Sandboxes

The CUNY Libraries are licensed for three premium sandboxes: 1 Network Zone sandbox and 2 Institution Zone sandboxes: 01CUNY_CC and 01CUNY_QC. (Access to the institution zone sandboxes is available to all, regardless of their campus affiliation.) The data in the sandboxes is refreshed from production twice a year, on the Sunday after the February and August Alma release on the production environments.

Alma and Primo VE sandboxes are updated with new release two weeks before the general release to production environments.

Premium Sandboxes

  • Full data from selected libraries
  • Up to 50% or 100K more patron records may be loaded beyond what is in production
  • Up to 20% or 500K more bib records may be loaded beyond what is in production
  • Data loaded from production is enriched (classification and headings), additional data is not
  • Limited to 30 active/distinct users who may log in
  • Email services disabled by default
  • Primo VE sandbox has full representation from Alma sandboxes
  • Primo VE sandbox simulates production-like results by including holdings of all members
  • Alma Analytics not included in sandbox

Accessing the Premium Sandboxes

Do not use CUNY Login credentials!

Use the credentials provided by OLS. (You must be signed in to see the list of usernames and passwords at the bottom of this page.)

Alma

Sandbox URL
SANDBOX (01CUNY_CC) https://cuny-cc-psb.alma.exlibrisgroup.com
SANDBOX (01CUNY_QC) https://cuny-qc-psb.alma.exlibrisgroup.com
SANDBOX (01CUNY_NETWORK) https://cuny-network-psb.alma.exlibrisgroup.com

Primo VE

Sandbox URL
SANDBOX (01CUNY_CC) https://cuny-cc-psb.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01CUNY_CC:CUNY_CC
SANDBOX (01CUNY_QC) https://cuny-qc-psb.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01CUNY_QC:CUNY_QC
SANDBOX (01CUNY_NETWORK) https://cuny-network-psb.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01CUNY_NETWORK:CUNY_NETWORK

Recommendations for Sandbox Use

  • Review and testing of new releases and enhancements
  • Staff training and hands-on practice
  • Develop new workflows
  • Testing data loads
  • Testing batch changes
  • Integrations/API testing
  • Testing changes to Primo VE interface

Other Consortial Best Practices

Ex Libris Documentation