June 2023 Release - Harvard Highlights

Owned by Maureen Elizabeth Driscoll
Last updated: May 31, 2023

Ex Libris Documentation

Harvard Alma working groups have summarized key updates below. See the Ex Libris monthly notes for complete details:


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

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.

Course Reserves/Leganto

Enhancements

  • The Leganto List Last Published By field was added to Course Reserves > Reading Lists. It displays the last publisher of the reading list.

  • You can now specify the language for a citation.
    To enable, add a bibliographic mapping rule (Configuration > Fulfillment > Courses > Bibliographic Mapping Rules), the Primo mapping (Configuration > Leganto > Discovery > Primo Mapping) or Summon mapping.

Resolved

  • When using the Expanded Reading List style, the chapter author and book title were missing from Word exports. This was fixed.
  • In some cases, reading lists were not associated with the correct course in Analytics. This was fixed for future data but not for historical data.