Populate the partner_code XML field in Resource Sharing Shipping and Return slips with Alma library code
Situation: We are using a 3rd party logistical company to deliver the Rapido requests from Swiss libraries around Switzerland. After the shipping or return slips are printed in Alma, libraries are filling in the logistical details in the 3rd party system by picking the destination library from a list of libraries. We have around 500 libraries in our network and sometimes the names are similar. This leads to mistakes.
Currently, the value in the XML field notificationdata/partnercode is always filled in with the name of the library and not its code.
Idea: We would like the XML field notificationdata/partnercode in the Resource Sharing Shipping Slip and Resource Sharing Return Slip for Rapido requests to be populated with the alma library code. That way librarians can easier, quicker, and with more precision find the destination library in the 3rd party system.
Hello Dominik,
Thank you for this idea. I am updating the status to already supported. From your description, I am understanding a need for a free text field that can be manually edited and then be included in the letters: Resource Sharing Shipping Slip and Resource Sharing Return Slip.
This field exists as the alternate symbol field. This is a free text field on the partner record that can be edited. It can also be added to the code of the identified letters.
See that this field was added in the November 2023 release: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Rapido/Release_Notes/2023/Rapido_2023_Release_Notes?mon=All
See this documentation that provides code needed to add to the letters: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Rapido/Product_Documentation/02_Configuration/Available_Fields_for_Rapido_Letters
Best Regards,
Meghann Weldon
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Ann-Louise commented
Please add the library code to the receiving library in the Resource Request Slip Letter as well. Regardless of Rapido or not. :-) I could have posted this as a separate idea, but I believe this idea here is in fact so close to saying: "Please add library code to all relevant letters", that it wouldn't be necessary to spread the wish for library codes to several ideas. Thank you.
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Regula Sebastiao commented
Thank you for including the library code in the Fulfillment letters in the May 2023 release https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/46260616-add-library-code-to-resource-sharing-shipping-slip ; it would be very helpful in the Rapido letters too
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Sylvain Courret commented
We also definitely need this feature ! It would be awesome if the Alma library code could be available for the resource sharing shipping and return letter. That would save some humans errors when typing the destination in the 3rd party logistical provider.
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Dev Singer commented
This would be fantastic! Our 3rd party allows you to search by code, but not by library name so our student workers have to go through the entire list to find the right library if they're not entirely positive which is right unless they happen to have the code memorized. Why make people memorize a code when you can put it directly on the slip?