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Move "change language" outside menu and leave it in English + icon
Readers who do not read the current language of the Primo interface, especially when it is in non-Roman characters, cannot find where to change language. We need the "change language" out of the menu, directly in the main screen, and permanently in English whatever the current language is. An icon [globe/flag] might also help.
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Option to highlight active tabs in Primo top pane
We would like the option to highlight active tabs in the Primo top pane. At present, it is not clear which tab is in use. Highlighting of active tabs supports navigation and improves user experience, but there is currently no easy way to implement this. Including an option to do so, for example via CSS, would be helpful.
125 votesThis is now available in the new Primo Discovery User Interface.
Regards
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Allow HTML coding for all labels
Hi
Please allow HTML coding for all labels.
Including URLs via a href when the label isn't used as a link already.This is working for a few labels, but far from all.
Related:
HTML for public notes https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/44282220-support-html-in-ges-public-notes-in-how-to-get-it
HTML for collection discovery description https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/37773493-allow-html-in-collection-discovery-description-fie
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Make it easier to re-order Primo display details in Full Record Services
When configuring the order of "details" fields in Configuration -> Discovery -> Configure Views: [View Profile] -> Full Record Services: Details, Alma users are only able to re-order fields by moving them up or down one table entry at a time. Anytime you add a new field, it's added to the end of the list by default. In our case, we have almost 50 different display fields, and if we want that new field to appear near the top of the list, we have to scroll down and click the Up arrow for that field 50 times to bring it…
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Collection Discovery: allow searching subcollections' contents at the collection level
Currently, when a user searches in a collection, Primo only returns objects that are directly located under this collection, ignoring any contents located in subcollections. This means that the user needs to open each subcollection and do the search again to discover all objects included in the collection. This is cumbersome and counter-intuitive. We would like that the search results also include objects and subcollections located at lower levels in the hierarchy.
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search box on all pages
Search box should be on all pages (including the records pages) in Primo - so you don’t have to go back to the main search screen
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Move the Sort by options to top of results
We would like the Sort by option to be at the top of screen, for consistency with other databases. Users are used to seeing Sorting options at the top of the page. These options are hard to locate within the other filtering options in the panel to the left/right of the Primo results.
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Display pagination navigation on top of resultpage
Following the new pagination experience (May 2021 release), our users would like to see the pagination navigation also at the top of their resultpage.
1 voteThis functionality is available since February 2023 release.
Best regards,
Yael.
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Number and sort the volumes in multi-volume works
With the March 2021 release we got "Related Link for Series Added Fields 80X-83X", which is a big improvement.
But in the list of volumes, the volumes are not sorted and they are missing their volume number.
How this looks:
https://basel.swisscovery.org/permalink/41SLSP_UBS/mmbbsj/alma993707790105504 (see also screenshot 1)How it should be looking: see screenshot 2
Ex Libris considers this a feature enhancement request.
(SF00934664, SF00930520)
329 votesWith the Primo VE March 2022 the related titles will be grouped by the relation type (such as Contains) and within each group relations will be sorted alphabetically by title
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Display both link in record and links from link resolver in CDI
When there are records in CDI that have link in record, but also would return links from the link resolver both types of links should be displayed to the end user.
The challenges with the link in record are discussed in this idea: https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/40487230-preference-cdi-link-resolver-records-over-link-in
They have a tendency to break and if the link for some reason do not lead to the full text the end user does not get any other way to the full text (as they do with the multiple links fromt he link resolver).
We hope that Ex Libris enables the system to display both link…
610 votesThank you for this idea, For CDI records with more than one link option, users now can see the preferred linking option in the View It with an option to show more links. This is coming in Primo VE April release and Primo May 2022 release.
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Add spinner or indicator for Getit frame to indicate content is loading
The Getit frame in Primo often takes between 10-45 seconds to load. During that time many patrons believe it isn't working so they close the window or leave to go elsewhere.
We would like to have a spinner or some sort of visual indication built into the Getit frame so patrons know that content is being fetched.
4 votesThank you for this idea, this is now available for Primo – Alma customers with Primo February 2021 release (as part of NERS 6440)
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Visually Indicate Boolean AND Grouping of Facets
This is in reaction to a discussion on the mailing list ("[Primo] facets - issue with selecting one-by-one vs. multiple") and to have an idea for the other option (in contrast to [0]) to resolve the dilemma described there:
Instead of changing the system behavior it would be good to indicate what is happening. In general it makes sense that after selecting one facet, looking at the results and deciding to add another facet that the boolean connection of these two facets will be "AND", while selecting some facets in one go is likely intended to be an "OR".
Forms…
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Hide DUE TIME in Primo
It should be possible to hide DUE TIME in Primo, both in My Library Card and the item list. Many libraries do not offer loans by the hour and opening hours in Alma are not the same as the opening hours of the physical library. Therefore displaying the due time in Primo is often just noise.
See attached screenshots.
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Library Card page
I think it would more user-focused if the "Library Card" dashboard listed all of the requests and loans in one spot, regardless of the lending library. Many users are unaware of which library they've requested an item through - it would be nice if there was only one dashboard for patrons to check on the status of everything in one spot.
744 votesHi,
This is to update that this is now available in the Primo NDE user interface.
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Better display of subcategories in database-search in Primo
In the Database search in Primo, to show subcategories you have to click the little arrow in front of the top category. This is not intuitive for end users, and this is actually the feedback that we get most often.
It would be much better if clicking on a top category both did a search for records in this category and at the same time opened the subcategories.
This would enable the user to see all the databases in one category, and at the same time display the possibillity to narrow down to a subcategory if necessary.
I hope that…
374 votesThank you for this suggestion. This enhancement is part of May release in both Primo and Primo VE release.
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Allow "best location" on brief results display to be configured by view
A user viewing a view that is associated with a particular library or campus should be able to view availability of physical items at that library or campus libraries in the brief results layout. This idea is primarily for institutions with multiple libraries and, especially, multiple campuses. Campuses are associated with libraries, and typically a Primo view will be associated with a campus.
Currently "best location" can only be set via the user's IP address. This approach works when users are at the location, but when a user is off-campus, the first location to show on brief results and full…
324 votesThank you for this idea. You can now configure your own display order of locations and have this order reflected in both Get It menu and availability statement in the brief results.
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Easily share records in Social Media
When sharing a record in social media (Facebook, Whatsapp, etc.) using the Full Display page's URL - it would be better to see in the preview the Name, Description, Domain, and Thumbnail of the record that has been shared.
Please see the attached PDF file for a detailed example.
47 votesThank you for posting this idea. By adding Open Graph meta-tags to Primo Full Display page, Social Media crawlers can use this information to display a preview for Primo link once it is shared.
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Provide option to collapse the Details area of the full record display
We would like to be able to collapse the Details area of the full record display by default in order to reduce clutter. This ability would be configurable ie libraries could choose whether to hide or show by default the Details information.
If configured, we would like to see the heading 'Details' beside a chevron or similar icon that indicates information is hidden. When the user clicks on this icon, the full bibliographic details will appear.
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Improve navigation behaviour for Contextual Relationships
With the current May 2019 design for related items by contextual relationships, when a user finishes looking at the related items and wants to the return to their search results, they are returned to the very top of the result list.
The only time this doesn’t happen is if they have used the pagination widget to navigate by page selection.
This is an extremely poor experience if the user has spent time working their way through a result list, and may be several pages deep, only to find that they have completely lost their place in the list.
Ex Libris…
4 votesThank you for posting this idea. The new pagination method should solved this scenario by letting you to go back to the page you have last visited.
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Available Online link should be configurable to link directly to full text from full item record page, not just brief results list
We would like it so the green Available Online link on the item record could be made to link directly to the full text, since we have the green available online link to go directly to full text on the results list (direct linking turned on).
127 votesThank you for this feedback , this is now part of the November 2022 release - see Provide Direct Linking from Full Record in the release notes.
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