Skip to content

Innovative Idea Exchange

← ILS - Polaris

How can we improve Polaris?

'Ability to import files in Leap other than .dat, .mrc,.txt., .xml' has been merged into this idea

ILS - Polaris: Cataloging & Metadata Management

CATEGORIES
All ideas
My feedback
Acquisitions, Serials & Inventory Management 91 ideas
Cataloging & Metadata Management 112 ideas
Circulation, Access Services & Fulfillment 275 ideas
Customer Relationship & Account Management 53 ideas
Discovery & OPAC 33 ideas
Reporting & Analytics 34 ideas
System Administration & APIs 70 ideas

Searching…

No results.
Clear search results

- ILS - Polaris 671 ideas
- ILS - Sierra 291 ideas
- INN-Reach 18 ideas
- LX Starter 101 ideas
- Vega Discover 534 ideas
- Vega Guide 5 ideas
- Vega Interact Voice & SMS 41 ideas
- Vega Mobile 85 ideas
- Vega Mobile Worklists 36 ideas
- Vega Program 225 ideas
- Vega Promote 38 ideas
- Vega WebBuilder/Donate 10 ideas

Recently Activity

ILS - Polaris Updated 03/13/26

Filter by Patron Selection Only in Outreach Services Utility

Circulation, Access Services & Fulfillment UNDER REVIEW

ILS - Polaris Updated 03/13/26

Consistent Collection Name Display in Cataloging and Acquisitions Modules

Acquisitions, Serials & Inventory Management UNDER REVIEW

ILS - Polaris Updated 03/13/26

Alphabetically sort subject heading tags

Cataloging & Metadata Management UNDER REVIEW

ILS - Polaris Updated 03/13/26

Provide additional reporting options for In-House Use

Reporting & Analytics UNDER REVIEW

ILS - Polaris Updated 03/13/26

Provide way to fetch patron's credits using Polaris API

System Administration & APIs ALREADY SUPPORTED

ILS - Polaris Updated 03/13/26

Exclude holds from outreach patrons from our picklist and show the patron's name.

Circulation, Access Services & Fulfillment UNDER REVIEW

ILS - Polaris Updated 03/13/26

Ability to update an existing record set using a scheduled report

Reporting & Analytics UNDER REVIEW

Don't see your product?

Visit the ExLibris Idea Exchange

Including Alma, Primo, Summon and more

Visit the ProQuest Idea Exchange

Including Ebook Central, PQ Dissertations and Theses and more

Ability to import files in Leap other than .dat, .mrc,.txt., .xml

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.

18 votes

Pam Wills shared this idea · Mar 26, 2024 · Report… · Admin →

UNDER REVIEW · Mar 29, 2024

An error occurred while saving the comment

Amy Stults commented · May 9, 2025 3:28 PM · Report

We also receive *.FIL files from vendors and converting them one-by-one is time consuming.

Submitting...
AdminGabrielle Gosselin (Polaris Product Manager, Innovative) commented · November 13, 2024 12:51 PM · Report

Thank you Pam! It helps to know that the file types you'd like to be able to import are .fil and .001

Submitting...
Pam Wills commented · November 7, 2024 8:42 AM · Report

Trying again to attach the .fil file.

Submitting...
Pam Wills commented · November 7, 2024 4:38 AM · Report

Two file extension that we often get from suppliers in addition to .mrc are .fil and .001
I tried attaching copies of the files but it doesn't appear they attached.

Submitting...
AdminGabrielle Gosselin (Polaris Product Manager, Innovative) commented · November 6, 2024 12:55 PM · Report

Hi Pam, could you provide examples of the file types you'd like to be able to import?

Submitting...