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FOLIO: Poppy Release Information

This guide provides information on the integrated library system (ILS) FOLIO and integrated products.

Fixes and New Features

Agreements

  • New content type field
  • New search filters for document and content type
  • Filter agreements by properties that are present or missing
  • Date created and date updated added to agreement records

Bulk Edit

  • Suppress item and holdings records from discovery
  • Item Notes:
  1. Mark as staff only/remove mark as staff only
  2. Add note
  3. Remove all
  4. Change note type
  5. Find & Replace (exact match; case sensitive)
  • User customization of columns selection that is carried through all forms
  • Filtering completed jobs by user
  • Record types ordered alphabetically (Identifier segment) search; no default selections
  • Record identifier options limited by record type selected

Circulation Apps and Functions

  • New fields for notices: display name, loan type, user primary address
  • New fields for staff slips: department, current date/time, loan type
  • Field for loan specific comment/note (two fields: staff info and patron info) (under "Loan details" in user record)
  • Pop-up confirmation modal when anonymizing loans in the loan details section of the user record
  • Lost items can be bundled into one notice
  • Overdue fines can be bundled into one notice
  • Send user notices for items charged that have lost item fee policies based on the actual cost of the item
  • Send user notices when an item is returned or renewed and the actual cost bill gets cancelled
  • Request polices can determine allowed service points

Data export

  • Search profiles
  • New filters: "Started running", "Ending running", and "User"
  • New column "Failed to show duplicate records"

Data Import

  • Split/chunking of large files automatically (100,000+ records)
  • Allow for multiple holdings and/or item to be created or edited based on data supplied in a single MARC record
  • Queue management (small files run before larger files)

Eholdings

  • Packages facet for title searches

Export Manager

  • EDIFACT orders export facet ("All" tab)

Invoice

  • New invoices can now be assigned to previous fiscal years (Budget must be active and have enough funds)

Inventory

Licenses

  • Separate search and filter tab for license amendments
  • Search license agreements by text box (name and description), status (amendment), start date, end date, and terms

Lists (Beta)

With this new app, users are able to create their own lists using queries in FOLIO using a user-friendly interface. With the initial release, users will be able to obtain the following record information:

  • loans (user, instance, item)
  • items (item; instance)
  • users

For example, weeding and shelf lists can be created and exported to CSV file format. Delivered reports include "expired patron loans" and "missing items".

In future releases, additional fields will become available, including MARC fields, with the ultimate goal being to include all fields.

MARC Authority

  • Automated headings linking
  • New report under "Actions": Failed updates linked to bibliographic fields

Orders

  • Linked package POL facet (Order lines tab)
  • Fields in order record for ongoing orders with subscriptions now editable: renewal date, review period, and notes
  • Fields in order record for ongoing orders with subscriptions now editable: review date and notes.

Users

  • Search now matches on user middle name
  • New User type field

Known Issues

Below is a summary of known issues with the Poppy Release. For a complete list of known issues, visit the FOLIO Project Wiki

Bulk Edit

  • Query tab not visible (under development); should be available in Quesnelia release

Inventory

  • Call number browse using call number prefix/suffix not exact
  • Effective location (item) facet: If items on a single instance record have call numbers with different call number types, the locations of all items will appear in this facet.
  • Effective location (item) facet: When call numbers have a type and a custom location, they will not show in the call numbers "all" option.
  • Call Number browse: If the call numbers on holdings on different instances contain the same first 10 characters of the shelving order, the preceding records will not be returned.

Lists app

  • Volume information not available for effective call number
  • Queries with the operator "Contains" can be very slow.
  • When exporting a list, all columns available are exported, not only those that are selected.
  • Max list size 1,250,000

Requests

  • Service points not in alphabetical order when placing a request with request type "Page"