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- Major change to feedback messages (pop-ups etc.) - All messages now appear in floating message panes on the side of the page. Messages are now coded by color and icon to indicate when they are a success, error, or information message. See Messages or see the video Improved Feedback Messages.
- Keep up with Alma widget - All Alma users will see a new widget, Keep Up With Alma, in the top left-hand corner of the Alma dashboard. This widget highlights new Alma features; you can move it to a different part of your dashboard or remove it entirely.
- New premium sandbox policy - The Alma sandbox will now be refreshed twice a year (in February and August) for all customers. (The initial refresh is scheduled for 2/10/19.) As a result of the new policy, the Sandbox Management page in the Configuration menu and the sandbox widget on the Alma home page were removed. Instead, in your production environment, there is now a link to your premium sandbox from the Help menu.
- Alt key elements/navigation - On any page that has one or more hot keys that start with Alt+, press the Alt key to see the elements that are selected and their corresponding keys. Also, use the hot keys Alt+1, Alt+2, ... Alt+N to open the nth tab on any page that has tabs. For this feature, press the Alt key, enter the number (multiple digits are supported, so you can enter Alt+10, for example), and release the Alt key to open the numbered tab.
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Analytics & Reporting
Enhancements
- Cost Usage folder was added to the E-Inventory subject area. It enables you to create reports that display the cost per use for electronic resources. For more information, see Cost Usage
- Actual Shipped Format field was added to Lending Requests > Lending Request Details
- Fund Fiscal Period Filter field was added to Physical Items > Fund Information > Fund Fiscal Period and to Funds Expenditure > Fiscal Period. It indicates the filter on the fiscal period (Current fiscal period, Previous fiscal period, or Two fiscal periods ago)
- Campuses Name and Participants field was added to Leganto Student Usage > Courses. It displays the name of the campus with the participants in the course.
- Last Loan Date (In House) and Last Loan Date (Not In House) fields were added to Titles > Title Details
- The Fiscal Period Start End field was added to the following locations:
- E-inventory > Cost Usage > Fund Fiscal Period
- Funds Expenditure > Fiscal Period
- Physical Items > Fund Information > Fund Fiscal Period
- In all of the tabs of the the Title level overlap analysis dashboard, there is now an option to find title overlap by Title Author Combined and Normalized
Resolved
- Analytics was timing out too quickly. This was fixed.
- The Active Course Code and Active Course Name fields were not populated correctly in Analytics
- When an Alma Analytics report was created with MMS IDs of physical titles, usage statistics appeared for them. This was fixed.
Acquisitions/Finance
Enhancements
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