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• • The following fields were added to the Physical Item Details dimension in the Physical Items, Requests, Lending Requests, and Fulfillment subject areas:
    • Has Committed to Retain – indicates if the library has committed to retain the item
    • Retention Reason – the reason the library has committed to retain the item
    • Retention Note – a free-text note concerning the library's commitment to retain the item
  • The Has Local Extensions field was added to the Bibliographic Details dimension in all subject areas in which it appears. It indicates if the Community Zone-linked record has local extensions (Y/N).
  • The Digital Resource First Access Date and Digital Resource First Access Date (Calendar) fields were added to Borrowing Requests > Borrowing Requests Details. The fields display the date that the digitally received resource was first accessed by the requesting patron.
  • The Public Access Model field was added to E-Inventory > Portfolio. It displays the patron facing access model of the portfolio, which is presented to the patron in the discovery system. In addition, the Access Model field was added to E-Inventory > Portfolio PO Line. It displays the internal access model of the portfolio. For more information on access models, see Managing Access Models.

  • The following events are now reported by the System Events subject area:

    Alma Events

    Event Type	Event Description
    169	The user has failed to login to the system
    3370	Community linked record updated with local extensions
    4200	Send message to remote storage successfully
    4201	No response from remote storage
    4202	Failed to send message to remote storage
    4203	Failed to connect to remote storage
    4900	Loading patron user group succeeded
    4901	Loading patron user group failed
    5001	Wrong Data found when parsing element for User
    6116	Import Job External system Task Chain Fail for User
    9171	Failed to send Inventory Add message
    9172	Inventory Delete message was sent successfully
    9173	Failed to send Inventory Delete message

  • To more accurately calculate the cost usage for a title, if the COUNTER Platform (defined in E-Resource of UI Alma) field is empty, Alma Analytics now derives the platform from the Vendor Interface > Interface Name field.
  • The No Charge field was added to the PO Line dimension in every subject area in which it appears (E-Inventory, Funds Expenditure, Physical Items, Purchase Requests). It indicates if the No Charge checkbox on the PO Line Details page was selected, which is done for titles that were marked for purchase following a process of DDA/PDA, but are open access free-of-charge titles.
  • The Lost Item Fee Amount, Lost Item Fee Currency, and Lost Item Fee VAT were added to Borrowing Requests > Borrowing Request Details and Lending Requests > Lending Request Details. These fields enable you to create reports concerning the fee charged for lost items.
  • The deprecated Events subject area is no longer being updated with new information.

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Acquisitions/Finance

• Enhancements

• Resolved

  • Clicking on a PO Lines with multiple funds from the Invoice Lines tab in the invoice goes to the fund instead of the PO Line. This was fixed and users are directed to the PO line instead of the fund. 

Course Reserves/Leganto

• Enhancements

• Resolved

E-Resources

• Enhancements

  • Alma Portfolio Loader now supports using KBART format files for management of electronic collection portfolios. These files can be used directly in the portfolio loader without reformatting. 
  • New electronic collection level indicator for Community Zone collections gives better transparency into how and by whom each collection is maintained. The options are:
    • Ex Libris (managed by Ex Libris)
    • Community (managed on a title level by the Community)
    • Not maintained (the vendor no longer supports this collection)
    • Contributed by Institution (Collection was contributed and is managed by an Alma institution)

• Resolved

Fulfillment

• Enhancements

• Resolved

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