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Restrict Location Code Edits to Locations in Scope (especially in Rapid Update)
There is currently a setting allowing us to prevent logins from editing records with a location code outside of their current scope. However, users are able to edit records in their scope to have location codes outside of their scope, which then blocks them from being able to edit the records again. This happens accidentally sometimes, and is particularly a problem in Rapid Update. It would be great if item location dropdowns in Rapid Update, and possibly the item record as well, only showed locations in the user's scope in order to prevent this problem. Alternately, the system could prevent…
17 votesThe product manager will review this idea for possible inclusion in a future release.
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Improved loan rules & loan rule determiner documentation
The current documentation on loan rules, loan rule determiner, and float determiner table is very limited, and training on these important functions do not exist within Innovative's training & learning center. More comprehensive documentation with examples would help libraries better manage loan rules, and perhaps simplify how libraries' existing rules are setup.
16 votesThe product team will review this idea for consideration for a future release.
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Add the ability to require fixed-length fields, not just variable length fields
We require certain information to create a library card, however Sierra does not enforce this requirement at the system level. Since it isn't mandatory, some data simply never gets captured and creates more work on the backend.
Beyond that, having certain information in the record would allow us to build a better understanding of our usership so that we can make better decisions as an organization.
I especially would love the ability to require any and all of the fixed-length fields; especially patron category, birthdate, home library, and notice preference.
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Limit Ability to Clear Expired Holds & Holdshelf
So as we've seen repeatedly despite training & periodic reminders to exercise caution, the putrid corpse of liberty can really do a number on the Clear Holdshelf Report. We see disturbingly frequent scenarios where someone at one of our locations is not careful & winds up wiping out the holdshelf report for all 40 other branches. While we're fortunate to have someone here who has created a sort of recovery tool, we'd like to see the potential for such chaos somehow eliminated.
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Generate Statement of Charges directly within patron record
It would be very helpful to be able to print a Statement of Charges directly from a patron record (and have it formatted for 8-1/2 x 11 paper and mail-ready).
For context, we are a 138-library consortium, all notices are Auto Notices, and we do not run Statement of Charges for the consortium. Yes, you can run a statement for 1 patron in the Notices function, but this requires consortium staff intervention since that permission is locked down to consortium staff. It would be much simpler for our member libraries to be able to print such a statement on an…
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Add a hyperlink to the author, series, and subject fields in Sierra
When working in a Sierra bib record, I would like to click on the author, series and subject fields so I can see a list of records that have those same authors, series, and subjects. Encore has this capability. I would like to see it in Sierra.
16 votesThe product manager will review this idea for possible inclusion in a future release.
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Notify when Holds exist for linked patrons
Notify user when a patron linked to the current patron has holds available for pickup. This would eliminate the need to check individual accounts. The also eliminates having a patron leave without all the available holds for that family.
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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 -
Add Invoice Number to Invoice Summary
The Invoice Summary that is sent after posting invoices only lists the voucher number. Our Finance department has to go through the Invoice Register and match the invoice number to the voucher number to know what invoices should be paid. This is very time consuming, and susceptible to human error. Please consider adding the invoice number to the Invoice Summary.
15 votesThe product team will review this idea for consideration for a future release.
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Ability to disable a user with one click in Admin Corner
The ability to log into admin corner, view all users and with one click disable them (not delete, but deny them log in access) would be helpful for those with revolving part time employees.
We have student employees that change out regularly, but sometimes they come back as graduate student help, etc within a short time.
Being able to simply turn off an employees access and review it within a year or less to determine if it should be deleted or held would be helpful for keeping our staff accounts cleaned up.
15 votesThe product team will review this idea for consideration for a future release.
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Show number of copies on order per library
We are a Consortia of 51 libraries with 25 Acquisition's Units. We would like to see how many copies each library has ordered. This was available in Encore.(see screenshot) Vega does not show order records at all so we would like to see more detailed information in Sierra. Currently, you can only see that other libraries have ordered, not number of copies (see screenshot)
15 votesThe product team will review this idea for consideration for a future release.
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View Public Display - Allow for Multiple Choices
https://ideas.iii.com/forums/951745-ils-sierra/suggestions/46670854-sierra-5-5-direct-view-public-display-to-disco is closed/says it's already supported, but the part for being configured to more than one display option is not addressed. We would like to be able to have more than one option to display - Vega, Classic, Encore and even III Mobile if possible - so we can see how all iterations look right from the SDA. So in the menu it would be View | Public Display | array of choices
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Automatically email Manage Holds results to library staff
Have the results of Manage Holds automatically emailed each morning.
This would let staff pick holds even if they don't have Sierra open or available. The automated emails could be set up within the Manage Holds function itself, or could be accomplished if Scheduler worked with Manage Holds (right now Scheduler only works with Create Lists and Data Exchange).
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Sort Headings Reports by bib record
When going through various Headings Reports, we'll end up reviewing the same bib record that has multiple first-time-use entries throughout the report. It would be nice if they could be sorted by the bib record to reduce staff time and stay in the same record as long as needed.
Perhaps the bib record could be pulled from the Entry column and inserted into a new column in the display that could then be sorted like the other available columns.
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Add ability to suppress a subfield in the 1xx
Add the ability to suppress subfield 1 in the 1xx field so it will not show in Sierra. This way it can be unsuppressed when the library starts using linked data.
14 votesThe product team will review this idea for consideration for a future release.
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Max Item A-D But For Holds
I had first suggested this over a decade ago when at another library that was struggling how to balance its combination of branch & research library users & the sort of requests they might make. While no longer there, I still see it as a potentially useful means for staff to develop their request processes & create limits within limits.
What I'd like to see is the ability to not only set a hold threshold, but as is the case for the Max Items A-D allowed as applied to checkouts, allow a similar breakdown for holds.
Optimally, this would allow…
14 votesThe product team will review this idea for consideration for a future release.
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Include hold pickup location and expiration date in cancellation notices sent to LX Starter
Our library recently started using LX Starter, which includes merge tags for the hold pickup location and expiration date in its template for hold cancellation notices. However, we've been told that Sierra doesn't pass this information to LX Starter and therefore this information can't be included in our cancellation emails. We would like to have this information added so we can provide additional information to our patrons about when and where their holds expired.
14 votesThe product team will review this idea for consideration for a future release.
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Option to exclude frozen holds from total holds queue in catalogue
Libraries should have the option to exclude frozen holds from the total holds queue that appears in any catalogue.
Benefits:
1) Customers will have a better idea of where they are in the hold queue.
We encourage customer-driven hold management, and customers have told us that they want an estimate of when their holds will be filled.
This is especially true when customers place multiple hold on titles within a series.2) Customers will not see inflated hold queues and provide feedback to the Library that they should purchase more copies.
3) Customers could make an education decision on whether…
14 votesThis idea will be reviewed by the Innovative product team for consideration in planning the upcoming product roadmap.
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Re-page for item if pickup location has changed
Currently once an item is placed on hold, if the patron changes the pickup location after the item has already been paged for, the item will not be paged for again. With Title Priority Paging and “Prioritizing Hold Fulfillment at the Pickup Location” settings in place, this means a patron could be waiting much longer (depending on the “Pageslips: Number of hours before page can be transferred”) for their hold, even though they have fixed their mistake and reselected their intended pickup location. Additionally, even if the old pickup location pulls the item, they won’t be able to fulfill the…
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Include zero results for selected locations in all reports in Decision Center
Currently Decision Center only returns data for a location parameter if there was activity for the selected time period and does not return a zero placeholder for locations without activity. This creates extra work for staff when working with the resulting Excel files. They can't easily reference the cells in Excel consistently.
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