Ex Libris Documentation
Harvard Alma working groups have summarized key updates below. See the Ex Libris monthly notes for complete details:
General Enhancements
Analytics & Reporting
Enhancements
- Request Creator field was added to Requests > Request Details. It displays the original creator of the request. This is opposed to the Creator field which, after a request is completed or cancelled, displays the user that completed or cancelled the request.
- PO Line Inventory Active Library Code field was added to the PO Line dimension of the Funds Expenditure, Physical Items, and Purchase Requests subject areas. It displays the inventory linked to PO Lines from active (non-deleted) libraries. This is in contrast to the PO Line Inventory Library Code, which displays the inventory linked to PO Lines from both active and deleted libraries.
- The following fields were added to Analytics Usage Tracking subject area:
- Query Details > Error Code – the code of the error
- Query Details > Error Text – the text of the error message
- Query Details > Report Duration – the time the report took to run
- Usage Tracking Measures > Average Time in Secs – the average time to run the report
- Query Date > Query Year Month Key – the year and month, in format 2023-02
- The possible values for the Analytics Usage Tracking > Usage > Object Type field were expanded. They are now:
- Dashboard
- Report
- Data Visualization
- Workbook
- Embedded Reports
Resolved
- Permissions functionality for databases for data visualization dashboards was fixed.
- The analytics object had the wrong path for the API Usage and Purchase Requests out-of-the-box dashboards. This was fixed.
- Previously, the fields of the date dimensions in Alma Analytics reported on data going 30 years back 20 years ahead. Now, Alma Analytics reports on data from 01/01/1980 and 30 years ahead.
- When changing the schedule of an object, the modified date of the object was updated but not the operator name. Now, the modification information is updated immediately.
Acquisitions/Finance
Enhancements
Resolved
- A typo in an "Invoice - Create From Spreadsheet" job error message was fixed. The message now reads "mandatory fields are missing," as it should.