Additional Settings
- User Administrator
- General System Administrator
Additional User Settings

Parameter Key | Description |
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address_lineX_regex (lines 1-5) | The valid format of lines 1-5 in the user's street address. See Adding User Contact Information. |
disable_from_address | Set to true to disable the From: address field when you have configured a value for from_address (see below). This prevents users from entering their own email address in place of the one you have set in from_address. See Editing Users. |
email_regex | The valid e-mail format. See Adding User Contact Information. |
email_regex_display | The message appearing when entering an email address, if email_regex is defined. |
external_users_with_internal_auth |
For institutions whose Student Information System (SIS) does not offer authentication services, it is now possible to create users as external in Esploro/Alma, but assign passwords for them directly in Alma. In this case, all the user information, such as name, ID, etc, is managed from the SIS, but the passwords are stored in Esploro/Alma and managed by the Ex Libris Identity Service. When this behavior is enabled, changing a user from external to internal (and vice versa) does not reset the user password; the existing password the user used as an external user is retained. |
from_address | The value used as a default in the From: address for the General Message you can send while editing a user. See Editing Users. See also disable_from_address, above. |
fulfillment_network_search_by_all |
Whether to enable walk-in services in a fulfillment network for patrons that don't happen to have an ID available. The parameter must be enabled at the institution where the patron is already registered. Valid search criteria include first name, last name, or email address. The search must be an exact match. If the search yields more than one result, an error is returned. |
network_users_unique_identifiers |
Whether a fulfillment network uses unique user identifiers:
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network_user_profiles_and_assignment_rules_distribution_members_behavior | Controls what is done with the members' user profiles and assignment rules when the Network Zone's records are distributed. Valid values are: Remove and None. Remove removes all the local records. When set to None (the default), all previously existing records are left exactly as they were before the distribution. |
phone_regex | The valid phone number format. See Adding User Contact Information. |
phone_regex_display | The message displayed when entering a phone number, if phone_regex is defined. |
photo_identifier_type | The type of user identifier from which to take the name of the photo (together with photo_server_url). The options are: USERNAME (the primary identifier) or a user identifier code; see Viewing Additional User Identifier Types . See Managing User Pictures. |
photo_server_url |
The URL directory for user photos to display in the User Details page. See Managing User Pictures.
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photo_suffix | The file extension (such as .jpg or .gif) for user photos. This value is appended to photo URLs – if this value is not defined, the photo may not appear properly. See Managing User Pictures. |
pin_number_method | To enable the PIN number generation functionality, enter the value fourDigit (the only possible value) here. See the PIN number field in Adding Users. |
postal_code_regex | The valid format for the postal code. See Adding User Contact Information.
By default, the postal code must be between 0 to 16 characters and must include only digits, capital letters, hyphens, and spaces. If you want to include periods as well, add \. following the hyphen, as follows: [A-Z0-9\-\. ]{0,16}
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postal_code_regex_display | The message displayed when entering a postal code, if postal_code_regex is defined. |
preferred_identifier | Enter an identifier code to be used when displaying only one identifier and when scanning items that are on the hold shelf according to user. The identifier codes are listed in the User Identifier Types page. For more information, see Viewing Additional User Identifier Types . |
primary_identifier_regex | The valid format of the primary identifier. Alphanumeric characters in primary identifiers are supported. |
staff_login_ip_address_retention |
The retention period for the public IP address of users that logged into Alma. The default period is 90 days, you can state any number, including 0 to prevent retention. For details, see Staff Login Report. |
url_regex | The valid format of the URL. It must have a leading protocol, a valid domain name (two or three letter TLD and no invalid characters), and a valid file path. |
user_audit_retention_period | Entering a whole number indicates a length of time, in days, that user audit trail records will be retained. The default value of spaces means that all records are retained. See User Audit History. |