition allowed for the electronic services in Primo Research Assistant, but a one-size-fits-all approach is not sufficient for our needs. Alma allows for multiple proxy definitions to be used with electronic services, as they are configured in each electronic collection's service editor. We currently use 3 different definitions: 1) OpenAthens Redirector, 2) OpenAthens Proxy, and 3) no proxy. Please mirror this functionality in PRA so that we can create the correct links for all of our electronic services.
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search profile slot drag and drop
Like many other Primo VE libraries, we have a single search profile slot (Everything) with a lot of difference search profiles (105 in total). Whenever a new search profile is created, it will be at the bottom and since you can only move item by clicking up & down each times, for libraries that have a lots of profiles, it is a nightmare. Imaging moving just 1 item to the top will take 105 clicks. It would be very helpful if it can be drag & drop instead to change position of an item on the list.
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Add an option to move the "Show more" link above the "Additional Services" link for "Display All Links in Full Display for CDI. "
Current design: Additional services will appear before "Show more" link when "Display All Links in Full Display for CDI ." See the documentation here: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/020Primo_VE/Primo_VE_(English)/030Primo_VE_User_Interface/Display_All_Links_in_Full_Display_for_CDI.
Suggestion: add an option to change the order of the links,
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Add a language limiter to the Journal Search
Adding a language limiter to the Journal Search in Primo (VE or NDE) would be immensely helpful to students who need to find journals in specific subject areas.
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Improve Primo VE drool editor messaging to display an error if the rules fail
Currently the Primo VE drool editor will not display error messages in some situations where the rules crash and fail.
Instead the Discovery Administrator flows through the process of updates believing that their changes to the rules are correct and have taken effect, only to find perhaps much later after reindexing request that they have not.
Actually what happens is that if the rules fail, there is no error shown, and the entire ruleset fails back to the out-of-the-box rules.
This is a considerable hindrance given the situation of no option to test display rules.Ex Libris advised in a…
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Drag-and-drop to reorder search-criteria rows in Primo VE Advanced Search
As an end-user building a complex multi-line advanced search, I want to drag any criteria row to a new position so that I can quickly reorganize my query without deleting and re-typing fields.
I'd imagine a little click-drag icon on the left that the user could use to re-order query fields. I found an example built in react at https://react-querybuilder.js.org/demo , screenshot attached.
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Journal Title Facet Should Include Local Records in Blended Scopes
Currently, the Journal Title facet in Primo only applies to records from the Central Discovery Index (CDI), excluding locally cataloged article records and those imported from external sources such as institutional repositories. This behavior leads to inconsistent and confusing results for end users, especially when using a blended scope that includes both CDI and local records.
Problem:
Users conducting searches—particularly in the local language—often retrieve a significant number of local article records. Despite these articles being published in journals, their journal titles do not appear in the Journal Title facet.
Users are unaware of the distinction between CDI and local…3 votes -
Enhancing visibility of Open Access indication for CDI article records
Problem:
[see 1OAPrimo.png] Currently, the Open Access indication appears under a title in Primo for Open Access CDI article records, which can confuse library users. They might think that all collections under "View Online" are all full-text open access.Idea: To enhance clarity for users, we recommend first configuring Alma settings to control the display of the Open Access indication, followed by adjustments in Primo.
[In Alma] [see 2OAPrimo.png] We propose adding a tick box or a dedicated field within the service level settings to indicate open access. When enabled, this setting will control whether the OA indication appears.
[In…
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Granular Control for Alma Viewer and Digital Versions Tab in Primo NDE
Description:
In Primo NDE, the rule “Hide service: Representation Delivery Service” affects both alma-viewer-content and the Digital Versions tab (nde.brief.results.tabs.digitalVersions). In contrast, Primo VE allows institutions to independently control visibility of the Alma Viewer and the Digital Versions tab.
This enhancement request seeks to restore this level of granular control in Primo NDE. Specifically, institutions should be able to:
Hide the Alma Viewer for certain representations (e.g., auxiliary or restricted content)
Still display the Digital Versions tab for those same representations
This would provide the flexibility needed for managing multiple representations of a record while ensuring users can discover digital…
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Configure page metadata (browser tab title) across key pages independently from the main menu labels
In Primo NDE, the browser tab title (the HTML <title> element) for many pages uses the same label as the top menu, e.g., ILL request forms, Citation Linker, Collection Discovery, Purchase request form.
Screenshot with label codes toggled on to demonstrate the same label used for different functions
This means that the title in the tab cannot be independently customised to act consistently with other areas of Primo (search and my library account where separate labels can be managed). This creates issues:
Usability:
- Users with many collection discovery tabs open cannot distinguish which collection is in each tab. Users sharing…
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Make "patron default sort" an optional feature
Please allow customers to disable the Patron Default Sort feature. [1]
Since this feature was added to Primo last year, we are regularly contacted by perplexed users wondering why relevancy ranking isn't working. Invariably, the users had selected a different sort option the last time they used Primo and did not realize that Primo would remember their sort options in the future.
If there are no plans to implement this feature in NDE, please disregard this request.
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DC record mapping to Journal Title, RIS Volume, Year, Issue
Based on the current Primo VE documentation, both dcterms:isPartOf and dcterms:bibliographicCitation may be used in the mapping to the addata section. These fields can also be used for extracting host information, such as volume, issue, and year, when the value is formatted accordingly.
The problem is with keeping the journal title in dcterms:isPartOf (for example, Technologies) and place the enumeration value (for example,14(2026)2) in dcterms:bibliographicCitation is that it override the Journal title in the RIS and display the enumeration instead. (See RIS export below). It is currently a limitation in mapping to extract Journal title to JF and volume, issue…
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Make it possible to show suppressed bibliographic records in the collections lobby
We have a large collection where we only want to make a select number of more academic titles discoverable in Primo search so that library users aren't overwhelmed with irrelevant content.
It would still be good to make all titles in the collection discoverable through an alternate means, however it isn't possible to add these to the collections lobby without these appearing in Primo search. The collections lobby only shows titles with unsuppressed bibliographic records. Can we make an option to allow suppressed records to be viewed in the collections lobby?
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Black theme for customization color theme
In the customization color theme of Primo NDE, black (hex #000000) is not one of the 17 colors you can choose.
Many institutions will have black as the main color in their designguide - for menu, text, icons, element details etc.
Please develop this option in customizatition color theme.3 votes -
Provide method for users to opt out of Mixpanel tracking (NDE)
Users should be able to opt out of Mixpanel data tracking. Although the data sent to Mixpanel is appropriately anonymized, libraries tend to want to allow users to opt out of various tracking mechanisms. Opt-out should be persistent across sessions via a browser cookie or local storage.
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Suppress controlled vocabulary expansion notification when expansion has no impact on results
When a search triggers controlled vocabulary expansion but the expansion term contributes zero results, Primo VE still displays the message informing the user that the search has been expanded, and offers a link to disable the expansion (conVoc=false).
Clicking this link produces no observable change in the result set, since the expansion was not contributing any results in the first place.
This creates a confusing experience for the user:
1. The system implies the search was meaningfully expanded
2. The user is offered the option to opt out
3. Opting out has no visible effectProposed improvement:
The expansion notification…3 votes -
Further Customization of "Service Temporarily Unavailable" Message
In Alma, a "Service Temporarily Unavailable" message can be configured for electronic collections that will display in Primo. While the message itself can be customized, it's not very eye catching for users in Primo.
We would love for this to be able to be customized in regards to colour, font size, highlighting, etc. Or display on the main search page rather than needing to click on the title to see it.
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Provide confirmation when item has been added to a reading list
In both Primo VE and Primo NDE, no confirmation is given to the user after adding a title to a reading list. The Add to Reading List box simply closes with no indication about what has occurred.
Recommend adding a status message so that users are aware the item has been successfully added, avoiding uncertainty and potential repeated actions.
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Add an option to disable direct linking for newspapers
The Alma Direct Linking configuration (see https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Knowledge_Articles/Direct_Linking_configurations_for_Alma_and_Primo) at the Alma Configuration > Fulfillment > Discovery Interface Display Logic > Direct Linking menu allows us to choose to "Disable direct linking for journals." This is an important option to select because we often have access to the same journal through multiple collections (a backfile collection, a current subscription, and an aggregator, for example), and each one might have different coverage dates. We want to disable direct linking for journals because direct linking would not allow the user to see the different portfolios with their different coverage ranges and select the…
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Restore the "Other" A–Z browse category for Journal Search in Primo VE/NDE
Primo Classic Journal Search includes an Other browse category for journal titles beginning with punctuation or other non-alphabetic characters. Primo VE and the NDE Journal Search currently provide only 0–9 and A–Z, leaving journals whose titles begin with punctuation without an intuitive browse location. Please restore the Other browse option (or otherwise provide equivalent access) to maintain feature parity with Primo Classic and ensure all journal titles are discoverable through browsing.
Some titles that might make good examples for this would be:
@Tic : revista innovació educative
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