1. LIBRARY RELATIONS MANAGER
SirsiDynix Symphony : recent release highlights & forthcoming developments
NEIL DALLEY |
LIBRARY RELATIONS MANAGER

2. Agenda Where are we now: Looking to the future: 3.4.1 SP3 – April 2013
3.4.1 SP4 – January 2014
3.4.1 SP5 – June 2014
Looking to the future:
SirsiDynix Symphony 3.5 tentatively planned for end of Q4 beginning Q1

3. Tabbed Windows in WorkFlows
Symphony 3.4.1
Tabbed Windows in WorkFlows
Several wizards open at once

4. SMS messaging Separate module
Symphony 3.4.1
SMS messaging
Separate module
No cost for functionality but you need to purchase text bundles from us
Overdues, hold pickups, announcements
Integrates with WorkFlows reports for or print
Customised messages
Batch loading of mobile phone numbers added with SP3.

5. Symphony 3.4.1
SMS messaging
SMS messages can also be sent manually using the “Send SMS Message” wizard.

6. Item Search & Display – print all results
Symphony SP1
Item Search & Display – print all results

7. Delete items with fines
Symphony SP3
Delete items with fines
Delete item with bills
Information retained in bill

8. Symphony SP3
subject line

9. Controlled vocab for RDA tags
Symphony SP3
Controlled vocab for RDA tags
Controlled vocabularies for 33X fields

10. Symphony SP3
New Item Categories
New options to provide statistical information about your stock.

11. Publication Dates in SP3
Symphony SP3
Publication Dates in SP3
For MARC21 records created or loaded in SirsiDynix Symphony, the Publication Year value is now determined by dates in the following fields in this order:
Fixed field 008, Date1 (positions 07-10)
264|c (when the second indicator is set to 1) 
260|c 

12. Symphony SP3
Reset PIN feature

13. Symphony 3.4.1 SP4 Bill notes User Categories 6,7,8,9,10,11
receipt when Issuing items
Improved Cash Management
Sales point functionality
Windows 8 support for WorkFlows

14. Symphony SP4
Bill note
Add a note when creating a bill.

15. Symphony SP4
Bill note
Displays in note column.

16. New User Categories Describe your users in even more colourful ways.
Symphony SP4
New User Categories
Describe your users in even more colourful ways.

17. Symphony SP4
Checkout Receipts

18. Symphony SP4
Checkout Receipts

19. Cash Management Wizard
Symphony SP4
Cash Management Wizard
Two new wizards in Circulation.

20. Cash Management Wizard
Symphony SP4
Cash Management Wizard
Create records with generic barcodes for items you may wish to sell associated with a defined price

21. Add an Ad Hoc Sale Item Helper
Symphony SP4
Add an Ad Hoc Sale Item Helper
Easily add sale items without requiring a brief record

22. Easily add refunds for items
Symphony SP4
Refund
Easily add refunds for items

23. Void transaction mistakes
Symphony SP4
Void Transactions
Void transaction mistakes

24. Cash Management General Summary
Symphony SP4

25. Symphony SP4
Date Modified

26. Symphony SP4
Restore deleted users
The Remove Users report creates a .dmp file of removed users. This file can be loaded back into Symphony with the Load Users report.

27. Symphony 3.4.1 Service Pack 5 Over 40+ fault fixes
Bibliotheca RFID pad support – no longer need additional software
New RFID Pad Configuration option that replaces the Enable 3M Enhanced Pad option

28. Title Control Number Duplicates now prevented in WorkFlows
Symphony SP5
Title Control Number
Duplicates now prevented in WorkFlows

29. Checkout Receipt Improvements
Symphony SP5
Checkout Receipt Improvements
If a user doesn’t have an address you can configure Properties to:
• Return an error message
• Prompt the user for an address
• Prompt the user to open a Modify User helper

30. BLUEcloud Staff ID Linking
Symphony SP5
BLUEcloud Staff ID Linking

31. Symphony 3.5 Enhancements
Storing User PINs encrypted
System Administrator Messaging / Message of the Day
Pre-set messages
Ad hoc messages
Pop-up window
Expanded Language Help Files
User Group Editor (SP1)

32. SMS Improvements Reporting options
Symphony 3.5
SMS Improvements
Reporting options
number of registered users with SMS notification preferences (include User Profile selection)
number of messages sent
number of messages delivered
number of messages failed
SMS Short Codes to replace long telephone number

33. Symphony 3.5
User Signature

34. Symphony 3.5

35. Symphony 3.5 v

36. WorkFlows Java 7 support Maintain column widths Maintain window sizes
Symphony 3.5
WorkFlows
Java 7 support
Maintain column widths
Maintain window sizes
Left toolbar font size change

38. Symphony 3.5 Platform support
Additional hardware platform support:
Windows 2012
Solaris 11
Red Hat Linux 6
Additional database support:
Oracle 12
MSSQL 2012

39. Windows 2003 Microsoft withdraw support for Windows 2003 in July 2015.
If you are on Windows 2003 please speak to your LRM or Sales rep about options for moving.

40. Why Upgrade?
Why do I need to make sure we are upgraded to one of these versions?
Take advantage of new features and latest bug fixes.
Customer Support know current releases best.
Support Policy – current and previous major release
It’s easy!

41. Getting upgraded Just open a Case with Customer Support!
We will do the upgrade – you will just to be involved in updating WorkFlows on PCs