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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.
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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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Map Electronic Collection Creator subject area to actual data in repository record
We really need a way to identify databases that our campus wants to count in our annual Collection statistics. Using the analytic electronic collection subject area "Creator" would accomplish this if it were mapped to data in the repository Electronic Collection record Creator field. Instead it is mapped to a list of current values in Alma such as operators or source of migrated records. This is not helpful at all - ExLibris needs to map this analytic subject area to data in the corresponding repository field
5 votesHello All,
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Show Course Reserve Loans by Instructor
Currently I can get loan data about items on course reserve, and I can sort those items by the active course code that they are currently associated with. However, if I add the instructor field to my analysis (pulling data from both the Course Reserve pillar of analytic, AND the physical Inventory or Fulfillment pillar), I am no longer able to get loan data. Can you make these two pillars talk to one another so that we can get data on how often books associated with a particular instructor on course reserve have circulated?
5 votesHello All,
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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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Analytics - Excel Export - Column Widths
Analytics has a few places to adjust column width, but none of them export to Excel. As a result, every Excel export includes a few columns that are extremely wide (as wide as my monitor) and extremely narrow (virtually hidden). The widths have nothing to do with column/cell content, so text wrapping doesn't fix the issue.
I've confirmed with Salesforce that there isn't a way to set widths for Excel export. Other font/colour/style settings export properly to Excel; it's amazing to me that column widths don't. I'd like to avoid formatting every Excel export before it's usable.
5 votesHello All,
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Add 'Replacement Cost' field to Physical Items table in Requests subject area
It would be helpful to have replacement costs field available in the physical items table from within the Requests subject area. Would allow for easier reporting on values of missing and lost stock etc.
4 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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Analytics: physical items historical events subject area should include normalized call number
The physical items historical events subject area in Analytics should index the normalized call number data so that we can sort any data retrieved by shelving call number.
4 votesHello All,
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Add Override Field Options in Analytics
It would be very helpful if there were option fields in Analytics for Electronic Collection Level URL Override and Parser Parameters Override so I can create a report to show what Electronic Collections & Parser Parameters contain the override fields.
4 votesHello All,
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Exporting from analytics
When I run the current loans analytic, I have to scroll down through 500 records to reach the Export button. Please could it be at the top as well?
4 votesHello All,
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Change priority of extracting 050 / 090 for ETL into Analytics LC Call number (Bib)
Currently, the ETL for a bib screen appears to overwrite the LC Classification Number (bibliographic record) with each 050 or 090 it reads. It is typical for the most 'authoritative' LC call number to be first on the record, while least authoritative (or even false) LC call numbers are last.
Consequently, when a bib record has more than one 050 or 090, Analytics is opting to report out the LEAST reliable call number for data.
Preferred would be that the ETL take only the first 050 in a record.
4 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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Add number of resource sharing requests to physical items subject area
When analyzing an item's usage, we would like to account for both local loans and resource sharing lending requests. Both are available in the Titles subject area, but the physical items subject area allows us to apply additional limits, such as item location and receiving date, that we cannot use in a titles report.
3 votesHello All,
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Move Date Correction Job for next Day Analytics Reports
The "Loans - Due Date Correction after Calendar Change Job" starts at exactly 9:00 pm. At the same time, the analytics snapshot is performed. As a result, anaytics based on that job are available two days later.
If ExL can move this job just a few minutes earlier, the Data will be available next Day.3 votesHello 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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Report on 'undo return' in Analytics
We need to be able to report on 'undo return' or 'self check cancel returns' (as this was in Aleph). Ex Libris confirm this is not currently possible as the 'undo return' is registered in Alma in the Loan Audit Trail (accessible via Fulfillment > Manage Patron Services, choose ... > Loan History for any loan / return) in the Action column as "Undo return". However, this Action column is not mapped to Analytics and therefore, there is currently no way to report on these actions.
3 votesHello All,
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Add identifier creation date to the Users Subject Area
Add identifier creation date to the Users Subject Area so we can query for new barcode and count how many new Library cards we issued.
3 votesHello All,
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Add 'Supplied Format' to Borrowing Requests subject area
For each format we would like to measure how long it takes us to get the resource to the student.
3 votesHello 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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