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Eliminate the barcode requirement for placing holds on on-order multivolume set records and serials
At this time, holds on the serials and multivolume set records are not functioning in an efficient manner when the title is not under serial control. Examples include manga, college guides, or test prep guides. In PowerPAC and Leap, patrons and staff cannot place volume level holds when the associated item is on order and does not have a barcode. It is not part of the staff's normal workflow to add a barcode to on-order items until the physical item arrives at the library. As long as a volume is in the volume field, Polaris should be able to identify…
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Activate arrows on a keyboard
Whenever there are menus like "Yes", "no", "cancel", it would be nice to use arrows and enter buttons on a keyboard and not a mouse. Right now arrows don't work.
5 votesJust a quick note that because these are button elements, you can tab or shift+tab to move forwards and backwards between the options.
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Allow staff to view read-only records without needing to cancel the override pop-up
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…
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Adding Shelf Check Requests to the Picklist
In our system of 33 branch locations, we often receive system-wide email requests to complete checks of the stacks for items customers claim to have returned but that are still on their accounts.
It would be helpful if Item Records had an additional "Action" option that allowed staff to select "Request Shelf Check". The item would then populate on every branch's picklist with a unique icon next to it, and there would be a checkbox at the top of the list, similar to "INN-Reach Only", that would allow staff to narrow the list to what was shelf check requested by…
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Add Global Search to Leap UI to locate features
There are SOO many features and so much functionality in Leap, but sometimes it is hard to find them.
Today, I was looking for the Patron Import feature in Leap 7.8, I couldn't find it. Turns out it is under Background Processing.
This request to add a Feature Search to Polaris that is present across several websites and applications that allow you to search by typing part or all of a feature name and allows to you find that without having to dig through a bunch of Menus.
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Add a shortcut to print out patron barcode in Leap
When staff opens a patron's record, add a shortcut feature that allows them to print out patron barcodes. This will really help when someone comes in and don't have their library card with them, so wants to get their barcode information
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Compare record sets side by side
Now that in Leap we can compare bib records side by side, it would be very helpful to be able to compare record sets side by side. Right now I'm exporting contents and comparing in Excel/Google Sheets, and then sometimes importing the results into a new record set. I'd love to be able to see two record sets next to each other and edit as needed directly in Leap. Apologies if this idea has already been submitted. Thanks!
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Allow 3M SIP 2 Port for the branch to be viewed
Information about which 3M SIP port that is tied to each branch is only available if you have SQL. This request is to allow that port to be viewed in Sys Admin. Even if it was just part of a a branch's properties that would be fine.
It could also be in a table view format (like Fine Codes, etc.) but it would just be nice to see that information somewhere outside of SQL.
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Add an option to mark record sets as "do not delete."
Polaris has long supported an option in Patron Registration where you can mark a patron record as "Do Not Delete." I'd like to see that same functionality carried over to record sets. For me, it's a fairly common task to recover accidentally deleted record sets for staff members who've somehow managed to delete an important and often used record set, despite every warning they receive.
Specifically, I'd like to see this option added at the permissions level, with separate permissions for:
- Mark a record set as "do not delete"
- Clear a record set for deletion
That way staff members can't…
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Improve Visual UI of Leap screens
Many screens in Leap are awash with 1px borders, which make it difficult to visually distinguish different areas of the system because of the "noise".
While there are lots of ares for UI improvement across Leap, this one might be an easy win, as shown in the side by side screenshots.
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Allow favicon to be set for leap as a staff visual cue
You can set the title bar color and the login message for Leap. However, it would also be nice to have the option to set the favicon so when you have a test, development, and production server open, you could use a favicon to more quickly distinguish between them in your open tabs.
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Add an Invoice Status of 'Ready to pay'
Add an Invoice Status of 'Ready to pay' or 'All items received' in the Find Tool - Invoice - search filter. This will allow EDI invoices to be filtered to ones where all items have been 'received' and make the invoices ready to 'pay' easier to find
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Have PolarisAdmin follow colors and client alert boxes to distinguish system
When changing settings, it is critical to make sure you're changing them in the right place.
The /PolarisAdmin should also pick up the color coding and client alerts. Currently, the /PolarisAdmin does NOT pickup the client color changes or wording, which means you need to do extra work to make sure you are changing the settings in the proper system.
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Parent/responsible party information in registration
We would like an optional field for parent or guardian information in the registration form.
We don't require parents to have library cards if they only want their children to have cards, and we have instances where only children can qualify for free cards (school district vs county lines). It would be great to include a parent name, DOB, and DL# in the child's registration without using fields that prompt duplication notices.
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Add the ability to have multiple screens open at one time
I'd like to see the option to have more than only one screen open at one time, vs needing to close out the current screen before performing another/a different related search (like we can in the staff client).
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Add Power Search features to Leap's OmniSearch
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:
- Click Find to launch the Find Tool
- Change the search type to Item Records
- Change whatever parameters I need to change after that.
- Maybe add a filter or two and then apply those filters
- Go back to the Find…
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edit transaction notes in account summary
I would like to be able to edit the transaction notes field in a patron account summary. We recently had an instance come up where someone forgot to add information to an item that a patron was being charged for. It would be nice to be able to go in and edit it after the fact as opposed to having to delete the charge and start over.
11 votes -
Have option to print Serial labels in all capitals
Have option to print Serial labels in all capitals
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When logging into Leap make the focus on the Continue button
When you are logging into Leap on a machine where you've already logged in, a cookie is set that pre-fills the Branch and workstation. However, you canNOT simply hit enter to continue through this screen because the focus is on the workstation drop down.
This is a request to make it focus on the Continue button when you've already logged in on this browser to make the login process more seamless.
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INN-Reach Check In of transferred items
When using the INN-Reach Check In option in Polaris we would like it to display where the item is being transferred to. This can be done with a pop up display to acknowledge the transfer location or displaying it on the check in log after check in happens.
Currently staff notice status went to transferred and need to open up the request to see where the patron chose to switch their request to.
We know we can have Polaris print the ILL transit slip but we prefer not to waste the paper to basically quickly see where to send it.
3 votes
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