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Add search functionality to scoping rule function
As a consortium, our system has hundreds of location codes. We appreciate the new functionality to add locations to scopes ourselves, but it is cumbersome to scroll through the list of hundreds of branch entries each time to find the code you need to add. It would be helpful if there was search functionality, where you can type in the code, and it brings up the corresponding entry in the branches list for you to select.
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Disable fine lock
Because our library does not use fines, having the "Failed to acquire fines payment lock. If not cleared, fines payments cannot be processed" message is of no utility for us. We'd love multiple users to be able to view a patron record without this message showing up.
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Revamp the Hours Open Parameter
The Situation: Our library's room checkout suddenly shorted to a hard limit of 6:00pm. I discovered that last year's spring break hours were listed in the Hours Open table and last year spring break occurred earlier in March.
The Problem: Entries in the Hours Open table do not include the year. If the year was included, hour checkout issue wouldn't have been an issue.
Solution #1: Add the ability to include the year to Hours Open table. Default to the current year but have the ability to change the year.
Solution #2: Revamp the Hours Open table. Modifying the Hours…
9 votesThe product team will review this idea for consideration for a future release.
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Add eReceipts as an option in LX Starter.
The only option for eReceipts is plain text. It would be a fantastic feature to customers to be able to build a nice HTML email for them.
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Add date/time stamp to the "Restart a process/terminal" display
We'd like to see a date/time stamp on the "Restart a process/terminal" display in the Admin Corner and be able to sort by it. We sometimes run out of licenses because staff don't sign out of their SDA sessions at the end of their shifts, and we have to contact Innovative and request that connections older than the current day be closed. It would be helpful to be able to do this ourselves. Currently, we can preemptively reset all connections early in the morning before staff arrive, but if a problem arises during the day we don't want to cause…
9 votesThe product team will review this idea for consideration for a future release.
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Enable Passkeys for patron authentication
Passkeys are both easier for people to use and safer than using passwords and PINs. Passkeys allows users to sign in to their account using the same mechanism they use to unlock their device - fingerprint, face recognition, etc. There are a couple of good introductions to the benefits of Passkeys over traditional username/password credentials here:
https://fidoalliance.org/passkeys/
https://developers.google.com/identity/passkeys9 votesThe product team will review this idea for consideration for a future release.
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Persistent Column Resizing in Summary Tab
Persistent Column Resizing in Summary Tab:
Currently, users can resize columns in the Summary Tab (Orders, Items, and Holdings) during a session. However, these adjustments are not retained after the session ends, requiring users to reapply their preferred column sizes each time they log in.
I propose an enhancement to allow users to permanently save column resizing preferences across sessions. This feature would greatly improve usability and efficiency by enabling a more customized and consistent interface tailored to individual workflows.
This enhancement would benefit users who frequently manage data within the Summary Tab by reducing repetitive actions and ensuring a…
9 votesThe product team will review this idea for consideration for a future release.
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Increase minimum server account password length to 15 characters to meet PCI requirements
The automated tool employed by Clarivate support to update iii and iii-root passwords every 30 days has an 8 character limit, which falls short of PCI requirements (15 characters). The Sierra application server, which hosts the web page connecting to PayPal is in scope for PCI, and therefore login credentials that can edit that web page need passwords of 15 characters or more.
9 votesThis idea will be reviewed by the Innovative product team for consideration in planning the upcoming product roadmap.
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Permit due date extension via the API
Currently the only way to extend item due dates is to run Rapid Update on a review file of those items. I would like to be able to programmatically update due dates via the API. I see two potential benefits of this feature:
Benefit 1: Rapid Update prompts for a single absolute date to apply to a group of items in a review file. There have been many times when we have wanted to extend the due dates of a group of items by "n days", regardless of their current due date. It would be straightforward to write a Python…
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Decision Center - Include Series Information in Weeding Reports
When pulling Low Circulation (or High) reports (Collection Tools > Maintenance), would like to include the Series Title (if applicable) in the displayed (and exported) report. We run into titles that have low circs, but if we see it's in a series, we normally don't weed it, because the series should remain complete. Thus we are stuck using Create Lists for this type of information (either exporting the report as a review file and then exporting fields THAT way or simply starting with Create Lists from the get-go). It would be more convenient if it was included in Decision Center.
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Permit user selection of multiple Remote Search (Z39.50) Load Tables for record overlay
Sierra uses a particular Load Table to determine how bibliographic records are overlaid when new records loaded via Remote Search (i.e., downloaded from another library catalogue using Z39.50)
According to Sierra's documentation the default Load Table is "m2btab.b", but Innovative can configure Sierra to use another one if desired.
We have found that certain projects call for different Load Tables because different sets of fields should be retained, discarded, or inserted. It is possible to change to a different Load Table for remote search temporarily (or modify the current Load Table), but that would affect all cataloguers for the duration…
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Improve clear hold functions for integrated systems
When a hold has been cleared or is defunct, the information Sierra provides integrated systems (IMMS for our example) over API is not consistent. In particular, when clear holds is run in Sierra. During clear holds, the item status either remains at ! On holdshelf or changes to another item status. When it remains as !, IMMS sees the hold is still active and does not instruct staff to clear the item from the hold shelf. Daily and weekly processes are needed to update the item records for IMMS to recognise the changes.
Can the clear hold function in Sierra…
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Add "Volume" as an option in "New Record Templates" in Admin Settings.
For volume records, it would be helpful to have 'volume' listed as an option in Admin - Settings - New Record Templates (see attachment). When adding volume records, it would be helpful to have the desired 'volume' template appear in the same way our item record template appears. Currently we have to always select the volume template we want to use. All the other options are listed and it would be nice to have 'volume' listed as well.
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Sort ready for pickup holds by expiry date in checkout function
Staff assisting any customers who cannot pickup all their ready holds at once, would benefit from seeing and sorting the expiry date of holds in the patron's holds list. This will assist with preventing their holds from expiring and being placed again.
8 votesAn item's status and pickup expiration date are displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the Holds page as an item is highlighted/selected. While you can't sort by the expiration date, this information is displayed on screen for staff users.
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Limit access to Login Names & Parameters via permissions
We'd like to be able to limit access to the Login Names & Parameters section of the Admin Corner (especially the Limit Network Access tables) via permissions. Certain functions, such as load tables, require certain staff members to have access to the Admin app, but having the login names and parameters unrestricted leaves an unnecessary hole in security. There are other functions in Admin Corner that require separate permissions and prompt users to enter their credentials, but not this one.
8 votesThe product team will review this idea for consideration for a future release.
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Add an option to restrict check-in to owning location
For some fragile items that we don't want to put in transit (e.g. telescopes, vinyl records), we want to be able to limit check-ins to the owning location. We can communicate these limits to patrons on our website and through signage or labels, but we'd like there to be an option within Sierra to generate a pop-up (with an option to override) so staff are alerted to tell the patron they have to bring the item back to another location.
8 votesThe product team will review this idea for consideration for a future release.
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NCIP activity should update Circactive
Currently, authentication using the NCIP protocol does not update the CIRCACTIVE attribute in the patron account. We use this protocol to authenticate to a statewide ILL service and we'd like to know when cards are being used in this union catalog and not just our own.
We use CIRCACTIVE to determine which cards are being used and which ones aren't. This is useful for statistical purposes, but is also linked to our patron database purge process.
8 votesThe product team will review this idea for consideration for a future release.
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Don't allow Scheduler to save passwords it can't use
I just learned that Scheduler Output MARC records can't send an FTP password that includes the characters [{}"/
It will let me save a task with such a password and spend months trying to figure out what's wrong. If it can't deal with a particular password, it should give an error saying what's wrong with the password.
8 votesThe product team will review this idea for consideration for a future release.
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New Linked Patron logic : Link a patron record to a second patron with no reciprocal link.
Why is it important to link patrons?
- Without linked patron functionality someone that is authorized to pick up a hold on another account is complicated. This is manually done by staff using patron notes, and the authorized patron signs out the book leaving the original hold on the other patron record.
- Parents visiting the library with children would like to jump to the record of each child rather than using the child’s cards.
Current privacy and circulation workflow issues:
- Someone could link to the child record without authorization. If a patron is sharing their circulation details with someone, they should…
8 votesThis idea will be reviewed by the product management team for possible inclusion in a future release.
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Improving loan history
Our patrons are curious about their loan history. They would like to sort it by author or title in addition to the checkout date. We have told them to export it. But exporting the checkout history loses the checkout date! Could more sorting possibilities be added to the catalogue and checkout date added when exporting?
8 votes
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