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Make more Asset Fields searchable in Esploro
Several important asset fields are missing in the Esploro search function. Some of these fields may be required filters when creating logical sets for ongoing OAI publishing and all of them would be extremely useful for Esploro users in daily operations. It would be great if asset fields in general were made searchable in the system, similar to the way Alma works. Most of the fields are searchable in Analytics but this is not really an alternative to direct searching in Esploro (e.g. when there is a need to create logical sets for the automated OAI publishing.) Please see below…
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Bulk Changes to Asset Authors
As the title says, we would like the ability to bulk edit authors. We have assets that have almost 3000 authors most of which are unaffiliated which we would like to remove. There currently is no mechanism to do this in a timely manner.
We understand that doing this via SmartHarvesting is difficult at best, but an PUT API or or some other process is possible.
The ones we are having the most trouble with are physics papers as we have member of ATLAS which has the aforementioned almost 3000 authors. Currently we have to remove the 'extra' names one…
21 votesWe added additional bulk update functionality to the Update set of Research Assets job.
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Orcid affiliation status available in analytics
We would like to be able to run a report of all our affiliated researchers and indicate which of them have affiliated their orcid.
This could be a yes/no flag similar to the "has access to researcher profile" field.Currently, the only way we can get this detail is through the back-end by searching for researchers with Settings :
Has established trust with ORCID1 voteDear Colleagues,
This field and others have been added to our May 2023 release. It is now possible to analyze whether a researcher has added their ORCiD to their profile, established trust and whether you have run the Push to ORCiD job and for which outputs.
We hope you will find this useful,
Na'ama
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Add Primary Identifier to Esploro Researcher analysis in Analytics
It will be very helpful to include an identifier field that can be used to match researchers with other campus systems. Currently researcher internal ID is the only identifier field available but this field in not available outside of Alma/Esploro. Please make Primary Identifier and/or primary email address available in Esploro Researchers analysis.
3 votesDear Colleagues,
The primary identifier was added to the Researchers Subject Area.
BR
Na'ama
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Improve management of previously affiliated researchers
When a researcher leaves your institution, the only way to presently change their status from "Affiliated" to "Previously Affiliated" is to purge their user record from Alma.
However, there may be reasons for an institution to retain the user's record even though they are no longer an affiliated researcher. For example, the user may be an alumnus or emeritus who retains certain library privileges or has fines associated with their account.
As a result, institutions need a way to transition researchers to "Previously Affiliated" that doesn't require purging their user record.
One possibility would be to add a toggle to…
33 votesCan use the job "update set of researchers" to make affiliated researchers into non-affiliated researchers without any impact on the user record.
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Smart Harvest / Smart Expansion - Approval history required
We've noticed that once a Smart Harvest or Smart Expansion asset is approved, there is no record of which user account approved the asset.
For training and quality control purposes, we would like to know who has approved these assets. Please consider adding this function to assets that have been sourced via Smart Harvest and Smart Expansion.
We submitted this as a bug, but have been advised it is an enhancement request.
28 votesThe status date and operator who approved has been added to the Smart harvesting subject area. These fields also display in the author matching task list.
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Add the ability to Expand All research units
Research units are currently displayed only in hierarchical list. Therefore, to find a research unit, the user must know the organization's hierarchy. The enhancement idea is either a way to list all units in a browse A-Z, or, more simply, a button to expand-all hierarchy.
7 votesThis is available in our July release.
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Esploro datasets in Google Dataset Search
Making Esploro datasets discoverable in the Google Dataset Search is a high priority for positioning Esploro as a robust data repository solution. A prominent research program has deposited several of their datasets in Esploro. At a recent meeting, the PI indicated that not having their Esploro datasets discoverable in the Google Datasets Search was a significant disadvantage when compared to other data repositories like PANGAEA.
Schema.org tags are required for inclusion in Google Datasets, these tags should be added to Esploro assets.
15 votesMetadata tags were added in the May 2023 release to help discovery and indexing by Google.
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Add WOS id as part of Smart Harvest / Smart Expansion
Now that we can display WOS citation counts, we need to find a way to update all our records with the WOS id. For this we are planning to export, match via DOI, and reimport. Moving forward it would be ideal if the WOS id is added to the asset at the time of Smart Harvesting / expansion.
3 votesThe WoS ID is now added when Esploro records are normalized to the Esploro format. This will start working in the July release.
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Configure Homepage Entity Link Sorting Options
It would be nice to have the ability to configure sort options for entity links on the homepage.
Under Configuration->Portals & Profiles->Research Portal->Research Portal Configuration->Header/Footer->Header->Entities, the entity links listed can't be configured. There is an item for portalLink that can be enable/disable but can't be customize. The resulting URL that is generated contains the parameter: SORT=RANK.
Since the portalLink displays a browsable listing of Esploro items, it would be more desirable to show items sorted by DATE_D because no search query is specified. The setting SORT=RANK displays records in seemingly random order.
3 votesDear Christian,
This request has been implemented in our April release (2022).
You can control the default sort of asset search results by reordering (by drag and drop) the sort options in the configuration screen - the default would be the first option in the list.
Go to Configuration > Portal and Profiles > Research Portal Configuration and select the Asset Search Page tab.
For a more detailed explanation you can also see our online help here - https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Esploro/Product_Documentation/Esploro_Online_Help_(English)/Configuring_the_Research_Portal_and_Profiles/Configuring_the_Researcher_Portal#Asset_Search_Page_Tab
Best Regards,
Na'ama
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Display of grant acronym in the Esploro portal asset – Horizon Europe
The European Union's Horizon Europe grants require that a grant acronym appear in the repository metadata. Esploro's asset view only includes grant name and id.
Source: EU requirements https://erc.europa.eu/managing-your-project/open-science
Sample Record: https://weizmann.esploro.exlibrisgroup.com/esploro/outputs/journalArticle/Identification-of-presented-SARS-CoV-2-HLA-class/993292223803596
Grant displayed: ImmuNogenomics TArgeting Cancer, 754282, European Research Council (Belgium, Brussels) - ERC
Grant acronym in Esploro grant record > Funder abbreviation field: INTACtThese new Horizon Europe requirements will apply to articles published starting in 2022.
It is important that Esploro fulfill these grant requirements in order to be a legitimate institutional repository.14 votesIncluded in the November 2022 release.
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Customise tabs on Researcher Profile
We would like to be able to showcase a researcher's Teaching and Supervision and Service and Engagement. therefore we would like to be able to add and edit tabs across the top of the profile. Teaching and Supervision would include current and completed HDR students, Teaching experience as Unit Assessor, Course Coordinator etc. Service and engagement would be somewhere to include editorial board membership, committee membership both internal and external, Working party memebership etc.
5 votesHi all,
This enhancement is supported in our November 2023 version.
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Associate ETDs automatically with the relevant author
Currently, When an ETD is loaded to Esploro, its author, the student, is not associated with a researcher.
We ask to add an identifier field in the load file that will allow us to assign a student to an existing researcher.
If the field is blank, no match is attempted.4 votesThis has been done for Import Profiles and Student Deposit. If needed for ETD Admin flow suggest a new Idea be opened.
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Improve search options for DOIs in avanced search (and/or analytics)
We need to identify which assets had reserved DOIs in order to run a bulk job to register them.
It is currently not possible to use advanced search to search for this, or is it possible to obtain this information via analytics.
We need to be able to create a set of assets where DOI is reserved and asset is approved, without having to do export all assets with DOIs, use excel filters to identify those that are reserved, and import those citations back into Esploro to create a set.
We need to identify better within Esploro whether the asset…6 votes -
Add job to batch suppress asset records
At times we may need to suppress asset records from discovery in our repository. Having a job that will process a set of records and suppress them would be helpful.
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Researcher status field should be added to Analytics
In some of our reports, we want to filter on Active researchers who are not expired.
In Esploro, there is the Researcher status field. This field is not in Analytics.
Please add this field to Analytics -> Esploro Researchers.14 votes -
ETD/Student work deposit notification
There is currently only one letter that can be used for ETDs with limited options for customization.
To best serve our student community, it is important to have an ETD deposit notification letter that is generated when an ETD is ingested in Esploro. This communication allows us to not only confirm their deposit has been review and ingested, but to provide the student with the open access permanent URL (handle) that they can use when citing their work. In many cases, this information is required by employers or for other verification purposes.
This information is vital to our student depositors,…
29 votesThis feature was added to Esploro in May 2022 release.
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Lock Editing of Specific Fields in User Profile
Prevent users from editing specific fields, such as job title, that are controlled by the institution. Some institutions might also want to apply this to educational history.
Suggestion from Brandeis.
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Enable multiple creators for ETDs
Currently, the ETD author field is not repeatable. We have many ETDs that are co-authored (some having up to 6 authors). Additional authors can be added in the contributors section with role author, but that a) gives them much less prominence in the record and b) requires creating a non-affiliated researcher record. We request that the ETD author field be repeatable to allow for the same level of attribution in the discovery record, and prevent the creation of non-affiliated researcher records which duplicate existing Alma profiles.
25 votesWe are happy to inform you that this idea has been completed, and multiple creators are now available for ETDS.
Shoshana de la Fuente
Product Manager
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Add ability to send list of unapproved Smart Harvest matches to confirm
Sometimes it is impossible to confirm Smart Harvest results unless you have a current CV or publication list.
We would like to be able to send lists of unapproved Smart Harvest results to individual researchers to confirm or reject.
Initially, we would like to just send an email to researchers. Eventually, we would like them to be able to mark confirm/reject and reply and the Smart Harvest list would update.
2 votesHi. The ability to select tasks and send them to the researcher has been added to the August release
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