Primo VE Releases

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

Links and resources

See here for current VE Testers Team (VETT)

Link to the spreadsheet of current releases being tested (working document)

Ex Libris documentation on releases:
2022

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: Keeping This Item Tile Labels code table	YES
2022 Nov	Give Us Feedback Improvements	OTHER/TBD	Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views > enable Optional labels: aria Labels code table (closing the warning message) Favorites Labels code table (warning message language)	NO
2022 Nov	Provide Warning Message when Guests Add to Favorites (Idea Exchange)	YES	View Configuration Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views > Display Favorites Warning Message for Guests Labels to change aria labels nui.aria.favorites.CloseMessage – Close message Favorites Labels nui.favorites.guestSaveMessage – customize message nui.favorites.guestSaveMessageDismiss – Dismiss	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. Depends on electronic collections setting (documentation pending) Depends on which scopes individual campuses have set up If you like the way that another campus has their scope set up, contact them directly Test records based on your individual search scopes/parameters If you are still seeing duplicate records, open a support case Note: This will REDUCE but NOT ELIMINATE duplicates	NO
2023 Feb	Support "Starts With" Option for Call Number Searches	OPTIONAL	Discovery Customer Settings mapping table (Configuration > Discovery > Other > Customer Settings) Set parameter allow_start_with_for_call_number to true View Configuration page (Configuration > Discovery > Display Configuration > Configure Views) Advanced Search Configuration tab > Holding Call Number: enable	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) General tab > barcode search: checkbox	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: