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13Bad data and incomplete list of users on full export after PeopleSoft "split."
Status
colourRed
titleOpen
12Alma continuing to re-processes old records

Update Alma FTP profile to use the new PeopleSoft FTP server.

This occurs if your campus has already completed the PeopleSoft "split," but Alma is pointed at the old PeopleSoft FTP server.

Status
colourGreen
titleKnown Fix

11Bad student dataFixed in MP 27. Skip students with multiple plans that have the same sequence.  Skip students that show enrollment and have a future effective dated program stack.
Status
colourGreen
titleFixed
Dec 2018
10Employee separation date incorrectly formattedFixed in MP 25. The format for the date has been.

Status
colourGreen
titleFixed

June 2017
9User Rejected: missing a mandatory field: statistical category

Fixed in MP 25. The PS code assumes everyone should have a Dept/Major, but retirees and visiting scholars don't, so it creates a statistical category but doesn't supply a value, which Alma (rightly) complains is illegal. So the fix is just to not include that category at all for those user types.

Status
colourGreen
titleFixed

June 2017
8

Invalid byte 1 of 1-byte UTF-8 sequence

Fxed in the MP 24. PS Code outputs the file non-explicitly as UTF-8 encoding. Should be a CMS fix, to set UTF-8 as charset when opening the file for writing. In the meantime, can fix individual records with potential UTF-8 encoding problems.

Status
colourGreen
titleFixed

Feb 2017
7

Identifier of type OTHER_ID_2 and value <some_value> is already taken AcrossInstitution.

Caused by duplicate Alma records. Resolution: delete one of the records in Alma.

Status
colourGreen
titleKnown Fix


6

Mandatory field is missing: User identifier value

Missing identifier. Resolution: Fix in PeopleSoft. User identifier segment might look something like this:

<user_identifiers>
<user_identifier segment_type="External">
<id_type desc="Additional ID 2">OTHER_ID_2</id_type>
<value></value> <----note blank value
<status>ACTIVE</status>
</user_identifier>

Status
colourGreen
titleKnown Fix


5Barcode (if different from EmplID) not included in patron load

If your campus uses a barcode value as an additional identifier, your PeopleSoft administrator will need to add a COMR exception to the Alma PeopleSoft integration provided by the Chancellor's Office to put barcode values into the user extract. Example XML for each user:


<user_identifiers>

.....

<user_identifier segment_type="External">
<id_type desc="Barcode">BARCODE</id_type>
<value>99999999999999</value>
<status>ACTIVE</status>
</user_identifier>

....

</user_identifiers>

CSUN has developed a COMR exception for this, though the barcode is actually not stored in PeopleSoft but rather algorithmically generated based on emplID. Contact Sondra Baier (sondra.baier at csun.edu) at CSUN for more information and example code.

Status
colourGreen
titleKnown Fix


4Network login ID (if different from EmplID) not included in patron load

If your campus uses a network login name that you need stored in Alma for authentication purposes (e.g., for EZProxy or ILLiad scripts which send login values to the Alma User API to check Alma user record characteristics/active status/user group type), this data is not by default pulled from PeopleSoft.

Your PeopleSoft administrator will need to add a COMR exception to the Alma PeopleSoft integration provided by the Chancellor's Office to put network user identifier values into the user extract. Example XML for each user:

<user_identifiers>

....

<user_identifier segment_type="External">
<id_type desc="Additional ID 2">OTHER_ID_2</id_type>
<value>dlk22533</value>
<status>ACTIVE</status>
</user_identifier>

.....

</user_identifiers>

CSUN has developed a COMR exception for this. Contact Sondra Baier (sondra.baier at csun.edu) at CSUN for more information and example code.

Status
colourGreen
titleKnown Fix


3PeopleSoft Program / Career Code not included in patron load as statistical category

While Dept/major is included in the default program from the Chancellor's Office, PeopleSoft 'career' or program is not. If you wish to include this data (for example, to identify doctoral students), your PeopleSoft administrator will need to add a COMR exception to the Alma PeopleSoft integration provided by the Chancellor's Office. Example XML for each user:

<user_statistics>

....

<user_statistic segment_type="External">
<statistic_category>ABACC</statistic_category>
<statistic_note>PROGRAM</statistic_note>
</user_statistic>

...

</user_statistics>


CSUN has developed a COMR exception for this. Contact Sondra Baier (sondra.baier at csun.edu) at CSUN for more information and example code.


Status
colourGreen
titleKnown Fix


2Scheduled syncing does not runYou can run a manual import, but not a scheduled import/sync. This is to be expected in the test phase, as all scheduled jobs are disabled in Alma, so only manual running is possible until cutover.

Status
colourGreen
titleKnown Fix


1User group loaded into user record as "not listed" (e.g., "TA/GA (not listed)")User groups must be defined in both the User Group table and the User Record Type/User Group table (under User Management Configuration > User Details > User Record Type/User Group). You must indicate each User Group and whether users of that group can be designated as Public, Staff, Contact, or all three.

Status
colourGreen
titleKnown Fix


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