Date
Attendees
Goals
- Determine August meeting schedule
- Review situation regarding the LDP App - determine next steps
Discussion items
| Time | Item | Who | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 min | August PC Meetings | Jesse | Both Jesse and Kristin are out of the office on August 12. Is preference to have no August 12 meeting? |
| 30 mins | LDP App under the FOLIO Umbrella | LDP App was not included in the Juniper Release See Community Council notes (2021-07-26) See Additional Information below: email from Angela Zoss (Reporting SIG) to Capacity Planning - 2021-07-22
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| 30 mins | Process for including other apps in Reference Environment – as part of FOLIO |
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Additional Information:
Dear Capacity Planning Team,
I’m reaching out as convener of the Reporting SIG to follow up on the status of the LDP app and the process for getting it included as a new FOLIO app.
The Reporting SIG recently learned that our LDP app - an app that allows people to access LDP data directly from FOLIO instead of using an external database query/SQL tool - was rejected from the Juniper release. The app has been in snapshot for months now and has been getting great feedback from users, who are anxiously awaiting the ability to connect to their LDPs using a non-SQL query builder and to use FOLIO permissions features to control that access. In late June, after following the public documentation for the Juniper release, our developers heard that the app had failed to meet several deadlines and would not be included in the release.
When asked for public documentation of the extra requirements so we could be sure to be in compliance in the future, no documentation was produced. As a SIG, we’re disappointed by the delay this will cause in getting the app to institutions waiting for it, but we’re even more concerned about the process of holding new apps to timelines and standards that are not clearly documented. The Reporting community has volunteered innumerable hours to the design of reporting solutions that meet the needs of community members, and we are relying on the broader FOLIO community to facilitate incorporation of that work into the FOLIO app infrastructure.
For the sake of transparency, planning our development resources, and announcing the timeline for reporting feature availability to FOLIO community members, we ask for a review of FOLIO release procedures and the timely creation of clear, public documentation of all requirements and deadlines for new apps, specifically before any deadlines for Kiwi pass. If there is any way for the LDP app to be placed on a fast track through previously undocumented requirements in order to be approved for Juniper, the Reporting SIG members would greatly prefer that.
Please do reach out if I can help in any way or answer any additional questions!
Thanks and best regards,
Angela