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  1. Ability to have Polaris/LEAP send patrons an eReceipt for items they've returned.

    19 votes

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  2. Adding the patron modification date and the name of the last modifier of a patron record would allow staff to narrow down when records were modified and by whom. The ability to track these changes would be particularly useful to Outreach staff who may need the statistical information about patron records they modified while working off site. Ideally, this addition should be added to the report outputs in SimplyReports and added to Leap as well so that public service staff can easily access this information. In Leap, adding Last Modification Date and User to the list of keyword fields in…

    19 votes

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  3. We receive vendor records with file extensions .FIL and .001. We are able to import these in the Client but are not able to import them in Leap.

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  4. Consider relocating the First Available Date information from the Source & Donor tab to the Statistics tab within the Item Record. When weeding materials, many libraries review the First Available Date alongside circulation statistics to evaluate item usage and age. Placing this field within the Statistics tab would streamline the workflow and reduce the need to navigate between tabs during the weeding process.

    18 votes

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  5. On the All Items tab of LEAP bib records, it would be helpful to have page turning buttons at both the top and bottom of the list for ease of navigation

    18 votes

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  6. Add an error message to the EDI logs when an invoice fails to load into the Polaris invoice tables due to a duplicate invoice number already existing in Polaris.

    This is becoming a bigger issue as Ingram has changed their invoice number scheme and they are using the same numbers as Midwest has used. There is no way to delete or edit past Midwest invoices, so this is a critical issue for figuring out why invoices aren't loading.

    Current Issue
    - If a duplicate is detected during the Polaris invoice creation step, no error is recorded.
    - This results in…

    18 votes

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  7. Please update Label Manager to restrict the Content option of Author from including subfields 0 and 1 when printing. These are relatively new fields for linked data. We would like to retain the data without have to manually deleting it in Label Manager to print pocket labels. They are valid in MARC21 and should be retained to future-proof our records for if and when Polaris makes use of linked data.

    18 votes

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  8. Please add in the ability to create and edit publication pattern templates within Leap. As my consortium shifts to using only Leap, I am discovering small things that seem to be missing, which make it difficult for staff to fully switch over to Leap. One of those things is the ability to create a publication pattern template. As of version 7.8, this is something that still has to be done in the toolbar (https://documentation.iii.com/polaris/7.8/Default.htm#PolarisStaffHelp/Serials/PSsetup/Creating_Publication_Pattern_Templates.htm). You can use publication pattern templates within Leap, but you can't currently create a new one or edit existing ones.

    18 votes

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  9. Currently, our patrons can still place holds when their card is expired and then come in to get their hold and don't realize they need to verify their address so we can renew their card. Blocking patrons from placing holds until their card has been renewed and giving them a pop-up explaining that their card has expired, would be great.

    18 votes

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  10. My library is on Leap 7.6 and we have a problem when our staff is setting up new registrations. The “Save” button is right next to the “Cancel” button and when you accidently hit cancel there is no “Are you sure” pop up or something similar. We would love for this to be fixed! We've had to redo way to many patron accounts!

    18 votes

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  11. The usefulness of the OmniSearch box in Leap would be greatly enhanced by the addition of operators and Power Search (CCL) features so an experienced Polaris user could execute their search right away, in the OmniSearch, and get the results back in a Find Tool. As it is, if I want to search for, say, an item record, I need to:

    1. Click Find to launch the Find Tool
    2. Change the search type to Item Records
    3. Change whatever parameters I need to change after that.
    4. Maybe add a filter or two and then apply those filters
    5. Go back to the Find…
    18 votes

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  12. You should be able to search in the Find Tool by record modification date. So far I'm seeing this missing from Record Sets, Patron Accounts, etc.. This would make it easier to Find Records without having to resort to using SQL which makes it much more accessible to all staff.

    18 votes

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  13. We would like to be able to share the reports we save in My Reports in Simply Reports. That way multiple people have the ability to run a report with the exact same parameters without having to share the very long list of parameters.

    18 votes

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  14. Could we have it so the close button within the Patron Registration follows you as you scroll down like the "Save", "Renew", etc do? I often find myself nowhere near the top when I am done with a customer account and have to navigate all the way back up just to close the record. I could see this also being useful in Bib records

    18 votes

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  15. Various popups appear in Polaris via the client or Leap. Some are pretty clear in what the reminder or error message is about and some popups are not.

    I am requesting a way to customize the text and title (Leap only has this visible) to make it more clear for our staff to understand either the popup reminder or the popup error with a little more explanation.

    Example for Popup Reminder: Via the client we have a popup reminder about "reminder notices option is email. Do you want to continue?". This occurs when we leave the email field blank per…

    18 votes

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  16. Currently it is only possible to apply a credit to an entire invoice, which then distributes that across all funds for all items on the invoice. We rarely actually have a credit that applies to an entire invoice. It will apply to a single title, or even and single item, and should only apply to the fund for that item/title.
    It would be much better to be able to apply a credit to a POLI, or even better, a specific POLI segment.

    18 votes

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  17. It would be great if there was an option for spell check or a grammatical check in the bibliographic record (especially the 520 field)- either that or it should be possible to run a spelling/grammatical error report.

    17 votes

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  18. For SHRs and Authorities, if you have read-only access to those records and try to view them, you get an override pop-up. This is happening because it is attempting to open those records in Write mode. To VIEW the record, you have to hit cancel, which is confusing for staff.

    For Bib records, it does not work this way. For bib records, you can view them and then if you don't have permission to write or modify them, you get the pop-up when you attempt to save the record.

    In the item record if you have view only permissions, it…

    17 votes

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  19. In our 21-branch library system, staff need the ability to mark items as Damaged or Missing—even if the item is not owned or assigned to their specific branch. Currently, the process requires multiple logins and workstation changes, creating inefficiencies that impact service.

    We've encountered lots of item management issues since migrating from SirsiDynix Symphony. Most recent issue was with handling lost-and-returned items. Specifically, when a customer returns a lost item to a branch that does not own it, and the item is damaged, staff struggle to process it effectively. Our policy requires holding damaged items for six months in case…

    17 votes

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  20. Allow libraries to bulk change due dates of items to account for unexpected closures. Would be ideal to be able to do this from a records set. Or create a SQL job and put it in GitHub or some other accessible location for libraries.

    17 votes

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