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Approval sending eBooks and print titles

When titles are not matching parameters, they land on the "approval bookshelf". The title could be sent directly in print or an alert could be sent out. Both isn't possible as yet.
Guest almost 2 years ago in Profiling and Approval Services 0 Future consideration

EDI credit memos and technical invoices

Can credit memos be EDI'd? And technical invoices?
Sharon Whittle about 1 year ago in Invoicing 0 Future consideration

Search by POL

I would like to be able to search for a selection after the order is in by the POL number assigned.
Sharon Whittle about 1 year ago in Acquisition Workflow / User Interface 1 Already exists

Allow customizable invoice filenames

Our accounts payable department requires a very specific file naming structure. If GOBI could deliver the PDFs with a customizable filename, it would save us from having to rename every single file.
Guest 8 months ago in Invoicing 0 Future consideration

single-click request of multi-user ebooks for backlist titles not available that way

Often we want to be able to buy a license to a multi-user ebook for an older backlist title, perhaps a classic, perhaps just something that somebody wants to use in a course. I'd like to have an option to "request multi-user ebook license" where I...
David Wuolu almost 2 years ago in APIs and Integration / eBook Management 0 Future consideration

Make GOBI Invoices searchable by keyword

I would like it if GOBI's account documentation were searchable by keyword. In my library I often want to look back at how something was invoiced by title, eCollection title, or description. Being able to search by keyword would save me time and h...
Guest 8 months ago in User Interface 1 Already exists

Allow customization of userdefinedfields when Gobi selects ebook in HLM

Gobi now sends over to EBSCO eadmin HLM the info to "select" the book when purchased. However, the info sent over does not include the particular license model (eg 1U, UU, etc.). We would like to be able to customize this process so that the licen...
Guest over 1 year ago in eBook Management 0 Future consideration

More format choices and better file extensions for Gobi open order status reports

Gobi sends us open order status reports with an attachment that ends ".dat". That has no meaning at all to anyone's desktop software and just causes problems. Further, the most common format usable for this kind of data is NOT offered as an option...
Guest over 1 year ago in Reporting and Analysis 0 Future consideration

Gobi: tag books written by Nobel prize winning authors in all fields, not just literature

I would like to make sure we own every book written by Nobel prize winners in all fields. Unfortunately, outside of the Literature Prize, Gobi doesn't reliably tag (with Approval notes) books that aren't necessarily themselves direct award winners...
Guest over 1 year ago in Profiling and Approval Services 0 Future consideration

Add publisher limiter to the left side bar in search results from the basic search.

I would like to be able to limit large result sets to publisher.
Mary Ann Jones almost 2 years ago in User Interface 0 Future consideration