Category: alma
How to make a copy of the dashboard and all its prompts and reports
When you make a copy of dashboard using the copy-paste method, dashboard's reports and prompts are still linked to the original. Because of this, the dashboard must be edited to use the newly copied reports and prompts. This tedious task is eliminated if you make a copy of the dashboard using Archive and restore it…
Creating the item records in batch
Creating the item records in batch can save lots of time of technical services librarians. The Ex Libris API provided the convenience and capability to fulfill it. Creating the item records involved creating the holding record first. It is impossible to create an item record without affiliating with any holding records. It means that when…
How to export and import a Package (dva) file in Alma Analytics Data Visualization (DV)
A dva file is a file containing a Data Visualization workbook. In this blog post we will be using Alma Analytics Data Visualization (DV) to export a workbook to a dva file and then import the dva file to Alma Analytics Data Visualization (DV). We will export from one environment and import to another environment. …
PHP class for Alma webhooks
Instead of using a NodeJS environment (like here) I've delevoped a simple PHP class to create a webhooks endpoint in a LAMP (or a similar) environment:the code is available on GitHub.Here an example to use the class (put it together with the class script in a https web server folder and configure Alma webhook using…
Creating the holdings records in batch
Have you experienced the situation where you have thousands of contribution books or government depository books which you would like to put into one library location? Do you feel tired of manually creating the holdings records repeatedly for all of the BIB records even with the help of holding templates? You can create all of…
Java based access to the Ex Libris Secure FTP Service
In a previous blog post, we have seen how to access the SFTP Service using FTP clients and the command line. Here we show a short Java program that connects using the private key, and deletes files older than X number of days. The SFTP service is configured to delete files older than 30 days…
How to report on an API key by time range in five easy steps
ONE Log into the developers network and choose "Build my APIs > Reports > History > Group by API Key" TWO Choose desired date range THREE Click "Go" FOUR See results in desired time range. API Key names and last 4 digits appear in legend under graph (blacked out here for security) FIVE…
Using preferred terms and local authorities (preferred subject terms)
Use Case As a user, I have the expectation that subject headings in a library’s search system will be current and not use outdated language (e.g. illegal alien, manic-depressive illness). Goal Modify metadata configuration to manage subject headings locally, create local subject headings for LCSH and FAST, and allow the "Authorities Preferred Term Correction" (PTC)…
Integrating EndNote's "Find Full Text" with Alma Link Resolver
EndNote offers a "Find Full Text" feature that allows users to locate full text for citations. EndNote Find Full Text can now be configured to obtain PDFs from the Ex Libris Alma Link resolver. To use Alma Link Resolver with EndNote, there are three key preference fields users need to modify, highlighted here in Yellow: OpenURL:…
Integration between Alma and Bibliographic Data Services (BDS)
Bibliographic Data Services (BDS) is a vendor which provides Enriched Metadata services for institutions. In order to automate the metadata enrichment process, Alma institutions can now integrate with BDS and automatically receive enriched bibliographic MARC records using ordering (PO line) and invoicing information which are sent automatically from Alma to BDS and by that informing…