Support "Parent" fields in COUNTER R5.1 IR reports
COUNTER R5.1 reports can be harvested into Alma, and then users can review these reports in Analytics.
For ‘Item Reports’ (IR) not all “parent” fields are supported in Alma and in Analytics.
Mandatory parent fields for IRA1 in R5.1 are:
ParentTitle
ParentAuthors
ParentArticleVersion
ParentDOI
ParentProprietaryID
ParentPrintISSN
ParentOnlineISSN
Parent_URI
(See https://cop5.countermetrics.org/en/5.0.3/04-reports/04-item-reports.html)
NOTE: If any parent information is included in an Item Report, the ParentDataType MUST be specified (see https://cop5.projectcounter.org/en/5.1.0.1/03-specifications/02-formats-for-counter-reports.html#report-body)
These fields should be supported by Alma and Analytics.
AdminZohar Shemesh
(zohar.shemesh@exlibrisgroup.com, Ex Libris)
shared this idea
Hi everyone, thank you for supporting this idea.
I'm happy to announce it has been implemented as part of the February 2026 Alma release.
Refer to the Alma release notes for more information.
Best,
Alma Product
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Liv Inger
commented
Could you kindly let me know if there is a timeline available for this idea? I would greatly appreciate any updates you can provide
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Bente Svendsen
commented
We confirm that the parent elements in your attachement is OK. Is it possible to include MMS-id in the Subject area Usage (COUNTER) as well? This would be very useful, when we shall combine variables from the Usage area with another subject field