Main Features

Additional Enhancements

• December 2019 Management URM-108247
  You can now reorder the list of asset links by dragging and dropping, as is possible with the asset files. The order you configure controls the display order of the links in the asset’s page on the research portal.

  

  Asset Links in the Research Repository
• December 2019 Management URM-110672
  The Series research organization unit type is now available out-of-the-box.

  

  Series
  This organization unit type can help in adding other logical subdivisions to the research outputs displayed under the browse functionality of the Research Portal Academic Units.
• December 2019 Management URM-109934
  The asset details fields for the Conference/Events asset types have been improved. The fields are now separated into the Asset Details and Conference/Event Details sections according to the asset type.
  
  Conference/Events Asset Details
• December 2019 Management URM-115412
  The following enhancements were performed to make your researcher profiles more Google Search Engine friendly.
  • Metadata tags were added to researcher profiles.
  • The new Publish researchers profiles to Google publishing job was added that publishes a sitemap with a set of your researcher profiles to Google.
• December 2019 Management URM-103937
  Similar to asset files, links of institutional ownership (which are links that lead to resources owned and maintained by the institution) can now be opened only within the Esploro viewer, and not in a new tab as they were until now.
• December 2019 Management URM-114915
  The Is Publication of and Is Data of asset relationship types are now available out-of-the-box for the Posted Content asset category.
• December 2019 Management URM-113767
  The PMID field was added to the available asset details for the Publication:Book asset type:

  

  PMID
• December 2019 Management URM-109583
  The researcher profile output brief display was enhanced to present the information in a clearer and more efficient manner.
• December 2019 ManagementURM-106814
  The Event Number and Event Type asset detail fields were added to the Poster asset type.
• December 2019 Management URM-108402
  The Article Number asset detail field was added to the Publication: Journal Article and Conference Proceedings asset types.

  

  Article Number
• December 2019 Analytics URM-115554
  The following attributes were added to the Asset Details dimension (under the Esploro Research Assets subject area): Asset Subtype and Provenance. The following attributes were added to the Asset Authors dimension (under the Esploro Research Assets subject area): Author Suffix, Researcher Primary Identifier, Affiliated/Non-Affiliated, Current External Org Affiliations List, and Current Internal Org Affiliations List. The Asset Presented Date attribute was added to the Asset Dates dimension (under the Esploro Research Assets subject area). See Esploro Research Assets for more information.
• December 2019 Administration URM-113187
  The Open access rights configuration option has been added out of the box (OTB) to the Access Rights configuration (Configuration Menu > Research > Access Rights and Licenses > Access Rights) and is editable. For more information about configuring access rights, see Configuring Access Rights and Licenses. You can also change the label for the Open access rights from the Access Rights Labels configuration (Configuration Menu > Research > Access Rights and Licenses > Access Rights Labels).

  

  Open Access Rights Label
• December 2019 Management URM-112419
  On the Sub-units tab of the Organization Academic Unit Details page (Research > Manage Organizations > Organization Academic Units), the Status filter now includes the All option. When the All filter is selected, both Active and Inactive statuses appear in the Status column on the Sub-units tab. See Managing Organizations for more information.

  

  Sub-Units Tab Status Filter
• December 2019 Administration URM-110170
  The Closed for All and Restricted for All local access rights rules options were removed from the local Access Rights configuration (Configuration Menu > Research > Access Rights and Licenses > Access Rights). The Closed and Restricted access rights provided out of the box (OTB) under the Access Rights configuration provide the same capability.
• November 2019 Management URM-110452

  The functions for managing (configuring) internal and external organization units moved from the configuration menu (Configuration Menu > Research > Organization > Organization Academic Units and Configuration > Research > Organization > External Research Organizations) to the Research main menu (Research > Manage Organizations > Organization Academic Units and Research > Manage Organizations > External Research Organizations).

  With this change, a new role, Manage organizations, is required to access these functions. In addition to this new role, the new Manage External Organizations privilege was added to the Research Assets Manager and Curator roles for accessing the External Research Organizations menu option (Research > Manage Organizations > External Research Organizations).

  For more information, see Managing Organizations and Esploro User Roles.

• November 2019 Management URM-103244
  Fields populated by the researcher loader can no longer be updated by the researcher. This is to prevent the user updating fields manually only to have them overwritten when the institution reloads the researcher data. To update the loaded personal information, the researcher must contact the system administrator.
• November 2019 Management URM-113338
  A new Access to Researcher Center setting was added to control whether an affiliated researcher can access the Researcher Center (Research > Researchers > Manage Researchers). This setting is configured for each researcher separately and can be set in bulk using the Researcher Loader.

  

  Access to Researcher Center
• November 2019 Management URM-111051
  On the Assets Management page, it is now possible to sort the results list according to asset date. See Managing Research Assets for more information.
• November 2019 Management URM-114769
  The Book Review asset type has now changed to Review allowing this asset type to include other review types of research output. See Esploro Overview for more information.
• November 2019 Management URM-109085
  While adding or editing a researcher’s affiliation on the researcher page through Managing Researchers, it is now possible to add the title of the researcher in the associated affiliation in addition to his position. The title is a free text field.
  Edit Affiliation
• November 2019 Researcher Center URM-112157

  Past Affiliations now appear in researcher profiles. To display past affiliations, select the new Show Past Affiliations link.

  

  Past Affiliations Link

  The following is an example of a list of past affiliations:

  

  Past Affiliations
• November 2019 Researcher Center URM-109013

  Researchers can now add copyright information to their deposit. To add copyright information, select Add copyright information from the Summary tab.

  

  Add Copyright Information

  Enter the date and copyright text.

  

  Enter Date and Copyright Text
• November 2019 Researcher Center URM-104708

  Researchers can now add a license to a link as is already possible for data files. The same list of licenses offered when adding a file is offered here as well and is configured in the same location.

  

  Add License to Link
• November 2019 Researcher Center URM-90479

  Researchers can now add an organization in the Related People section in the Describe It tab. To add an organization, select Add a new organization and type the organization name.

  

  Add a New Organization
• September 2019 Analytics URM-111314
  The Asset Authors List with Primary Identifier field was added to Esploro Research Assets > Asset Details. It display the authors of the assets with their primary identifier.
• September 2019 Management URM-94884
  Email notifications are now sent to all affiliated researchers associated with an asset, not only the one that made the deposit.
• September 2019 Management URM-101100
  When adding a staff-mediated deposit, text now appear on the page to indicate that a date is mandatory.
• September 2019 Management URM-102421
  When a DOI is reserved, this is noted in the Alma viewer.
• September 2019 Discovery URM-107345
  In Primo VE, you can now search and filter by academic unit.
• September 2019 Management URM-106419
  Esploro now supplements the data in imported research assets with journal information from the Alma Community Zone, if the asset has an ISSN.
• September 2019 Management URM-107610
  The labels "File Type" and "Link Type" were changed to "Content Type" when adding or editing files and/or links in assets.
• September 2019 Management URM-109054
  Local Field 1-5 were added as fields to the simple and advanced persistent search.
• September 2019 Management URM-109217
  Additional fields are available in the Researcher Settings area when adding or editing a researcher: whether the researcher has a public profile, whether the researcher's assets are captures in automatic capture (for future use), and whether the research can log in to the Researcher Center (for future use).
• September 2019 Discovery URM-110347
  In Primo VE, Creation Date now displays one of the following dates, in priority order: DATE_DEGREE, DATE_PUBLISHED, DATE_EPUBLISHED, DATE_COPYRIGHTED, DATE_POSTED, DATE_AVAILABLE, DATE_PRESENTED, DATE_VALID, DATE_ISSUED, DATE_APPROVED, DATE_ACCEPTED, DATE_DEFENSE, DATE_SUBMITTED, DATE_COMPLETED, DATE_CREATED, DATE_COLLECTED, DATE_OTHER, DATE_UPDATED.
• September 2019 Administration URM-110454
  Many more relationships were added to the Asset to Asset Relationship List. The new relationships are not available (hidden) by default. See Configuring Asset to Asset Relationships for information on how to configure these relationships.
• September 2019 Management URM-110858
  ANZ fields were added to the simple and advanced persistent search for research assets.
• September 2019 Management URM-111034
  The message that appears when an asset with a duplicated DOI is detected was changed. It now includes a link to cancel the current action and open the matching asset.

  

  Duplicate DOI Message
• September 2019 Administration URM-112271
  Additional out-of-the-box values were added to the Creator/Contributor Role Mapping table. See Configuring Contributor Types.
• September 2019 Management URM-109274
  The import profile option CSV for Originating System was changed to Esploro. After selecting Esploro, you can select either CSV or XML for Physical Source Format. For more information, see Adding Research Assets in Bulk.
• September 2019 Management
  ASSET_RESSUBTYPE, ASSET_PMCID, and ASSET_VOLNUM were added as fields in the CSV import file.
• August 2019 Administration URM-102242
  You can now deactivate or re-activate research organization sub-units. Disabled sub-units cannot be associated with assets or researchers, but they continue to appear with any assets or researchers with which they are already associated. On the sub-units tab, you can filter the list of sub-units by Active or Deactivated. See Configuring Research Organization Units.
• August 2019 Researcher Center URM-103246
  In the Researcher Center, a confirmation dialog box now appears when deleting a draft.
• August 2019 Management URM-106808
  Several events that occur to the deposit appear as notes in the research deposit / asset. The new ones that appear include submitted, under review, returned, resubmitted, and approved.
• August 2019 Management URM-106921
  Just like you can select a type for an asset contributor, you can now select a type for an asset author or creator.
• August 2019 Administration URM-107607
  You can now add a relevant URI when adding or editing an access rights policy. See Configuring Esploro Access Rights.
• August 2019 Manager URM-107952
  For an internal ETD, it is now possible to link the ETD to an affiliated researcher, and not just add a student author name as metadata only. When viewing the list of assets or deposits, you can select Link ETD to a researcher to link an affiliated researcher to the ETD. If the ETD is already linked to a researcher, you can select Unlink ETD to a researcher.
• August 2019 Management URM-108047
  User identifiers Wikidata and VIAF were added.
• August 2019 Administration URM-108424
  If you require a re-index of research assets, run the new manual job, Index Research Assets, on the Run a Job page to push a set of assets to Primo VE. See Running a Manual Job on Defined Sets.
• August 2019 Administration URM-111320
  When configuring the PDF cover page, 1) you can configure the text that appears when there are too many authors, and 2) you now select Upload Repository Logo in order to upload the logo. As a result of this second change, you can generate the test page after uploading a logo without having to re-display the page.
• August 2019 Administration URM-112106
  treatise was added as an ETD project type.
• August 2019 Management URM-109773
  Author and Publication name fields are now also searched when performing a Research Assets > Keywords search.
• August 2019 Discovery URM-107987
  In Primo, when an asset has no links or files, an OpenURL link now appears. Select the link to try to find full text availability.

  

  Esploro in Primo
• August 2019 Management URM-110007
  The fields to add a name variant now appear by default when editing a contributor or creator.

  

  Edit Creator Pane
• July 2019 Analytics URM-103764
  The following fields were added to the Esploro Research Assets Usage subject area:
  • Last Date of Access to Asset Usage Measures
  • Request IP to Asset Usage Details
  • Requester Type to Asset Usage Details
• July 2019 Management URM-102887
  Authors and creators now appear in the list of search results when searching for assets.
• July 2019 Management URM-105324
  When adding or editing an asset, adding an organization creator/contributor was changed to enable you to add any kind of group creator/contributor. A group can be any kind of group with a name, such as "AHA Heart Failure Taskforce", or any other kind of organization or institution credited with the authorship or contibution. You can enter free text, and do not have to select from an existing organization, internal or external. No match is made between the text you enter and an existing organization, internal or external.
• July 2019 Administration URM-103157
  You can now have your DOI profile point to the agency's test environment when you want to test the profile. You cannot migrate DOIs in a production environment when this profile points to the test environment. See Configuring DOI Agencies.
• July 2019 Administration URM-106538
  The identifier LCNAF (Library of Congress Name Authority File Number) was added to the User Identifier Types code table. For more information, see Configuring User Identifier Types in the Alma documentation.
• July 2019 Management URM-104676
  Metadata for all asset types now appears in the Alma viewer (when viewing an asset's files).
• July 2019 Management URM-105646 URM-107129
  Several out-of-the-box file/link types were added to the Asset File and Link Types List table; see Configuring Research Asset File and Link Types.
• July 2019 Administration URM-105885
  In the Crossref Details page, the labels for registration name, email, and account ID fields now include the terms used by Crossref; see Configuring DOI Agencies.
• July 2019 Management URM-105396
  A new free text field, Grant Note, appears in the Grants section when adding or editing an asset. The grant name is no longer mandatory (just the ID).
• July 2019 Management URM-106821
  Degree grantor was added as a field to the ETD deposit form. Use this field if the unit granting the degree is different from the unit under which the work is affiliated. In addition, Publisher was added to the ETD deposit form.
• July 2019 Management URM-105545 URM-107085
  The asset type Conference paper/presentation was split into two types. The asset type Conference abstract was removed.
• July 2019 Administration URM-107425
  New asset to asset relationships were added; see Configuring Asset to Asset Relationships.
• July 2019 Administration URM-108580
  The configuration menu Researcher Portal was changed to Researcher Center.
• July 2019 Management URM-109938
  When replacing a creator in an asset, you can now also add a non-affiliated researcher.
• July 2019 Administration URM-103449
  (ETD) Project Types and ETD Degree Names configuration links were moved from the Deposits configuration area to the Asset Details configuration area.
• July 2019 Management URM-107149
  Esploro now extracts and stores an asset file's MIME type.
• June 2019 Researcher Center URM-99349
  The Researcher Center now auto-saves values entered by the researcher in assets every few seconds. Therefore, if the researcher closes the browser or otherwise interrupts his or her session, these values and any other changes (up to a few seconds before the interruption) are saved.
• June 2019 Analytics URM-105270
  The Publisher field was added for Esploro Analytics to Esploro Research Assets > Asset Details.
• June 2019 Management URM-100994
  In the Asset Details pages, author, contributor, and creator names now appear in a single column with a researcher information icon containing the researcher name and affiliation.
• June 2019 Management URM-102027
  The ability to delete research assets or deposits is now limited to users with the Research Assets Manager role.
• June 2019 Management URM-102095
  Profile images uploaded by a researcher appear in the researcher's Attachment tab. Deleting a profile image from this tab does not remove the image, it only deletes it from this tab.
• June 2019 Administration URM-102607
  Additional labels for Researcher Center settings can now be configured. See Configuring Researcher Center.
• June 2019 Management URM-103833 URM-104047
  Publication Year and File Extension was added to the facets on the Research Assets page. File Extension was added as a search index for simple and advanced searches for research assets. In addition, when searching for research assets using Keywords, File Extension is one of the fields searched.
• June 2019 Researcher Center URM-103892
  You can now manage a name suffix when managing your name.
• June 2019 Management URM-103892
  pref_name_suffix was added to the schema when uploading researchers; see Student Information Systems in the Alma documentation. In addition, when searching for researchers using All, Name Suffix is one of the fields searched. From July, the researcher's name suffix will appear in all locations that the researcher's name appears in Esploro.
• June 2019 Management URM-103964
  When adding or editing researcher website URLs, you can now add an optional website title and description. See Managing Researchers.
• June 2019 Management URM-104487
  Availability date is now an option when adding a date in the Statuses and Dates section of an asset.
• June 2019 Administration URM-104489
  Some out-of-the-box types were added and some names clarified on the Asset File and Link Types List. See Configuring Research Asset File and Link Types.
• June 2019 Discovery URM-104679
  In Primo / Primo VE, a user accessing a file that cannot be displayed due to access rights now sees a relevant error message.
• June 2019 Management URM-104906
  When displaying a file in the Alma Viewer, organization units now appear as creators and contributors where relevant.

Resolved Issues

• December 2019 Management URM-115254
  If you delete a proxy for and then add it again, an error message appears. This was fixed.
• December 2019 Management URM-115245
  The View Assets action appears for proxies that are not researchers. This was fixed.
• December 2019 Management URM-111195
  Searching for researchers by their full name did not work. This was fixed.
• December 2019 Management URM-111608
  Searching for researchers with a hyphen in their name did not work properly. This was fixed.
• December 2019 Management URM-115246
  When adding a license to several files using the Manage license link, a message now appears if you have not selected the files to which you want to apply the license. Previously, no message appeared.
• December 2019 Management URM-115257
  When you add access rights (on the asset level) using the embargo option, a message now appears (when saving the asset) if you did not specify a date. Previously, you could select embargo without a date; this was fixed.
• December 2019 Management URM-114115
  Funding information was not published correctly to Primo. This was fixed.
• November 2019 Management URM-11523
  While adding a PMID identifier to an asset, the validation did not not work as expected. This was fixed.
• November 2019 Management URM-113771
  Group author was not editable on an asset form. This was fixed.
• November 2019 Management URM-113802
  The order of the author names on the asset brief results on the Asset Management page was not the same as the order of the authors on the asset form. This was fixed.
• November 2019 Management URM-113796
  Journal title look-up on the asset form in the research repository did not always find the results on the first try. This was fixed.
• November 2019 Management URM-112254
  When author matching is done, the owner of the asset can change locations on the authors order according to the authors list matched to the asset.
• November 2019 Management URM-112860
  Look-up for a ANZSRC research topic based on an ANZSRC numeric code did not always work. This was fixed.
• November 2019 Management URM-113666
  Asset search on the research repository according to a DOI was case sensitive. This was fixed.
• November 2019 Management URM-111578
  Keywords facet in the Assets Management page was case sensitive. This was fixed.
• November 2019 Management URM-117303
  ETD author was not shown under the creator MD field in the Viewer. This was fixed.
• November 2019 Management URM-115222
  When editing a researcher name on an asset, the order of the field names to edit was not correct. This was fixed.
• September 2019 Management URM-110703
  The success message for changing an asset type did not contain any information about the asset. This was fixed.
• September 2019 Management URM-110705
  File types were not sorted. This was fixed.
• September 2019 Management URM-111035
  When adding a staff-mediated asset, when pressing ENTER instead of selecting NEXT, the buttons at the top of the page change to the buttons of the next page, but the user remained on the first page. This was fixed.
• September 2019 Management URM-111042
  There were some issues with the external ETD form. These were fixed.
• September 2019 Management URM-114036
  There was a time zone issue when saving a date. This was fixed.
• September 2019 Discovery URM-115095
  In Primo VE, a long file name did not appear correctly, This was fixed.
• September 2019 Management URM-110691
  ANZ facets appeared as codes instead of values. This was fixed.
• September 2019 Management URM-108964
  External affiliations of non-affiliated researchers added as grant investigators did not appear in the asset page. This was fixed.
• July 2019 Management URM-93767
  Commas could not be used in Additional Subjects. This was fixed.
• July 2019 Management URM-110070
  Incorrect link and file types were available for asset types that did not have their own forms. This was fixed.
• July 2019 Management URM-110418
  When importing an asset, commas were removed from the place of publication. This was fixed.