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In analytics, add usage data to the E-Inventory subject area
Now that counter usage is more fully available via Analytics (thank you!), it would be useful to have the following measures available in the E-Inventory subject area: Journal Usage (JR1), Whole Book Usage (BR1), Partial Book Usage (BR2), Media Usage (MR1).
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In Analytics add fund information to e-inventory subject area. This needs to be available at both the collection and portfolio levels.
The e-inventory subject area needs fund information added to it at both the collection and portfolio levels so users can write reports that show them how much they have paid for their e-inventory based on a given fiscal year and/or at the p o line level.
174 votesCompleted as part of February Release.
The Cost Usage folder was added to the E-Inventory subject area. It enables you to create reports that display the cost per use for electronic resources. -
create out-of-box institutional standards reports (i.e., ACRL, IPEDS,ARL)
Since many institutions have to complete these standardized reports annually, it would be helpful if a template existed for each one so we wouldn't have to re-create them each year. As the reports are revised by the sponsoring organization/agency then Ex Libris can update the out-of-the-box report as part of the monthly features.
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way to report in Analytics for the POL Note
Need the ability to report in Analytics for the POL Note. We would like to be able to pull a report for POLs which have a note.
The only POL note that I can find in Analytics is the Note to Vendor but the notes we are adding are not in this field.222 votesThe PO Line Notes field was added to the PO Line dimension in the following locations. It contains the notes on the PO line. Multiple notes are separated by a semicolon.
E-Inventory
Funds Expenditure
Physical Items
Purchase RequestsFor more information please see Alma December Release Notes:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2021/Alma_2021_Release_Notes -
Add POL Access Provider to Analytics
Quite frequently we purchase our resources through a third party vendor, e.g. Ebsco, but the access provider is different, e.g. Taylor & Francis. It would be really useful to be able to view the Access provider information in Analytics as well as the vendor information. Currently we can only see the vendor information.
141 votesThe Vendor Access Provider field was added to E-Inventory > Portfolio PO Line and to Funds Expenditure > PO Line. It displays the access provider of the vendor.
For more information please see August Release Notes:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2019/Alma_2019_Release_Notes?mon=201908BASE -
Need a way to retrieve HOLDINGS where there are no ITEMS associated with the holding
Currently, there is no good way in either Advanced Repository search or Analytics to retrieve Holdings records that do not have items attached. The "has no inventory" indexing only returns bibs with no holdings, not holdings with no items. In order to have the holdings fields exposed to the Repository Search, you must select either Physical Title or Physical Item, which then only looks at records where there is an associated item record.
The same seems to be true in analytics. I can create an analysis using the Titles table and filter to "Number of Physical Items (All) = 0",…
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Add a week key to dates eg request dates
We would like to be able to look at physical item requests by week, but can only currently do it by month. Could a week key be added to analytics?
1 voteIn the ideas exchange " Add a week key to dates eg request dates" You ask:
We would like to be able to look at physical item requests by week, but can only currently do it by month. Could a week key be added to analytics?We answer:
This can be done using the “Request Date Week Number” in the Requests Subject Area.
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Analytics reports by journal title for resource sharing borrowing requests
Our subject librarians have requested that they would like to be able to run reports in Alma Analytics by journal title for resource sharing borrowing requests. When title is selected in Analytics, it only provides the article title but we would like the journal title. Is this possible already or is it something that is planned for inclusion in future?
200 votesAs part of the November release the Journal Title field was added to the following locations:
Borrowing Requests > Borrowing Request Details
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Include Brief Levels in Analytics
Our library uses Brief Levels to initially 'sort' newly received print materials, primarily those with records that come via our import profiles.
We'd like to be able to get regular reports and statistics that count how many records were assigned each Brief Level so that we can determine the general quality of records as well as make decisions surrounding whether our Brief Level rules need to be adjusted.
Currently, we can only search Brief Levels using the Repository Search, but it can be cumbersome to do it for each individual brief level for every import.
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Add holdings / suppressed from discovery data to Analytics physical items SA
I'd like to be able to exclude any suppressed holdings from my analyses. I see the "suppressed from discovery" data point for bibliographic records, but not for holdings.
1 voteThe “Holding Details” folder of the “Physical Items” subject area includes the following two fields and therefore fulfills the requirements of this ideas exchange:
’Suppressed from discovery"
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enable more than 5 Local fields in Analytics
You can have up to 100 local field 9xx but can only publish to analytic 5 at the time, please add the option to publish all fields to analytic and if there is a problem to publish them all, enable to publish at list 25 local fields.
Also give the option to decide which fields you want to publish to the customer and not through Exlibris SF case.92 votes -
Analytics: Add ability to search/filter by the Holdings record suppression tag
A Suppress from Discovery flag exists for both the Bibliographic and the Holdings record, but only the Bib flag is present in Analytics. This field should be added [and is yet another example of how poorly Analytics handles Holdings data as opposed to Bibliographic or Item data]
6 votesThe “Holding Details” folder of the “Physical Items” subject area includes the following two fields and therefore fulfills the requirements of this ideas exchange:
’Suppressed from discovery"
’Suppressed from discovery by suppressed location" -
Add NLM Classification to Analytics
We would like to see NLM classification as an option in Analytics. We have a substantial Health Sciences Library and Med Center, and this would be quite useful for this area of reporting.
98 votesNLM Classifications were added to Analytics.
A new sub-folder titled “NLM Classifications” is available in the Other Classifications dimension table.
For more information please see here
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Replacement Costs in Analytics represented as a number
Currently they are represented as text. You have to manipulate the Excel file to get them to become numbers. However, it would be nice if they exported as numbers, or were numbers in Analytics, for easier manipulation of the data.
2 votesThis ideas exchange is complete.
The replacement cost no longer works as a decimal number.
It now behaves as follows, correctly filtering for example by less than or equal to 50: -
Run a report of items by fund code in Analytics
A colleague wanted to know the usage stats for books he had purchased over a certain period of time. This would have been easiest by running a report including items, his fund code, and the relevant fiscal years. This is currently not possible - Dewey range reports inevitably miss some titles.
Can the Funds Expenditure and Physical Items SAs be made compatible?
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Add Proxy Users to "Users" subject area
Adding Proxy Users to analytics would allow us to search for users that are proxies to another user, and also users that have proxies for themselves.
This information isn't completely available within Alma, and it seems like an oversight that it's also unavailable in Analytics.
63 votesThe User Details subject area has been enhanced with the following improvements:
You can now create reports with fields from different folders as is possible in other subject areas.
The User Measures dimension was added, which contains measure fields relating to the number of users.
The following fields were added under the User Details dimension:
Cataloger Level – the cataloger level of the patron
Patron Letters Opt In – the letters for which the patron has opted in
Patron Letters Opt Out – the letters for which the patron has opted out
Has Role Other Than Patron – indicates if the patron has a role other than Patron
Has Role Other Than Patron and Instructor – indicates if the patron has a role other than Patron and Instructor
Is Blocked – indicates if the patron is blocked
The Proxy For dimension was added, which contains fields that indicate for whom… -
Make 245 $p, $n, $s, $k, $f, $g part of "Title" criteria in Analytics &/or make them available as separate criteria
Currently, the Analytics criteria “Bibliographic Details – Title” returns the 245 $a and $b in combination. This leaves out a good portion of the information needed to distinguish titles in series or parts from one another. Works of classical music are another area which require information from the other subfields for clarity. In the case of many archival materials, the current results leave the title field completely blank or skip many records, as there is no data recorded in either 245 $a or 245 $b. (Please see the attached file for examples.)
In order to use these reports in any…167 votesThe Title (Complete) field was added to the shared Bibliographic Details dimension in every subject area in which it appears. It includes the information from MARC field 245, subfields $p, $n, $s, $k, $f, $g.
For more information see:
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/010_2019/Alma_2019_Release_Notes -
Add Transit Information to Analytics
In order to track materials traveling between libraries, it would be extremely helpful to have transit information such as Transit Date, Transit From, and Transit To included in analytics.
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Add Holding Modification Data to Analytics
It would be really great if you would add Holding Creation Date, Holding Modification Date, and Holding Modified By to analytics.
9 votesthe following fields exist in the “Holding Details” folder of the “Physical Items” subject area and therefore this ideas exchange has been completed:
“Holdings Record Creation Date”
“Holdings Record Modification Date”
“Holdings Record Modified By” -
add the "public note" field to analytics
Hello,
adding the "public note" field to the "physical items" subject area ("physical items details" dimension) would be a great thing...36 votes
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