Add Collection related subject area/dimensions/parameters in Analytics
Please elaborate Collection in Analytics. We suggest three ideas for that;
Idea 1)
Collection can be a separate dimension, with the existing/new parameters below;
- Collection ID (existing)
- Collection Name (existing)
- Collection External System
- Collection External ID
- Collection MMS ID (of the collection's BIB itself)
- ★★★ The PIDs of the collection's direct sub-collections (in different rows, not combined with semicolons; should be repeatable so that the created report can show the hierarchical structure of whole collections)
- Collection level (the depth)
- Collection Path (from the collection's top level collection to itself)
- Collection Description
etc.
Idea 2)
If the aforementioned parameters are not capable to show the hierarchy of the collections, nine dimensions for each level of collection can be created as followings;
Nine Demensions for each Collection level;
Dimension 1 : Collection level 1 (top)
Dimension 2 : Collection level 2
Dimension 3 : Collection level 3
....
Dimension 9 : Collection level 9Then, each dimension can have the following parameters;
Collection BIB MMS ID
Collection PID
Collection Name
Collection Description
Direct super(upper)-collection PID
Direct sub-collection PID
Create date
Modification date
Creator
etc.
Idea 3)
Collection can be a new Subject Area.
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Maya Amichal
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There is no way to report on collection hierarchy in Alma Analytics.
We can report on a collection, but don’t have a field containing the parent or child of that collection.
Analytics does not reflect the hierarchical structure at all.
We would need it to report on -
How many records we have in each sub collection
Which records we have in each sub collection
Usage related reports on viewing digital records in each sub collection (to report the usage to the person/body who donated the material) -
We have begun to investigate this more in depth and thank you very much for your three suggestions of how this can be implemented. In order to decide how best to implement this it would be useful to first know what "business needs" you are trying to address. What types of reports are you looking to create? What information do you need to get and what types of reports do you want?. Note that today the bibliographic details folder already has the collection ID and collection name.
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Thank you for this suggestion. It has been added to the long term roadmap. The status has been changed to planned.
