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  1. It would be very helpful if Polaris had an option to be able to highlight multiple titles in a purchase order whether in the pending process or released process by being able to select multiple titles, right click, and PLACE multiple holds for one patron.

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  2. In the client, you can do a bibliographic search by "standard identifier number" and it searches a bunch of different possible fields (the corresponding power search: (((ISBN="1234" OR ISSN="1234") OR (OSI="1234" OR STRN="1234")) OR (((PN="1234" OR CODEN="1234") OR OCN="1234") OR (SOA="1234" OR UPC="1234*")))). We would also like to see this option in Leap.

    Currently, staff don't get results for a scanned barcode unless they choose the correct field to search and the indicators in the record are properly set. This means they often get no results and incorrectly assume we don't have…

    4 votes

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  3. When receiving cartons in ASN, it would be nice if Polaris would check immediately if there's an invoice to generate instead of either a. going to the process EDI invoices work form to find and generate it manually, or b. waiting until the next day when the EDIAgent runs again.

    1 vote

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  4. The "Number of days past first available" setting was developed specifically for the issue where libraries would like the new item's hold requests to be limited to only patrons registered at the item’s assigned branch and other branches associated with the same parent library for a specified number of days. We would like to try this workflow, however, it won't work in our system as all of our branches are under the same library organization.

    2 votes

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  5. The new(ish) bulk waive options in Leap are extremely useful, but library administrators often want to waive charges of a certain amount - usually "waive all charges of less than X dollars." The current interface, however, doesn't allow the user to specify an amount for the charge to be waived. This would be very useful and would avoid the need for creating a SQL statement to identify such charges. The scenario of waiving all charges greater than a given amount is less likely, but if you're adding the ability to specify a maximum, why not add the option for a…

    3 votes

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  6. With the production of pennies ending, we've had some discussion around prices in Polaris. Ideally, we would like to see some method of optionally having all prices (item prices and fines) rounded to the nearest nickel. We haven't run into any problems yet, but as pennies eventually become more scarce, we suspect that we'll have trouble with cash payments.

    5 votes

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  7. In the i-tiva 3.0 dial-in process, there are menu navigation issues caused by a SIP2 Due Date (AH field) formatting issue. These issues cause the dial-in process to fail.

    In SIP2 message 18 (Item Information), Polaris is currently returning the Due Date in the following format:

    DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM:SS

    Because the SIP2 standard does not define or enforce a required date format, i-tiva relies on vendor-compatible parsing. i-tiva has confirmed that this specific format is not parsed correctly and results in call-flow failures.

    i-tiva supports the following date formats, any of which would resolve the issue:
    • DD/MM/YYYY
    • D-M-YY
    •…

    1 vote

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  8. A patron doesn't have their library card number on hand, can there be a way to change the circ status to lost from the item record so the replacement cost can be automatically be charged to the current patron's record? At least from the owning library's side, I understand messing with anything in the 'Details' tab shouldn't be done by another library. Hopefully, it can be done with less hoops to jump through by going through the item history and making sure to select the correct patron or hitting any of the other tabs.

    1 vote

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  9. We are removing overdue fines for our Children and Teen collections and wanted to enable auto-renew for the collection codes that are related to the Children and Teen collections, but realized auto-renew can only be enabled on an organizational level. It would be great if there was the ability to enable it on a collection level, especially for children's materials as, I'm sure we're all familiar, children are really bad at remembering to renew or return

    4 votes

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  10. Make temporary shelf location visible on picklist. Adding this to the picklist will allow staff to quickly locate items that might be on display or some other temporary shelf location.

    3 votes

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  11. In Polaris System Administration, there is existing functionality to suppress UDF 1–5 in the Web App (Leap), which allow the fields to be written to, but prevents staff from viewing or editing them.
    We would like to request that the same suppression functionality be extended to Patron Custom Data Fields. Currently, the only available option is to enable these fields, which simply turns them on or off. This lacks the flexibility we need.

    Adding suppression capability to Patron Custom Data Fields would greatly enhance our ability to manage sensitive or system-used data more effectively.

    2 votes

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  12. 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

    7 votes

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  13. Add a reporting-only way to map Collection Codes and/or Material Types into any number of user-defined reporting groups, with many-to-many membership. Grouping logic should live in a maintained mapping table (not hardcoded in reports) so changes update all dependent reports automatically.

    Problem

    Only staff with database access can currently create sequel/SQL mapping tables (e.g., MapCollection, MapMaterialType) for flexible rollups. Others must regroup exports manually, which is inconsistent and fragile.

    Provide a UI-managed “Reporting Groups” feature that acts like a built-in mapping/lookup table:
    • Many-to-many: one code can belong to multiple groups; groups can contain multiple codes.
    • Reporting-only: no impact…

    14 votes

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  14. In the PO Line Item screen, when the Status is set to 'Canceled', the Segment Status correctly shows 'Canceled', but the Payment Status still displays as 'Open'. We would like to see a 'Canceled' Payment Status option added so the record more accurately reflects the true state of the transaction. This enhancement would provide clearer, more consistent data for our reporting and workflow.

    7 votes

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  15. Kitsap Regional Library wish to engage in EDI based acquisitions with this supplier

    1 vote

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  16. Most of our libraries have changed their expiration date to 2 years. For new patrons this is fine, but for most existing patrons, their expiration date will still expire within the original 1 year expiration period. It would be helpful to be able to bulk update patron's expiration date, for a particular branch to a relative date. For example, 2 years from the date of registration.

    3 votes

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  17. Our system uses over 20 patron codes but less than half are used when first registering an account. We'd appreciate the ability to suppress some patron codes from the patron code dropdown menu in the NEW patron workform (but not when displaying an existing patron account that has already been saved and had a patron ID assigned). This would cut down on staff accidentally selecting the incorrect patron code when registering accounts.

    2 votes

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  18. Label printing can be a limited function in a large library system, using specialized printers to perform the task. Consistency is also important in the spine label. By being able to control access to this utility, it will ensure a better spine label product across a library system.

    2 votes

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  19. Under the top level of the My Account tab on desktop, you see more information than you do under the top level of the My Account tab on mobile.

    See attached screenshots.

    I would like to see the same info on both.

    Thanks.

    1 vote

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  20. With the option to retain deleted item records, results for staff can become cluttered with items that are no longer available. If we could suppress the display of "Deleted" items list on a bib (similarly to the suppression of "Discard" status items in the OPAC) this would allow us to retain item details for historical/statistical purposes without inconveniencing staff. It would be useful to suppress bibs where all items are deleted as well, but I can understand if that would need to be spun off into separate development.

    This could be done as a setting, so that they don't surface…

    11 votes

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