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Allow a field when ordering for a PO no., so that it appears on the invoice clearly. This is required by our Finance Department.
Currently having to use Fund Code field for the PO Number which is not ideal.
2 votesThis idea is being closed as part of our annual clean-up process (criteria for closure: older than 12 months, fewer than 10 votes). If you would like to reopen this idea for future consideration, please contact ebooksPMAnswers@clarivate.com. We appreciate your feedback and encourage you to continue to participate in the Idea Exchange process.
Best,
Sarah Breiding
Product Owner
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Including bib# on ebookcentral order confirmation email
It would be useful to cataloguers if the bib# was also on the order confirmation email. It should be easy enough to have it machine generated.
1 voteThis idea is being closed as part of our annual clean-up process (criteria for closure: older than 12 months, fewer than 10 votes). If you would like to reopen this idea for future consideration, please contact ebooksPMAnswers@clarivate.com. We appreciate your feedback and encourage you to continue to participate in the Idea Exchange process.
Best,
Sarah Breiding
Product Owner
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Peak period short term license increase purchase
A service that would be great to support select titles in peak periods, if you could offer a 'peak period' unlimited access license for a short period 1-2 weeks. If we are experiencing a sharp peak if we could quickly activate a purchase to expand temporary unlimited access to our students, we could assist elevate the access issues they have during crucial, stressful times in their studies.
3 votesThis idea is being closed as part of our annual clean-up process (criteria for closure: older than 12 months, fewer than 10 votes). If you would like to reopen this idea for future consideration, please contact ebooksPMAnswers (ebooksPMAnswers@clarivate.com). We appreciate your feedback and encourage you to continue to participate in the Idea Exchange process.
Best,
Sarah Breiding
Product Owner
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Improve order confirmation emails for GOBI
We currently place most of our ebook orders through GOBI. The order confirmation emails we receive from Ebook Central are pretty minimal. They only include the Title, Author, EISBN and access url. I opened a support ticket about this, but was told "orders submitted from YBP/GOBI provide limited details compared to the direct LibCentral order confirmations" and that I should submit an Idea Exchange request because it wasn't currently on their roadmap to fix this. It would be extremely helpful if these minimal emails at least included access model purchased. We make special notes for titles purchased with limited user…
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Add a trigger stage to DDA Statements & Mechanism for accurately tracking triggers
ebook statements should be enhanced to indicate trigger stage (e.g. 1st trigger, 2nd trigger, purchase). Otherwise it requires manual reconciliation which is very time consuming. As well, there should be a mechanism to keep track of triggers even when a title changes price. Otherwise, customers exceed their preferred purchase settings with excessive loans.
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