Following the Talis Prism Update Webinar held in October, here are some more details on the forthcoming Talis Admin Console that will allow you to configure your Talis Prism 3 tenancies. As we discussed, the Talis Admin Console will continue to develop in line with new Talis Prism 3 functionality. We’ll shortly be updating the roadmap to show that track more clearly.

The name ‘Talis Admin Console’ reflects our intention to allow management of more of your Talis products in future. We are starting with Talis Prism 3.

The Admin Console functionality for Prism 3 has been developed to allow you to carry out the tasks that have most frequently been requested by customers. This method of development will continue, so when you require a change to your Talis Prism 3 tenancy that you cannot currently make, you contact the Support Team and we will continue to monitor those calls and add to the Admin Console accordingly.

Currently the Admin Console allows you to:

• Manage Feedback email addresses. You can add or delete email addresses to which users’ feedback messages are sent when they select the Feedback option in Talis Prism 3.

• Upload and download theme files. By uploading files, which you create and edit externally, you can control the appearance of your Talis Prism 3 tenancy. You can introduce your own branding, manage links, and change homepage content. This is also the way to add extensions such as Juice. Files can include CSS, images, javascript, and HTML fragments for the header, footer and homepage. You can upload files either individually or as a zip file. Individual files replace files of the same name. A zip upload replaces all files and allows you to move a theme from one tenancy to another, providing an easy way to develop your theme in your sandbox and then move it to your live tenancy.

• Manage Collections. You can add and remove collections and specify for each collection if it should be used in searches. This allows you to define the scope of a default search in your catalogue. You can specify whether a collection should appear in the Collection facet and the drop down list in the Advanced Search page. You can also sort the list into the order you want it to be displayed in the drop down list in the Advanced Search page.

• Manage Locations. You can add and remove locations, and specify for each location if it should appear in the Library Locations facet and the Location drop down list on the Advanced Search page. You can also sort the list into the order you want it to be displayed in the drop down list in the Advanced Search page.

The Talis Admin service is live. As a first step, we are using it to configure catalogues on your behalf. If you require any changes to your Talis Prism 3 catalogue, please raise a service request with the Support Team. We look to start the rollout of this service over the coming weeks, starting with those customers who have gone live with Talis Prism 3 already. As we start the rollout of the Talis Admin Console, we will also provide you with support on using it. As a first step we will be posting a short video on the Talis Admin Console and will link to it from this blog.

For more information on this and other aspects of Talis Prism 3, please register for the next Development Update webinar, which will be on 18th November.