Configuring Request Forms for Primo VE

Introduction

Alma enables users to fill out various request forms so that they can provide additional information when requesting an item with the Full Display or Services page in Primo VE. The displayed request types are based on the inventory type of the record and display logic rules. For more information, see Configuring Discovery Interface Display Logic for Primo VE.

In the following example, the user may place the following types of requests on the book: Request and Digitization.

Request Options for Physical Inventory in Get It

Selecting the Request link and then the Booking request type opens the Booking Request Form, which enables you to check the item's availability for the specified date and time and to send the request, which is handled by the library.

Booking Request Form - Check Availability

In addition, Primo VE enables you to create links in the Main Menu that open the following blank request forms: Resource Sharing and Purchase Request. For more information, see Configuring the Links Menu.

Links to Blank Request Forms

The following table lists the mapping tables that enable you to customize the various request forms:

Request Configuration Mapping Tables
Link in Alma	Request Form
Digitization Request	Digitization Optional Parameters (see Configuring a Request Form) – This mapping table defines the optional fields that appear in digitization requests. Requests from Primo VE are handled in Alma. For information regarding Alma workflows and configuration, see Requests in Alma.
Hold and Booking Request	Request (Hold and Booking) Optional Parameters (see Configuring a Request Form) – This mapping table defines the optional fields that appear in hold and booking requests. Requests from Primo VE are handled in Alma. For information regarding Alma workflows and configuration, see Requests in Alma.
Purchase Request	Purchase Request Optional Parameters (see Configuring a Request Form) – This mapping table defines the optional fields that appear in purchase requests. Requests from Primo VE are handled in Alma. For information regarding Alma workflows and configuration, see Requests in Alma.
Resource Sharing Request	Resource Sharing Form Customization (see Configuring the Resource Sharing Request Form) – This page contains the following sections, which enable you to configure various aspects of the Resource Sharing Request form: Resource sharing request fields – This section configures the general fields, which apply to book and article requests. This section enables you to specify the order of fields, show/hide fields, and indicate which fields users must populate. Book request – This section configures the fields associated with book requests. This section enables you to specify the order of fields, show/hide fields, and indicate which fields users must populate. Article request – This section configures the fields associated with article requests. This section enables you to specify the order of fields, show/hide fields, and indicate which fields users must populate. Delivery fields – This section configures the fields associated with the delivery of the book or article. This section enables you to specify the order of fields, show/hide fields, and indicate which fields users must populate. In addition, some of the fields enable you to specify a default, which may be useful when hiding a field. The Copyrights field enables the Copyrights dialog box that appears after a user submits a resource sharing request. The following mapping codes are associated with the labels in the Copyrights dialog box: AlmaResourceSharing.copyright.title, AlmaResourceSharing.copyright.message, AlmaResourceSharing.cancel, and AlmaResource.agree. The Resource Sharing Labels code table (see Configuring Display Labels for Primo VE) enables you to modify the labels that display on the Resource Sharing Request form and the Copyrights dialog box. Requests from Primo VE are handled in Alma. For information regarding Alma workflows and configuration, see Requests in Alma. For consortia, configurations on this page cannot be managed and distributed centrally with the Network Zone (NZ) institution.

Configuring Non-Resource Sharing Request Forms

For requests other than resource sharing requests, you can decide which fields to display to the end users and provide a default value for each field.

To configure a request form other than the Resource Sharing Request form:

Open the request form that you want to configure:
- Configuration Menu > Discovery > GetIt Configuration > Digitization Request
- Configuration Menu > Discovery > GetIt Configuration > Hold and Booking Request
- Configuration Menu > Discovery > GetIt Configuration > Purchase Request
Select Customize to enable the form to be customized. You only need to do this the first time.
In the Display to Public column, select Yes (viewable to users) or No (not viewable to users) for each field.
In the Default column, specify a default value for the field if necessary. An empty field indicates that there is no default value for the field. For checkbox fields, enter true to select that field by default.

For example, if you want the Partial checkbox selected by default on the Digitization Request Form, set Default to true for the partial field in the table.
In the Mandatory column, select this checkbox if the user must enter this field on the form.
Select Save to save your changes to the mapping table.

Configuring Resource Sharing Request Forms

For resource sharing requests, you can decide which fields to display to the end users, indicate whether a field is required, and provide a default value for some fields.

To configure the Resource Sharing Request form:

On the Resource Sharing Request Form page (Configuration Menu > Discovery > GetIt Configuration > Resource Sharing Request), select Customize to enable the form to be customized. You only need to do this the first time.
You can set the Item Availability field to Mandatory to prevent requests from being submitted if the availability calculation does not find available copies. For more information, see the following:
In the Resource sharing request fields section, select the following fields for each of the general request fields:
- Mandatory – Select this checkbox if the user must specify this field on the request form.
- Visible – Select this checkbox if you want this field to appear on the form.
In the Book request section, select the following fields for each of the book-related fields:
- Mandatory – Select this checkbox if the user must specify this field on the request form.
- Visible – Select this checkbox if you want this field to appear on the form.
In the Article request section, select the following fields for each of the article-related fields:
- Mandatory – Select this checkbox if the user must specify this field on the request form.
- Visible – Select this checkbox if you want this field to appear on the form.
In the Delivery fields section, select the following fields for each of the delivery-related fields:
- Mandatory – Select this checkbox if the user must specify this field on the request form.
- Visible – Select this checkbox if you want this field to appear on the form.
- Default – Specify a default value for the field if necessary. An empty field indicates that there is no default value for the field. Note that this field is not applicable to all fields.
Select Save to save your changes to the mapping table.

Book Chapter Requests

Out of the box, book chapter and specific page range requests require users to select the digital fulfillment option to let the library staff know that this is not a request for the entire book from the lending library. If the Specific Chapter or Pages field is enabled and users select the I only need a specific chapter or pages checkbox, the Digital option is automatically selected in the Format field, and the Chapter and Pages fields are visible to enable users to specify the pages or chapter needed for digitization.

Specify Chapter Information

Adding a Description to a Form

Each of the request forms enable you to add a message to the top of the form, which may include HTML formatting. If you add HTML formatting, you must let the system know by prefixing the text in the code's description with {include_HTML}. For example:

{include_HTML}<p class="descText">This is demo content.</p>

Example Digitization Request Form with a Formatted Description

Currently, the inline style attribute is not supported. We recommended adding CSS to your view's customization package.

To add a message to the top of the form:

Depending on the type of request form, open its associated code table and customize the description of the formDescription code.

Code Table	Code	Default Description
Purchase Request Labels (Configuration Menu > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)	almaPurchaseRequest.formDescription	Form Description
Request Labels (Configuration Menu > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)	almaRequest.formDescription	Form Description
Digitization Labels (Configuration Menu > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)	almaDigitization.formDescription	Form Description
Resource Sharing Labels (Configuration Menu > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)	almaResourceSharing.formDescription	Form Description

Open the configuration page of the request form that you want to modify:
- Request Form – Configuration Menu > Discovery > GetIt Configuration > Hold and Booking Request
- Digitization Request Form – Configuration Menu > Discovery > GetIt Configuration > Digitization Request
- Purchase Request Form – Configuration Menu > Discovery > GetIt Configuration > Purchase Request
- Resource Sharing Request Form – Configuration Menu > Discovery > GetIt Configuration > Resource Sharing Request
Make the Form Description field visible to users and indicate whether it is mandatory.
Save the changes to the form.

Adding a Generic Field to a Form

To each request form, you can add a generic checkbox that enables you to gather additional information from the user to pass to the librarian in Alma's Comment field using the following format:

<generic checkbox label>: <true or false>

If Alma's Comment field already contains text, this field's information is appended to it.
For the Purchase Request Form, this information is returned in Alma's Requester Note field.

To add a generic checkbox to a form:

Depending on the type of request form, open its associated code table and customize the description of the genericCheckBox code.

Code Table	Code	Default Description
Purchase Request Labels (Configuration Menu > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)	almaPurchaseRequest.genericCheckBox	Generic Field
Request Labels (Configuration Menu > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)	almaRequest.genericCheckBox	Generic Field
Digitization Labels (Configuration Menu > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)	almaDigitization.genericCheckBox	Generic Field
Resource Sharing Labels (Configuration Menu > Discovery > Display Configuration > Labels)	almaResourceSharing.genericCheckBox	Generic Field

Open the configuration page of the request form that you want to modify:
- Request Form – Configuration Menu > Discovery > GetIt Configuration > Hold and Booking Request
- Digitization Request Form – Configuration Menu > Discovery > GetIt Configuration > Digitization Request
- Purchase Request Form – Configuration Menu > Discovery > GetIt Configuration > Purchase Request
- Resource Sharing Request Form – Configuration Menu > Discovery > GetIt Configuration > Resource Sharing Request
Make the genericCheckBox field visible to users.
Save the changes to the form.

Adding Autofill for Blank Resource Sharing Requests

When requesting articles with a blank Resource Sharing Request Form, users can automatically fill in the following fields based on a specified DOI or PMID: Article Title, Journal Title, Author, Volume, Issue, ISSN, Pages, Start Page, End Page, and Publication Year.

If this functionality is enabled, the system will display an Auto fill button next to the DOI and PMID fields (if visible). Selecting a button automatically populates the fields associated with that DOI or PMID. If the user had already entered a field, it is not overwritten by the autofill action.

Resource Sharing Request Form with Autofill Capability Enabled

This functionality requires the Augmentation integration profile to be configured in Alma (see Alma Resolver Augmentation). In addition, you must enable the following field pairs in the Discovery configuration to make the buttons visible on the form: DOI / DOI Auto Fill and PMID / PMID Auto Fill.