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Alma - Analytics allows to count usage statistics of full text downloads executed from the 2 download buttons visible in Primo.
We have Primo VE, for the moment Alma does not record in Analytics the downloads made from the PDF viewer. Analytics only counts downloads when using the download button outside the Primo viewer (top right).
It is required to have real statistics of downloads of digital objects, from the 2 operational buttons in Primo, i.e. the button located inside the PDF viewer and the one located outside the PDF viewer, since it is not possible to know which of the buttons the user will use.
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Please add location field to the subject area "Funds expenditure"
At the moment the location field is missing in the subject area "Funds expenditure". We need this field for a report for e.g. open orders. It is only possible to create a report on the library level.
11 votesHello All,
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Include the full physical item's History - Item Changes in analytics
Analytics captures a Physical Item's Modified By and Modification Date, however this only tracks the most recent change to an item, and it does not describe the change made.
I'm hoping Analytics can be expanded to include all of the detail that can be found on the item's History - Item Changes report within Alma, including:
*Date
*Operator
*Field Name
*Old Value
*New Value145 votesWe are closing this request as this is data that can be found in Alma and is very large which would demand high effort which can be utilized for more useful developments.
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Add Course Notes to Analytics
In Fulfillment/Course Reserves/Courses, each Course has a Notes tab. We would like the notes in the Notes tab to be added to the Alma Analytics Course Reserves subject area.
8 votesHello All,
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Add "Has Related Records" Attribute to Titles Subject Area
When reviewing a repository for bibliographic records with no inventory, the default analysis retrieves many records that are present as parts of bound-withs, or that may have other record relationships. Records have to be reviewed manually or exported and reviewed in other tools to see what relationships might exist.
Since Alma does identify related records in search results, and in preventing records from being deleted, it would be useful to have an attribute in Analytics that identifies when Alma would determine a record to have related records. An attribute "Has Related Records" could be added to the Title Details dimension…
7 votesHello All,
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Please add a field (or change the Full Month fields) to have YYYY-MM format
For all Full Month fields can you please change the format of the field so that they show as YYYY-MM (using 4 digits for the year and the 01 through 12 for the month) so that they can be ordered accordingly when used in prompted, etc. OR please add a new field that represents the Full Month field but in the YYYY-MM format. The current Full Month fields are literally useless.
These would include but not limited to Due Full Month, Loan Full Month, Return Full Month, Renewal Date Fullmonth and Last Renewal Full Month fields in the Fulfillment subject…
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Add Save&Release event in Analytics
It would very helpful the tracing of the Save&Release event for an MMS record in the Analytics Events subject area.
This event could help in organizing the workflows between cataloguers.
With a scheduled analytics report we could let know to a more experienced cataloguer when his colleagues definitely finish their job on a bibliographic record.At the moment we are monitoring the Physical Items - Bibliographic Details - Modification date field,
but intercepting the Save & release event would be a better solution.1 voteHello All,
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Add 385,386,655 fields to Analytics Bibliographic Details dimension
Please add these fields to Analytics Bibliographic Details dimension: Creator/contributor term (386/a), Audience (385/a), and Genre/form (655/a,2). These fields are very important to include when creating reports.
5 votesHello All,
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Analytics - extract only the 13-digit ISBNs from the ISBN Valid field
Can you make it possible to only have the 13-digit ISBNs show up in 1 column from the ISBN Valid field?
There's probably a regex somewhere to do that?12 votesHello All,
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Alma Analytics - Add Subject classification of Ministry of Education in China
The subject classification of Ministry of Education is used widely in academic library in China. But Alma has only Chinese Library Classification.
The customer would like to create analytics reports based on the subject classification of Ministry of Education.
Fore more details, see Jira URM-155615 and case 00960937.
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Analytics on Sandbox
Having the flexibility to build analytics on our premium sandbox would be beneficial two fold. First, it would allow us to fully test processes on our test system using analytics reporting we intend to use in production. Second, it would allow us to work through data changes and the related reporting without having to disrupt live production data.
239 votesUnfortunately adding Analytics which is a third party tool with high maintainance effort envolved to the sandbox is not feasibile.
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Pull requested page number from digitisation requests etc in Analytics
It would be useful to have the ability in Alma analytics to create a report which pulls through the details of the page numbers entered during the digitisation request process.
The digitisation request form in Primo has fields for "Required Pages - From/To"
The "Approval Requests List" in the Fulfillment are in Alma also shows the required pages.It would be useful to pull this information into the Requests Subject area in Analytics.
1 voteHello All,
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In Analytics E-inventory subject area "Cost Usage" runs once in a month We are working on this report and updating fields everyday, mainly t
In Analytics E-inventory subject area "Cost Usage" runs once in a month
We are working on this report and updating fields everyday, mainly to see usage data can you please schedule this job to run mor often (everyday)?1 voteHello All,
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Alma Digital Patron Deposit Status Report from Analytics
The Digital Inventory Subject Area includes fields for the Deposit ID and an "Is Deposit" flag, but not the status of the deposit. Being able to generate reports of the actual deposit status would assist in refining workflows and addressing unresolved deposits.
3 votesHello All,
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Add "num of physical items (active)" column from titles to the fulfilment, physical items and course reserves analytics subject areas
Currently there are times where our staff need to know how many physical items we have available. They have created reports in either the Physical items, Fulfilment or the course reserve analytics subject areas. And they want an accurate column showing how many items are active. So that they can make a decision on whether we need to be purchase more items due to loans or courses on a specific MMS_ID.
1 voteHello All,
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Add the translations of library name, location name and so on into Analytics
For facilitating the Analytics Report with local language, request adding the translation of library name, location name and so on into Analytics. Current workaround, which is uploading external data into Data Visualization, cannot fit the situation which has the name changes quite often. According to the customer, 86THU changes these names very often.
1 voteHello All,
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Converted from hold request needs adding to Resource Sharing Borrowing Request Subject Area
We are currently trying to get statistics of Scan and Send requests that we have completed. Over 121 of these requests where converted into Resource Sharing Borrowing Request. However, it is difficult to find out how many of the 121 request that were converted have then been completed by RS. It would be good if a column was created for the Resource Sharing Borrowing Request subject area to show whether a request was converted from a Digitization or a hold request. So we can create a report that shows the lifecycle of these types of requests.
1 voteHello All,
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Please add Analytics to the Ex Libris System Status page
We appreciate the emails about service interruptions with Analytics however these notices can get lost in deluge of email. It would be optimal to have quick visual besides the little green informational "i" on whether Alma and Primo Analytics are nominal on https://status.exlibrisgroup.com/
6 votesHello All,
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Analytics - 028 Publisher's number
Currently, the 028 field (Publisher or Distributor Number) is not a reporting option in Analytics. It would be extremely beneficial to the music and video community to have this field provided as an option in reports, both in the physical items and e-inventory subject areas. For music and videos, this field can be as important as the ISBN is to books. Yes, libraries can add this field as a local Param option, but many libraries have already maxed out the bibliographic 10 local param options.
1 voteHello All,
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Add slider in the conditional format tab under column properties in Analytics
Use case (from customer):
I am using several conditions (in Column Properties > Conditional Format) to change the background color of selected cells in one of the columns. Conditions are based on the date when a reading list was sent for library review. Colors help us prioritize, and help with the workflow in general, but they must be changed manually every year (only the year is changed - day and month stay the same).As you can see in the attached screenshot, I am running out of space in the conditions window. There is no slider in the window, so…
1 voteThe presence (or to be more exact the “non-presence”) of a scroll bar in the window which appears after doing “Column Properties > Conditional Format” is dependent on Oracle and not Ex Libris. This is part of the native interface of “Oracle Analytics” and it cannot be changed by anyone except Oracle.
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