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Decision Center: Pooling Report not based on demand
The Pooling Report generates a list of titles where "the pooling branch has more copies than it needs to meet 150% of demand". This is not the only reason that multi-branch libraries with floating collections have pooling collections.
Items in a floating collection can be returned to any location.
Could we have a pooling report that identifies:
1) Titles that have never been assigned or checked out at the location of the drought location
AND/OR
2) Titles not held at the drought location
Thank you,
Elizabeth2 votesThe product manager will review this idea for possible inclusion in a future release.
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homebound rating
Part of the homebound module is to add ratings to checked in items for the patron.
The rating data for the Homebound module is not kept in the Sierra SQL database, but rather in a separate log which is used to create the Homebound Patron Report so it cannot be accessed through Sierra Direct SQL Access. It would be nice if the ratings were more accessible in the SQL tables. Thanks.1 vote -
Increase Character Limits for Data Fields
The Notice Type data field in the Text of Circulation Notices table is a mere 20 characters long. As we've had to create a number of new notices for temporary changes in operating hours, policies, etc., due to COVID, we'd like to make the description a bit more descriptive than 20 characters allows.
Also, because you cannot delete any of the old/test notice types, you already have to use up some of the characters to note that it's old/test/not used.
This runs along the same lines as Loan rules: increase the limit beyond 20 characters to loan rule names. This…
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Retain SDA Search Terms Within Patron Session
Prior to Sierra 5.3, when placing a series of holds for a patron in the Sierra Desktop App, the search terms would be retained from one title to the next. For example, if a patron wants holds placed for all seasons of the TV show How I Met Your Mother, a staff member with the patron's record open will click Add Holds, type the search terms "how i met your mother" in the Browse dialog and click Search. A suitable title is located and a hold is placed on it. All good so far.
The undesirable behavior is observed when…
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FTS File Saving Printing - Include Login
As it's recommended to regularly delete old files after printing to FTS File Save, it would help to know who the owner is of the files that need to be deleted, much like you know the login/owner of old Statistics result files and Create List review files. While the system administrator may have an idea of who owns what files, staff may ignore naming conventions, etc., making it difficult to determine whether it's okay to delete an old file or if it it's something that should be kept for record keeping purposes. If this could be expanded to all files…
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Separate the link of MARC 100, 110, 600, 610, 700, 710 to link to the LC Name Authority File
In order to make webpac can link to the LC Name Authority File,
it is needed to separate the link of MARC 100, 110, 600, 610, 700, 710.For example : https://cylis.lib.cycu.edu.tw/record=b3104334
Separate the AUTHOR name link
"Hull, John, 1946- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88011278"
to "Hull, John, 1946- author." and "http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88011278" .And then patrons can click the url "http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88011278" to see the LC Name Authority File.
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Make variable fields in a template available for loading via data exchange
Currently you can define fixed field data in a record template and have that data loaded into records via a load profile when using data exchange. Variable fields, however, are not available in this process. Make variable fields in a template available for inserting into records via the load profile and data exchange process.
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Currently when we have a note or message that needs to be inserted into every record in a load we do it through global update after the load. If we could add this note or message to the template being used with the @dflt…25 votes -
Expose more fields via circ_loan_rule table
In Sierra 5.5 the circloanrule view was added to SierraDNA, providing SQL access to an abridged form of the loan rule table. A few of the fields missing from this view are particularly notable and their addition would greatly expand on the opportunities to utilize this view in queries:nameis_bookablemax number of auto renewalsamount of fine
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SQL access to this fields would enable the construction of more detailed loan rule based queries. In particular being able to look at fine rates and their impact on checkouts would be of great value.23 votes -
increase the number of indexed characters in title keys (long titles do not sort in SDA Search)
A Keyword search in the SDA Search/Holds does not sort titles as expected because of the number of indexed characters in title keys.
Innovative has noted: "These title keys are a fixed number of characters and is based on approximately the first 30 characters of the title. We don't have any way to adjust this in the system configuration. "
We have DVD titles that include the title, season, and episodes. These do not file as expected in a SDA search because all of the metadata is longer than 30 characters.
I understand that the "phrase" facet after performing a…
5 votesThe product manager will review this idea for possible inclusion in a future release.
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prompt to clear item status at CHECKOUT : option for libraries to determine these statuses
When you checkout an item whose item status is not '-' (AVAILABLE), the system takes special action depending on the item's STATUS value. For those item statuses that generate a system prompt, the library would like the option to determine whether there is a prompt. This would have a significant positive impact on checkout workflows.
[I could place another "idea" for check-in prompts as well]
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Our library assigns item statuses to items that generate a system prompt to clear the item's status at checkout (eg. missing, in processing, trace, and unavailable").I appreciate that libraries may have different…
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Toggle for Autorenew HLOVERDUE Patron Block
We'd like autorenew to look at the overdue count of the item rather than the patron HLOVERDUE (highest level overdue) when determining if the item should be renewed. This might be best implemented as a toggle in Admin Corner.
Currently, if the patron has a billed item, autorenew will cite the patron block for HLOVERDUE when blocking other items that would otherwise renew. In our system, we prefer to use the item's overdue count rather than HLOVERDUE for autorenew. When a replacement bill is on a patron record, they don't understand why autorenew has stopped working for their patron record.…
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add "recent search" to checkout browse (used when staff search catalogue to place holds)
The "recent search" in Search/Holds allows Libraries to determine how many past searches are saved. This is a huge benefit for staff when they are performing reference interviews with customers.
This "recent search" option is not available in the checkout browse workflow.
Our library has multiple bib records for DVD TV series (eg. Season 1, Season 2 etc). Staff that assist customers to place holds at the circulation desk struggle to place holds on these DVDs because they must keep typing the same title again and again into the checkout browse search query.
We have communicated to staff they can…
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Allow @ov_attach_insert with @ov_priority.
In a load profile you can only use @ov_attach_insert with @ov_action of a, b, c, or e. However it is possible to do an a match and attach with any @ov_action if you use the @ov_priority function. It should be possible to use @ov_attach_insert in that situation as well.
I use @ov_attach_insert on all my match and attach loaders to insert a note field I use in all my records, but I can't use that in the case of @ov_priority loaders because I can't use @ov_attach_insert.
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Floating Collections Minimum Item per Location Threshold
We're looking to replicate the behavior in the attached picture from Polaris on our Sierra site.
Specifically, our goal is to show an override prompt to try to prevent a location from going under a specific number of copies for a title. We're aware of Float Determiner Rules as far as entire location codes, but we're interested in using the number of copies of a bib record to prevent the item from floating if doing so would put them under the threshold number of copies.
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Mixed Use of Keyboard and Mouse in Value Selection of Rapid Update
In Rapid Update, if a value is selected by first typing in the value field and then clicking on a result in the dropdown menu, the wrong value shows up in the Current Command list. According to Innovative, this is because the expected workflow is to use either just the keyboard or just the mouse. The functionality should be adjusted to allow the mixed use of keyboard and mouse.
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Library staff don't always notice when they follow this workflow and then end up with the wrong value selected. In our consortium, this sometimes happens with location codes, and…16 votes -
Remove limit on number of links added to the Encore footer
I would like to add additional links to the footer of Encore but there is current limit of 6 links. Please remove this limit so I have an area in Encore that I can unobtrusively add links in Encore for patrons and staff.
1 voteThe product manager will review this idea for possible inclusion in a future release.
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OCLC Direct Requesting Ability to Map Data to Patron Notes
The protocol used for the transfer API (ISO 18626) does not provide a field for a patron note. There is a "serviceInfo/note" which OCLC maps to their Borrowing Library note. OCLC said they would look into whether there are any other potential options, but any solution would require development by both OCLC and Innovative. We would like to map data to patron notes or a Sierra ILL request location field.
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Reduce time for Patron record payment lock
The patron record payment lock time should be reduced or have the ability to be overridden. Four hours is an excessive amount of time for a record to be locked. If a patron record is open for more than, say, 15 minutes (or even 5 minutes), the other session is probably not in the midst of making a payment.
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Patron record locks are unexpected and embarrassing for staff that encounter them when the patron is in front of them wanting to pay or have a fine, fee, or other charge paid or waived. The patron is confused and…37 votesThis idea was selected in MEEP voting for inclusion in Sierra 6.3.
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Backup Load Profiles using Sierra Desktop Put PC, don't require FTP
Even if III isn't able to provide a full-fledged editing interface for Load Profiles, add a mode in which we can view Load Profiles and Put PC to back them up. That's so much easier than having to setup FTP to the site, which our IT prohibited when I first gave up on it. This should apply to both m2btabs and m2bmaps.
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Make it possible to backup load profiles on PC, which would enable much easier documentation of the variety of load tables and maps, and the load profile menu.23 votesThe new Load Table editing features in Sierra 6.3 will include the ability to export a load profile and save it using the Sierra client.
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Alerts for when indexing stops
Currently there are no alerts when indexing stops working. We would like to see some put in place.
We recently had our keyword indexing stop working. It wasn't completely obvious to us for few months that there was a problem with indexing as it didn't seem to be every record.
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Having an alert to III would save time troubleshooting if it's a metadata problem and raising tickets for something that could have an alert on it.36 votes
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