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Analytics field for the name of who modified a citation
Add "citation modified by first name" and "citation modified by last name"fields to course reserves in analytics.
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Analytics - Sub-collections parameter (Digital)
Please add some Sub-collection related parameters. In present analytics does not reflect the hierarchical structure at all so users should know the PIDs of end-collections. Maybe the path of the collection (from the top collection to itself) would be helpful too.
13 votesHello All,
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Option to provide more details in Analystics automatic emails
Include the Analytics objects' description in the automated emails sent out to subscribers or an option to edit the body of the email
0 votesHello All,
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Ex Libris to create Custom Labels in Alma Analytics reports for Platform Prompts and Analyses
For Usage reports, it's not always clear which publishers are associated with certain Platform names. For SUSHI harvested data, please consider applying Custom Labels to report Analyses and Prompts.
This would be especially useful for American vendor platforms (lots of them have the acronym APS), Oxford platform, Ovid platform, Springer Nature platforms, and SAGE e.g.
aip = American Institution of Physics (AIP)
APS = American Physical Society (APS)
APS Journals = American Phytopathological Society (APS)Ovid has a multitude of platforms. Would like a custom label applied to these so they display as one platform e.g. OCE, OvidSP, Ovid Insights,…
4 votesHello All,
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In Analytics allow an option to split ISBNs into single entries in one column
At present we get all the ISBNs attached to a record in one cell separated by a semicolon. A function that would allow for the string to display in one column but as separate cells would allow for easier processing once exported to Excel.
At present the layout displays as
Title: Author : ISBN1;ISBN2;ISBN3:
What would help is to have the option to switch to
Title: Author: ISBN1:
Title: Author: ISBN2:
Title: Author: ISBN3:This would mean using functions such as V lookup could be performed far more smoothly.
9 votesHello All,
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Customization for labels on locally defined LOCAL PARAM subject areas
Our library requested to have a LOCAL PARAM defined in Alma Analytics. We asked ExLibris to map the 983 field to this field in Analytics so that we could easily run reports using information in this field. However, it is not currently possible to modify the label so as to easily remember/know that this field has been locally defined. Also, as we define more fields, it becomes cumbersome to know which field belongs to which mapped field.
6 votesHello All,
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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.
238 votesUnfortunately adding Analytics which is a third party tool with high maintainance effort envolved to the sandbox is not feasibile.
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Reporting on historical location changes
Analytics should allow users to run reports on historical location changes e.g. identify items that were moved from Branch A to Branch B or different locations in the same branch. This information is visible in the Item history tab; it should be made available for management reports.
50 votesDear Colleagues,
Thank you for submitting your suggestion. After careful review, we have determined that this request necessitates an event in Alma for a permanent location change, before it can be incorporated into our analytics. However, considering the current level of support for this idea, we regret to inform you that we have decided to close it.
If you have any further questions or need clarification, please feel free to reach out.
Best regards,
Shoshana de la Fuente
Senior Product Owner
Library Solutions Analytics
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Add "physical items" to Course Reserves Subject area
Since all course reserves circulation times are location-based we NEED to be able to select temporary location when creating a course reserves analytics set. It does me no good to get a list of all items on reserve and the associated courses if I can't report out WHAT the circulation times were. It would also be helpful to be able to measure loans from the Course Reserves Subject Area, since the Fulfilment Subject Area won't allow you to put the associated professor. It makes it impossible to get a comprehensive Course Reserves Analytics report that is of any use. It…
5 votesHello All,
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loan status / item process changes in a date range
We would like to be able to run reports detailing the dates when a loan status / item process type change was made over a certain time period e.g. loan status changed to 'lost' between 1/10/2019 and 1/11/2019. Using the item modification date is not the perfect criteria as this date will change when any modification is made to the item e.g. adding a note etc
1 voteHello All,
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Pause Analytics Object Subscriptions
Have an easy way to pause emails for reports sent out through Alma Analytics Object subscriptions. Some of our reports are sent every day, and it would be nice to pause during our winter break when we won't have any need for daily report emails.
3 votesHello All,
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Add Last Loan Date to Fulfillment subject area in Analytics
It is great that the Last Loan Date is available in the Physical Items area in Analytics. However, to create more complex circulation reports which include aspects such as Renewals one needs to use the Fulfillment subject area. It would be useful to have the variable in both places.
1 voteHello All,
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Enhanced reporting on alma logins
Provide additional reporting for alma logins.
Required for data protection reporting,
Events that need to be monitored (e.g. logon, failed logon, access to sensitive files, copying/modifying or deleting a senstive file, concurrent logons from different workstations using the same user id). These should include, as a minimum, user id, type of event, date and time of event, success or failure indication
1 voteHello All,
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Analytics: Make Holding Suppressed from Discovery field values Yes/No instead of 0/1
The bib "suppressed from discovery" field uses values of Yes/No. The holdings field should do the same.
2 votesHello All,
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Add catalogation date field
Actually we have only a Title modification date. This is used for catalogation date (after acquisition) and any other subsequent modifcation. If any modification we lose and miss the original catalogation date. We need a "Title catalogation date" field to preserve the original catalogation date after Receiving date.
4 votesHello All,
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1 vote
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Additional relationships for 'based on results of another analysis' filter
It would be useful to be able to apply the following relationships when a filter is created using the operator 'is based on results of another analysis':
- contains any
- does not contain
Currently it is only possible to apply the relationships 'is equal to' and 'is not equal to' (as well as 'is less/greater than', etc). This means that it is not possible to use this operator unless the values in the specified column are identical in each report. This is not always the case, for example the Bibliographic Details > ISBN column will in most cases contain multiple, comma…
13 votesHello All,
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Role parameters in Analytics to show circulation desks
Users subject area in Analytics allows us to add columns up to the Scope, which is the library assigned to the role, but there is no way to go even further to what circulation desks are attached to a role as parameters.
A call to the Users API retreives this detail, but API calls are not always the right way to go and sometimes one API call to export an Analytics report works better in terms of server performance.
Please, add the circulation desks attached to a role in a certain scope as a new field in Users subject area.
9 votesHello All,
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In Analytics Borrowing Requests subject area, add Shipped date. In Lending Requests subject area, add Received by Borrower date and Request
In Analytics Borrowing Requests subject area, add Shipped date. In Lending Requests subject area, add Received by Borrower date and Request Completed date. The addition of these fields will allow us to more accurately calculate turnaround time, which in turn can help us improve our service standards.
1 voteHello All,
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Add call number information to Borrowing Requests subject area
This would allow us to do collection development based on the topics our users are interested in and in which our collections may be lacking. Reasons would include locate failed, unavailable at all holding libraries, and all the reasons that can be selected when a request is rejected.
3 votesHello All,
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