Change reading list jobs to work on sets of reading list IDs instead of reading list Codes
Currently the reading list jobs in Alma/Leganto rely on users creating a set of reading lists. Unfortunately the creation of the set is based only on the reading list code, which:
- makes it inconsistent with all other set creation activities which support IDs
- adds unnecessary complication when loading the file of data to create the set, in that you then have to worry about handling special characters and unique codes.
It would basically be the same as requiring users to upload a set of titles to create a title/physical item set.
We've had to create several reading list sets in the last few months, and each time several lists have failed to load in the set because of uniqueness or special character (including commas).
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AdminMiriam (Leganto BA, Ex Libris) commented
Closing as part of the 2023 PWG project to remove older ideas.
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Chris Jones commented
Hi, This issue still remains, even after the Feb 2023 release when List ID was added to the Persistent Search indexing in Alma for Reading lists
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Chris Jones commented
Completely agree with this, such a frustrating limitation and sets created from Analytics reports have not always created the right number of lists.
Documentation on this could also be improved significantly:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/050Administration/070Managing_Jobs/060Managing_Search_Queries_and_Sets