[Wactclc-alma] {Spam?} Re: Students with only a first name

[Dale Burke]

Wade,

Thanks.  I have made the change and will see how the loads work at the
beginning of next week.

Dale Burke
Technical Services Librarian
20000 68th Ave. W
Lynnwood, WA  98036
425-640-1526

dburke at email.edcc.edu

On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Guidry, Wade <WadeG at bigbend.edu> wrote:

> Dale,
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> If you go to User Management Configuration / Mandatory Fields / Public,
> you can remove first name from the list of mandatory fields in Alma.
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> That will solve the user rejection problem in the patron loads, if you
> don’t mind allowing patron records with no first name.
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> Wade Guidry
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> Library Consortium Services Manager, WACTCLC
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> wadeg at bigbend.edu
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> (509) 760-4474
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> *From:* Wactclc-alma [mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Dale Burke
> *Sent:* Friday, September 22, 2017 10:03 AM
> *To:* WACTCLC Alma Discussion <wactclc-alma at lists.ctc.edu>
> *Subject:* [Wactclc-alma] Students with only a first name
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> Hello all,
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> Are any of you having issues related to the patron load for students with
> only a last name and no first name?
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> We have 6 international students who have no first name.  Their records
> are being rejected in the patron loads because of a missing first name.
> How does your registration area handle this particular issue?  Do they put
> a special character in the first name field, or are some of your students
> also being rejected.
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> You can find the rejected students by looking at the "View Alternative
> Report" from history tab of the monitor jobs screen.
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> Thanks!
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> Dale Burke
> Technical Services Librarian
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> 20000 68th Ave. W
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=20000+68th+Ave.+W%0D+%0D+%0D+%0D+Lynnwood,+WA%C2%A0+98036&entry=gmail&source=g>
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> Lynnwood, WA
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> 98036
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> 425-640-1526 <(425)%20640-1526>
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> dburke at email.edcc.edu
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