Page for Primo VE Releases and recommendations
Releases and recommendations going forward from the Nov 2022 release from Ex Libris
Expected timeline
Month one: Sandbox Release and testing
Month two: Production Release and testing
Month three: Recommendations from the team via email and/or Open Discovery Forums
Year Month release | What it does | Recommended YES NO OPTIONAL OTHER/TBD | Configuration | Added to Config Page YES NO |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 Nov | Adds social media Share Export Action | OPTIONAL | Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views > enable Optional labels:
| YES |
2022 Nov | Give Us Feedback Improvements | OTHER/TBD | Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views > enable Optional labels:
| NO |
2022 Nov | Provide Warning Message when Guests Add to Favorites (Idea Exchange) | YES |
| YES |
2022 Nov | Provide Direct Linking from Full Record | TBD | NO | |
2022 Nov | Allow Configuration of CDI Linking Preferences | TBD | NO | |
2022 Nov | Enable “exclude CDI eBook” from search scopes that include Central Index | YES* | The Exclude CDI eBooks option on the Define a Custom Search Profile page (Configuration Menu > Discovery > Search Configuration > Search Profiles) remains the same.
| NO |
2023 Feb | Support "Starts With" Option for Call Number Searches | OPTIONAL | Discovery Customer Settings mapping table (Configuration > Discovery > Other > Customer Settings)
View Configuration page (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views)
| NO |
2023 Feb | Changing Number of Titles per Page | OTHER/TBD | Automatically enabled | NO |
2023 Feb | Support Search in My Favorites | OTHER/TBD | Automatically enabled | NO |
2023 Feb | Add Barcode Search | OPTIONAL | View Configuration (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views)
| NO |
2023 Feb | UNIMARC Format Support | OTHER/TBD | Automatically enabled | NO |
2023 Feb | Support Country Field in My Library Card | NO | - | NO |
2023 Feb | Separate Form Description for Booking Requests | OPTIONAL | Requires booking form to be enable (See https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Product_Documentation/020Primo_VE/Primo_VE_(English)/080Configuring_Delivery_Services_for_Primo_VE/Configuring_Request_Forms_for_Primo_VE#Adding_a_Description_to_a_Form ) Go to Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels > Request Labels > almaBookingRequest.formDescription to change description | NO |
2023 Feb | Align Local Website Resource Type with CDI | OTHER/TBD | Automatically enabled | NO |
Past release newsletter(s) with recommendations: