Question

Trying to add phone information to a User in Alma, or a Resource Sharing Partner, we get this error: "Field Phone Number must be Numeric".

Current setup for "phone regex" may be: (((\s)*?\d(\s)*?-?)*(\d))?(\s)*

Answer

One library applied the following syntax to resolve the email error, in:

User Management Configuration Menu > Other Settings > phone_regex

^([0-9\(\)\/\+ \-]*)$

And here is another suggestion, enabling long phone numbers (more than 9 digits):

^(\s)*[\d\+\(\)\- x]{4,}$

Additional Information

The syntax cam be tested at: http://regexpal.com

• Article last edited: 2-MAY-2025