241 results found
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Add multiple "Public View" options
Currently, Sierra only allows the "Public View" of a bib record to direct you to one of the public catalogs. Libraries with Vega Discover and/or Encore have to choose between WebPAC or one of the more enhanced public catalogs. It would be nice to be able to view both to check how bib records are displaying, especially since Discover only updates once a day.
9 votesThis idea will be reviewed for consideration as an enhancement in an upcoming release.
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Ability to change password on login page of SDA
Many libraries are creating individual logins for each staff member. Staff needs the ability to change their password in case they forget it. At this point, they need to be logged into the SDA to change their password which doesn't help if they can't remember it.
12 votesThis idea will be reviewed by the Innovative product team for consideration in planning the upcoming product roadmap.
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Add fund code used to purchase item to item record
I was asked recently to create a list of items added to the database based on a fund code. I don't believe that I can do that in Create Lists. This is because order records and item records have no common field to link them.
I also cannot use Create Lists to pivot item records to their attached order records or vice versa.
We need to be able to do this because 1 bibliographic records may have items attached that were purchased from different funds. Example. 1 Fiction title may have items purchased from an ARP (automatice release program), and…
17 votesThis idea will be reviewed by the Innovative product team for consideration in planning the upcoming product roadmap.
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Increase Sierra Username Character Limit
We need to increase the number of characters allowed for the username - currently a maximum of 12. We prefer to keep our Sierra usernames the same as a user's network login name (one less thing to remember). Anything over 12 characters forces us to make a different Sierra username that fits within the Sierra parameters.
9 votesThis idea will be reviewed for consideration as an enhancement in an upcoming release.
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Add Ability to Increase Font Size in Mobile Worklists
We currently have staff at a number of branches testing Mobile Worklists. More than one location has requested the ability for users to increase font sizes for displayed characters in title paging lists & elsewhere throughout the app. Hopefully this could be tied to their login, so settings are not constantly in need of a reset between users of shared devices.
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Count Use in mobile worklists should recording the stat group associated with the login
In mobile worklists the count use feature does not currently use the stat group associated with the login and defaults to stat group 0. Innovative can configure mobile worklists to use a different stat group, but it's a system wide setting so currently in a multi-location system there is not a way to accurately measure daily usage stats across different locations.
The system should be updated so that the login's stat group is recorded to the circulation transaction table, as it is currently capable of doing with checkouts and check in transactions performed through mobile worklists. This will allow for…
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Allow libraries to customize return addresses for bills
Our library would like the option to have the return address for bills reflect the address of the patron's home library (as defined in the patron record) rather than the owning location of the item. The current setup (using the owning location of the first item on the bill) means that when patrons check out items sent from another branch to fill a hold, they can receive a bill from a library that they may never have been to. While patrons can visit any of our locations to resolve a bill, we would prefer the bill to reflect their local…
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New Search Limit for Manage Holds
We're currently dealing with a known issue in Sierra 6.2, where volume holds aren't being added to paging lists. Having discovered it on our end fairly recently, we've asked staff to continue running their paging lists for other items, but use the Manage Holds function to find & fill volume requests.
The problem is that the current search retrieves such a high number of items. And while the search results display counts of the title number of holds, & the total number of bib, volume, & item level holds, you cannot currently limit them & make the Manage Holds report…
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Release Item Price Field in Sierra Item Record for SIP2
Libraries using SIP2 connections for self-checks cannot have due slips that have "You Saved" information because the Item Price field is not available via SIP2.
While due slips with this information can be used at a staff station with the SDA, as more and more libraries move to self-check, the lack of this field's availability in SIP2 is a barrier.
Use case: a library has a self-check machine that uses SIP2 and wants to include "You Saved" information on their due slips.
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Unfilled Pages Function
Following Disney's lead of recycling years old ideas for theme park attractions, I'd like to see an idea I'd had while working with a former employer brought to fruition in Sierra. We had been using Millennium at the time & the Circ Product Manager had gotten to a point in development that there was a near-working model on III's test environment (I've got screenshots & even a Captivate video somewhere), but I left that employer & the III product manager left III & the idea was abandoned. Sure, it's not as exciting as Disney's announced "Villains Land" or a boat…
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Patron Preferred Pronouns
Sierra patron records should include a patron pronouns field, so that library staff can record customers' stated preferred pronouns and use the correct language in conversations and communications with customers. The field should be able to display in the Brief patron display. This step would help to support inclusion, wellbeing, and belonging in libraries.
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Support SFTP for WebPAC file upload
Organizations with restrictive security policies may be unable to use FTP over port 1021 (or any other port) for file transfer to Sierra WebPAC, since FTP is an inherently insecure protocol. For the same reasons, FTP should ideally not be in use at all (even where permitted by the customer's organization) since it entails sending login credentials in cleartext which makes it subject to interception and abuse.[1]
Without FTP, the only alternative is to use Web Master within Sierra Desktop App to upload files to make changes to Live or Staging WebPAC screens.
If Innovative implements Secure File Transfer Protocol…
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Simplify FTP login for vendor status reports
Description
Sierra will enter the FTP login information automatically when downloading vendor status reports when that information is saved in the system.Value
Makes it easier to retrieve files quickly and easily.18 votes -
Make URL report useful and launch URLs correctly
Idea Description
Fix the URL Checker "print" option to email, which can be useful to embed URLs and forward them to work on offline, but the columns on the report break the URLs and the report is useless since the full URL is forced to break based on a fixed pre-determined length of column. This would help both interactive / custom reports as well as a larger report of the list of errors. In example provided, anything not underlined in "blue" that wraps to a second line is a broken URL that will not launch.Idea Value
Value is high…17 votesThis idea has been accepted for inclusion in Sierra 6.3.
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Spending Limit Pop-Up
I know its shocking when the subject of pop-ups in Sierra comes up that anyone would want "MORE!," but our Acquisitions staff would like to see a warning of fund spending over limit at invoicing in addition to ordering.
Their rationale is that shipping & Mylar costs usually cannot be pre-determined. Once posting happens, the fund goes negative. Since there is no going back, like when you're about to go down the chute at the end of Splash Mountain, there should be a warning.
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Increase Invoice Cap
The current cap of 99 invoices downloadable per day can impede & dictate staff workflows.
Because of this, our Acquisitions staff must also set limits with vendors like Baker & Taylor, as we can receive more than 99 in a day. It would be optimal if they could download at will up to invoice limit.
Not all shipments are dealt with sequentially, which further complicates matters.
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Allow users to define icode1 in Sierra
Our library uses the icode1 field as a statistical category code. We'd like to be able to define our icode1 values, with codes and labels stored in Sierra and visible to staff. Currently we keep a list of codes and their meanings stored in a shared drive and have to share it with our cataloguers. Staff can see the "stat category" field in item records, but there's no translation anywhere in Sierra and the userdefinedicode1_myuser SQL view is blank.
13 votesThis idea will be reviewed by the Innovative product team for consideration in planning the upcoming product roadmap.
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Show recall info in Manage Holds
When using Manage Holds, information about any recalls that have been issued for items on hold is not displayed.
This information can be found by consulting the item record (right click, "Edit item", then open the item) and checking for a "Recall Date" value, but it would be very helpful for us if this information could be included directly in the Manage Holds results. For example, the "Hold Status" column could include indication of recalls to provide a fuller picture of the situation at a glance.
This idea could be incorporated in work on the following related suggestion:
https://ideas.iii.com/forums/951745-ils-sierra/suggestions/48633872-improve-standardize-information-available-when-vie3 votes -
Reading History via API
At this time it is apparently possible to retrieve the patrons Reading History via REST API sorted by date (oldest first or newest first). The most requested API enhancement request for us is to be able to retrieve the patrons Reading History via REST API sorted by Title. Another enhancement request is to be able to retrieve the patrons Reading History via REST API sorted by Author. This would be useful since users may have hundreds of items in the reading history.
6 votesThis idea will be reviewed for consideration as an enhancement in an upcoming release.
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Require authentication to view Sierra API documentation
Enhance cybersecurity by not revealing the api methods through the swagger interface to unauthenticated users. For example, a potential hacker can view the swagger interface which shows all methods and explains how to use them. This is an issue on all api endpoints including the iii sandbox. My idea is to only reveal the swagger methods to authenticated users.
https://sandbox.iii.com/iii/sierra-api/swagger/index.html#!/patrons
4 votes
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