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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…
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Please add Licensing Agent Code to the PO Line License section in the Funds Expenditure area in Alma Analytics.
This would help us report to our Finance Dept on all licensing parties associated with an order.
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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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Add Original cataloging agency to Design analytics
In Alma June 2019 release, Original cataloging agency search index was introduced. I'd like to recommend adding this as an element in Analytics. This will help us generate statistics of original cataloging vs. copy cataloging. Thank you!
9 votesHello All,
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Analytics Usage SA- include size of results output
We are using the Analytics Usage subject area to track performance for Alma Analytics. What would be useful, in addition to the fields provided, is some measure of the output size- either rows or data.
We expect large queries to take longer than brief ones, but without the output size, we can't judge if slow performance is due to a complex query, or poor performance from the Analytics server.
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Add renewal count to the fulfillment subject area of Analytics
Please add renewal count (the number of renewals allowed for a certain item policy and material type) to the Fulfillment subject area of Analytics.
Doing so will allow staff to create a Circulation Matrix from analytics that fully details circulation privileges for certain patron groups, material types, item policies, etc. Circulation staff frequently get phone calls from patrons requesting such information.
The attached Circulation Matrix is a handy way to answer circulation policy questions from patrons, except when they ask how many renewals they are allowed.
8 votesHello All,
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Alma set from Alma Analytics - allow for creation of a Logical set
Currently it's possible to create a set directly from Analytics, but the end result is an itemised set. This functionality is great for skipping a few steps in exporting a file from Analytics, but fails to take advantage of the dynamic nature of daily Analytics updates. To do that, we need the option to create a Logical set which is tied to an Analytics report.
Use case: We have three Analytics reports for three Publishing Profiles for specific local License Terms, which are sent to an external Resource Sharing provider (RapidILL). We cannot create these sets in Alma due to…106 votesUnfortunately we do not possess a technological solution to this issue.
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report for overdue notifications by campus
Please create a report in analytics that allows for overdue notifications by item to be sorted into campus location.
2 votesHello All,
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Need a Search for Alma Analytics Reports in Alma menu
It will be great to have a search for the Alma Analytics reports off the Alma menu.
13 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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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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Add Linking Parser Parameters to Analytics E-Inventory Subject Area
Every once in a while, I receive a report that the portfolio linking isn't working for one of our collections, only to discover that there "Linking Parser Parameters" for the Service that had not been configured. It would be helpful to be able to run an analytics report to see not only what collections have parser parameter options available, but what our institution has set as the value for these parameters.
Currently, we can pull the overall parser parameter string into an analytics report, but this will not tell us what our custom parameter values are. This would really up…
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Reporting PO Line Notes
Currently, there no option to report PO Line Notes in Alma Analytics. Given the possibility to add many and various Notes to each PO Line, this seems a valuable opportunity missed.
Could other Alm users make use of this reporting option too?
Regards
Wayne
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Changing Report Schedule - maintain notifications
Analytics Configuration and Subscription - when you change the schedule of a report, it wipes out the email notifications that were set up in the original report. This should not happen - these should be maintained. We did not realize this until we did not receive a report we were expecting and we tracked it down to this issue.
0 votesHello All,
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Improved reporting on SMS notifications
Currently it's not possible to report specifically on the number of SMS messages generated by Alma. A lot of the options available in Analytics either include both SMS and email notifications or focus on SMS messages that failed to send. It would be beneficial to be able to report on notifications by type (email or SMS), for both auditing purposes and to get a better idea of how well used our SMS notification service is.
1 voteHello All,
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Scheduled analytics reports will not send when the reports return no results
We often have to track incorrect data using analytics reports. If the analytics reports have no results (empty), then we do not want to see the reports emailed to us. In other words, if the analytics reports can catch incorrect data we design the reports to catch, then we would like Alma to send the reports to us. When an analytics reports return no results, it is in error, Alma should be able to identify the "no results" error, and stop sending us the empty reports. Bottom line, we do not want to receive analytics reports that are empty.
This…
84 votesDear Colleagues,
We appreciate your innovative suggestions and understand the value such development would bring. Despite our best efforts to integrate Oracle Analytics seamlessly with Alma, we face technical constraints that prevent us from implementing the proposed functionality. As Oracle Analytics is an external product, it limits our ability to adapt its features fully to our desired specifications.
Regrettably, the functionality to enable Alma's scheduled letters to discern content presence within attached reports and alter the workflow accordingly is beyond our current technical scope.
We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding as we must, with regret, decline this idea.
Warm regards,
Shoshana
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Report on items that have moved from one Permanent Physical Location to another
We would find it useful to be able to pull fulfillment usage statistics for physical items that were originally in one location, but were moved to another location.
Use Case #1:
A report on all items moved from reference to the general collection might tell us if those reference books have circulated at all since being made available for extended checkout or if they are perhaps outdated and should be considered for weeding.Use Case #2:
A report on items that were once in our popular reading location that have since been moved to the general collection may better inform…1 voteHello All,
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