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  1. Ability to dedup or FRBR between local data and CDI data

    For Primo Central Index data collections, the PCI citation often represents a title that we also hold in our local data. The current inability to dedupe or cluster between PCI and local data means that users will always be presented with two hits when they are on the combined/everything scope.

    With the new Central Discovery Index (CDI), we would like the ability to configure a deduping or clustering algorithm such that we only present one hit to the user.

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    We have reviewed this idea carefully and discussed it with Primo working group while estimating NERS enhancements. Currently since there are two separate indexes for local and central data, we do not have any technical solution to fulfill this request. However, with the upcoming NERS 6702 we are trying to reduce the issue caused by books duplication by adding configuration option to exclude ebooks from your CDI results. We have decided to close this idea to release your votes.

  2. Add Jump to Last & Specific Page Options to Primo Search Results Paging Bar

    Our users are asking for the option to jump to the last page of the search results in Primo. They would also like to get to a specific page number in the Primo search results paging bar by typing the number in there. First and last page options are basic functionalities of pagers and users expect those.

    301 votes
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    This idea was reviewed and discussed in the past also as part of the NERS evaluation. In the last few years we did few improvements to the pagination area to increase the visibility of the results.  We do support now option to jump to specific page number up to the limitation of number of results to show, however the ability to jump to the last page is not in our roadmap.

    therefore  we have decided to close this idea and release your votes.

  3. Less duplicate records in Primo Central Index results

    Primo Central grouping is based on the existing FRBR workflow, including the grouping process at the database level (the way the Search engine handles grouping) and the Front End functionality. It is used to prevent duplicate records in the results list.

    Unfortunately, many records are not added to FRBR groups because the system considers the metadata are not rich enough. With the increase of records provided by (Open Access) aggregators and repositories, the number of duplicate records will certainly not decrease.

    Could Ex Libris improve the FRBR workflow for Primo Central records in order to reduce the number of duplicate

    203 votes
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  4. Review content type in Primo is confusing

    Currently the Review content type in Primo / Primo Central seems to contain both Book Reviews such as
    http://shu-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/44SHU_VU1:default_scope:TN_sciversesciencedirect_elsevierS0261-5177(06)00203-2

    and Review Articles such as
    http://shu-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/44SHU_VU1:default_scope:TN_proquest1373464971

    It would be better if these were in separate content types.

    142 votes
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  5. Ability to increase the number of results that are loaded at a time in New UI

    Currently, the Primo New UI retrieves 10 search results. It is not possible to increase the number of results.
    We would like the ability to configure the number of results that are loaded at a time.

    94 votes
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    We view product performance as a top priority, and invest significant effort on optimizing search response time and UI rendering time.
    We believe that keeping Primo’s default number of results is important for maintaining high product performance. This configuration also allows us to perform performance testing and measurements.
    This request was previously discuss with the Primo Working Group during NERS process, and it was agreed not to proceed in this direction.

  6. Add LC Classification Facet to PrimoVE Facet options

    Back Office has the option to enable the LC Classification facet to Primo, however, Primo VE does not. This facet is heavily used in our Summon instance and we would like to see this behavior port over into VE.

    46 votes
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    Hi all,

    Following further examination of this suggestion, we decided that this will not be included eventually in the Primo VE roadmap due to some prioritization considerations.

    Therefore we are moving this idea to "Closed" and your votes are already released.


    Best regards,

    Yael.

  7. Don't require login to view full search results

    According to the usability experts, Nielsen Norman Group, a website shouldn't demand user information such as a login until it has demonstrated it's relevance to the user's needs, and earned the users preference over other tools that perform the same task. (https://www.nngroup.com/articles/commitment-levels/?utm_source=Alertbox&utm_campaign=d19e05030d-Hierarchy_of_Trust_Testing_Features_03_07_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_7f29a2b335-d19e05030d-40195745)

    We're competing with a user preference for Google. From a user experience standpoint, it makes no sense to require that users log in before seeing content that is unique to vendors such as ProQuest in their search results. Please negotiate with vendors until this requirement is eliminated.

    40 votes
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    Closed  ·  Yuval Kiselstein responded

    Hi ,
    We would like, as well, that all the resources will be available as part of the search results and that there will not be any need to login before he perform a specific action on the document itself.
    However, it doesn’t depend on us, but on the content provider.
    Although most of the content in Primo central, includes the majority of the PQ content is available for search without any restriction, there are few content providers (mainly the A&I ones) , that still demand not to show their content in the search results without the user login and we will verify he have the privileges to get the content.
    We keep discussing this with the content vendors and request like that help us to prove our point, but in order to support it have to be agreed by the content provider.

  8. Folders to organize Save Query searches in Primo

    I'd like to see a way to organize my Save Query searches in Primo when I'm signed into my account.

    Prior to our go live date, I'm doing a lot of test searches in Primo to analyze results so we can tweak it for the best results. Having the ability to save different searches and variations of them in folders would be a great option, both for us and for our students when we complete our rollover before the Fall semester.

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    Thank you for this idea, following it we have implemented a new Notification Name field to help users name their saved searches . this can be seen in both alert emails as email title or in the
    My Favorites → Saved Searches.
    We are moving the idea to close and not completed since the implementation doesn’t cover folders or labels to search for.
    Please refer to the upcoming Primo August 2021 release notes for more details

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