Administration and Infrastructure - January 2017 Enhancements
Social Authentication Successful Connection Message
A direct link to Alma now displays when a staff member logs in successfully with their social network login. An option to bookmark the link is also included (compatible with Firefox and Internet Explorer only).
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Social Authentication Success Page
Social Authentication Activation Letter
The Social Login Account Attached Letter can now be sent to a user when social authentication has been successfully established. For more information, see Social Login.
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Social Login Account Attached Letter
Additional Administration and Infrastructure Enhancements
- The Alma Login page now enables your browser to remember your user name and password (if your browser is configured to do so).
- The default for the Find in search on the Manage Sets page is now Name as opposed to Created by.
- The patron gender now includes Male, Female, Other, and None.
- The patron primary id may now be assigned as the identifier for user photos. Assign the value of USERNAME to the customer parameter, photo_identifier_type. This parameter can be found on the customer parameters page (Administration > User Management Configuration > Configuration Menu > General > Other Settings).
- Previously, when a user was added using Manage Patron Services > Register New User, a Patron role with an institution scope was added to the user, in addition to the roles that were added by the role assignment rules. Now, when a user is added using Manage Patron Services > Register New User, role assignment rules are not applied. A Patron role is added according to the user registration rules with the scope that is chosen in the Renew Policy of the Terms of Use.
- The integration with Cloud IdP (Microsoft Azure) feature, allowing direct updates to Azure of new users created in Alma, was removed pending the outcome and recommendations of the ELUNA/IGeLU Authentication Focus Group. Note that you can still use SAML in conjunction with Azure.