Can I view things that have been deleted in Alma?
If you have the Repository Manager role, you can view the following deleted inventory in Alma:
- Bibliographic records
- Collections (not Electronic Collections)
- Digital Files (not currently in use at CUNY)
- Digital Remote Representations (not currently in use at CUNY)
- Digital Representations (not currently in use at CUNY)
- Electronic portfolios
- Holdings records
- Physical items
You can restore (i.e. undelete) any inventory that was deleted less than a year ago.
1. Go to Resources > Advanced Tools > Managed Deleted Repository.
2. In the "Find" dropdown menu, select a search type.
3. Choose one of the "Search criteria" from the dropdown menu:
- Deleted range allows you to select a range of dates when the inventory was deleted. For older deletions, you can only search one month at a time.
- Deleted by allows you to select a staff member or a Job ID.
- MMS ID/PID allows you to search by an identifier.
- MMD ID is for bibliographic records and holdings records.
- PID is for collections, files, portfolios, and items.
