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Prism release 28th May 2020

We’re pleased to announce that the version of Prism that has been in preview recently has now been released to the live service.

The details are described in this release notice and are summarised as follows:

  • Facets under the ‘More’ link are shown as a list
  • Searching Summon as part of the Prism pro ILL Request workflow
  • A security fix in My Account
  • Prism Pro E-Pay improvements

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment on the Prism blog, on Prism Ideas or contact our support team directly.

Prism release preview 5th May 2020

We’re pleased to announce that the next release of Prism is now available for preview.
This release includes:

  • Facets under the ‘More’ link are shown as a list
  • Searching Summon as part of the Prism pro ILL Request workflow
  • A security fix in My Account
  • Prism Pro E-Pay improvements

Facets under a More link are shown as a list

Now when you click on a More facet, the results are displayed in ascending alphabetical order. Options are provided to sort the list in descending order or by the count of the number of matches

Searching Summon as part of the Prism pro ILL Request workflow

During the initial stages of creating an ILL request through Prism, the system carries out a search of the catalogue using the details the requester has entered. This search will now be carried out against Summon if this is the default catalogue.

A security fix in My account

A fix in the My Account area has been applied to close a security issue

Prism Pro E-Pay improvements

Changes have been made to the information passed by Prism Pro e-Pay functionality to Capita Payments SCP9 payment provider.

  • Charge types can now be mapped to a fund code
  • The borrower barcode can be mapped, via Reference, to the payment transaction

Making the most of your preview

Please check the preview version as early as possible to become familiar with the new functionality and to ensure that your tenancy still behaves as expected in terms of functionalities, including extensions, and styling.

To preview this release, please precede your tenancy URL with ‘demo.’, like this: demo.capitadiscovery.co.uk/{your tenancy name}. If you have your own host name, you’ll need to use demo.capitadiscovery.co.uk instead.

Release to the live service

The release of Prism to the live service will now be on Thursday 28th May 2020.

Comments and contact

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment here on the Soprano blog or contact our support team directly. To suggest and discuss additional features please visit the  Prism Ideas Forum.

Prism release 27th June 2019

We’re pleased to announce that the version of Prism that has been in preview recently has now been released to the live service.

This release includes:

  • Some fixes to the information passed to Capita Pay360

Details are described in the release notice

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment on the Prism blog, and suggest and discuss additional features in Prism Ideas or contact our support teams directly.

Prism release preview 20th June 2019

We’re pleased to announce that the next release of Prism is now available for preview.
This release includes:

  • Some fixes to the information passed to Capita Pay360

Some fixes to the information passed to Capita Pay360

The fixes are:

  • Being able to send through the “FundCode” and “Reference” fields separately
  • One of the descriptions for an Item Summary element has been amended

Making the most of your preview

Please check the preview version as early as possible to become familiar with the new functionality and to ensure that your tenancy still behaves as expected in terms of functionalities, including extensions, and styling.

To preview this release, please precede your tenancy URL with ‘demo.’, like this: demo.capitadiscovery.co.uk/{your tenancy name}. If you have your own host name, you’ll need to use demo.capitadiscovery.co.uk instead.

Release to the live service

The release of Prism to the live service will be on Thursday 27th June 2019.

Comments and contact

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment here on the Prism blog, on the Prism forum or Prism Ideas or contact our support  team directly.

Prism release 11th June 2019

We’re pleased to announce that the version of Prism that has been in preview recently has now been released to the live service.

This release contains:

  • Changes to Prism to pass through additional information to Capita Pay360

Details are described in the release notice

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment on the Prism blog, and suggest and discuss additional features in Prism Ideas or contact our support teams directly.

Prism release preview 5th June 2019

We’re pleased to announce that the next release of Prism is now available for preview.
This release includes:

  • Changes to Prism to pass through additional information to Capita Pay360

Changes to Prism to pass through additional information for Capita Pay360

In this release, the Prism epayments functionality can now also send through the Customer reference and the fund code fields to Capita Pay360 if specified.

Making the most of your preview

Please check the preview version as early as possible to become familiar with the new functionality and to ensure that your tenancy still behaves as expected in terms of functionalities, including extensions, and styling.

To preview this release, please precede your tenancy URL with ‘demo.’, like this: demo.capitadiscovery.co.uk/{your tenancy name}. If you have your own host name, you’ll need to use demo.capitadiscovery.co.uk instead.

Release to the live service

The release of Prism to the live service will be on Tuesday 11th June 2019.

Comments and contact

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment here on the Prism blog, on the Prism forum or Prism Ideas or contact our support or sales admin teams directly.

Prism release 30th May 2019

We’re pleased to announce that the version of Prism that has been in preview recently has now been released to the live service.

This release contains:

  • Summon integration – option to display a limit by library location facet

Details are described in the release notice

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment on the Prism blog, and suggest and discuss additional features in Prism Ideas or contact our support teams.

Prism release preview 23rd May 2019

We’re pleased to announce that the next release of Prism is now available for preview.
This release includes:

  • Summon integration – option to display a limit by library location facet

Summon integration – option to display a limit by library location facet

In this release, it is now possible to display a new facet for Summon: Library Location. This allows the end user to limit the display to titles where there is at least one item at the selected location. The facet is enabled through the Admin console in the Facets section.

Making the most of your preview

Please check the preview version as early as possible to become familiar with the new functionality and to ensure that your tenancy still behaves as expected in terms of functionalities, including extensions, and styling.

To preview this release, please precede your tenancy URL with ‘demo.’, like this: demo.capitadiscovery.co.uk/{your tenancy name}. If you have your own host name, you’ll need to use demo.capitadiscovery.co.uk instead.

Release to the live service

The release of Prism to the live service will be on Thursday 30th May 2019.

Comments and contact

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment here on the Prism blog, on the Prism forum or Prism Ideas or contact our support or sales admin teams directly.

Prism release 12th March 2019

We’re pleased to announce that the version of Prism that has been in preview recently has now been released to the live service.

This release contains:

  • Summon integration – display of Formats and Editions results clustering
  • Serial records holdings display problem fixed

Details are described in the release notice

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment on the Prism blog, and suggest and discuss additional features in Prism Ideas or contact our support team directly.

Prism release preview 7th March 2019

We’re pleased to announce that the next release of Prism is now available for preview.
This release includes:

  • Summon integration – display of Formats and Editions results clustering
  • Serial records holdings display problem fixed

Summon integration – display of Formats and Editions  results clustering

This release now displays search results clustered by a work when a search is executed against Summon. This feature is always switched on at work level. i.e. this means that all editions are brought together and represented by one of the records.

Serial records holdings display problem fixed

This release fixes a problem where the codes for a site displayed under some circumstances, against serial holdings, rather than the names of the sites.

Making the most of your preview

Please check the preview version as early as possible to familiarise with the new functionality and to ensure that your tenancy still behaves as expected in terms of both functionality, including extensions, and styling.

To preview this release, please precede your tenancy URL with ‘demo.’, like this: demo.capitadiscovery.co.uk/{your tenancy name}. If you have your own host name, you’ll need to use demo.capitadiscovery.co.uk instead.

Release to the live service

The release of Prism to the live service will be on Tuesday 12th March 2019.

Comments and contact

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please get in touch. You can comment here on the Prism blog, on the Prism forum or Prism Ideas or contact our support or sales admin teams directly.