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  1. Expand Number of User Identifiers in Analytics

    In Alma Analytics, when running User analyses, only two user Identifier options are made available under the Users | User Details subject area. Each of these two Identifier options can be associated with a single user identifier type by Ex Libris, requiring that a case be opened with Ex Libris to change that association as needed. Given that there is no limit to the number of user record identifier types in Alma for an institution, having only two user identifiers readily available in Analytics is very limiting and inefficient. Ideally, Analytics should offer up to ten user identifier options as…

    3 votes
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  2. Add "Electronic Collection Content Type" to Alma Analytics

    In Alma, you're able to filter and view electronic collections by "Electronic Collection Content Type" (i.e. Book Package, Journal Package, etc.) -- However, this isn't a column or field available in Analytics.
    It would be great if it could be included so we could create reports on electronic collections based on how the content is defined for that collection.

    1 vote
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  3. Alma Analytics: Usage Data Subject Area

    In Alma Design Analytics, add "Fund Ledger" to the folders in the "Usage Data" Subject Area. Collections staff want to be able to look up titles they have ordered out of their "Fund Ledger Codes" and see how much they have been used, especially TotalItemRequests. The decimal-point breakdowns of usage in the "Cost Usage" folder in the "E-Inventory" Subject Area are too confusing/convoluted, and only use UniqueTitle/ItemRequests.

    6 votes
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  4. Permitting Access to Analytics Objects via Alma User Name

    Accessing Analytics objects is only controlled via roles, and that makes it almost impossible to set permission for a certain report to a single colleague or even a limited number of colleagues. Thus access is granted either for a large number of persons, or just somebody with a high level of permissions (administrators).

    Our workaround is mostly using scheduled reports, which can be distributed via email address or Alma user name, but a similar approach should be there for non-scheduled Analytics objects from the Analytics menu.

    I suggest allowing to set permissions also via the Alma user name of a…

    3 votes
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  5. Add free/not free information about collections

    Currently through Analytics it's not possible to create a report on collections with the information: "Is free?" and "Is Free? (override)".
    It is just possible to find "Service is free" and "Service is free (override)" fields, that exclude all collections that don't have any services, such as databases.
    We propose to add fields "Is free?" and "Is Free? (override)".

    31 votes
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  6. Alma Analytics: Add "Pickup Location" to the Borrowing Requests Subject Area

    We need tp know which local library locations requested how many items from each Lending institution in an analytic report. When Borrowing requests first go out go out we can easily see which of our, let's say 4, different library pick up locations ordered each item by looking at the pick up location parameter in the facets, The pick up location is even maintained in Alma once the item is filled. But it is not available in the Borrowing Request subject area of the analytic. We can only get an aggregate campus total for requests borrowed from each Lending Institution.…

    11 votes
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  7. Create reports across Pirmo VE and Alma Aanlytics modules

    For example, in Primo>Usage>Report>Zero Result Searches example in
    Design Analytics (Primo), in addition to the existing User Group field,the system can add fields from Alma Aanlytics, such as Statistical Category, Category Type, IP to provide subsequent analysis.

    7 votes
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  8. Enable Data Flows in Oracle Data Visualization

    As someone who creates data sets and data visualizations from Analytics for other library staff, it would be useful to have Data Flow enabled in Oracle's Data Analytics. This would save me time by creating a pre-determined set of steps to create and edit data sets, and to create joins between subject areas within the Data Visualization tool.

    18 votes
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  9. Analytics - increase maximum Excel export file size

    Excel export from an analysis currently maxes out at 65002 rows, maybe because it's exporting in an early Excel format. Can this be changed to allow the current maximum of 1,048,576 rows?

    (I know that .csv export allows more rows.)

    6 votes
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  10. Filtering a report based on a user set

    Right now if you want to filter a report on a user set...

    1. Run a search in Alma and save to a set
    2. Export the list, using Excel.
    3. Manipulate the needed field (e.g. of barcodes), to be stored in one row, with semicolon separating them (e.g. 365704-340;365704-350).
    4. Copy this list as a row to be used as a filter in Analytics

    I would like Alma smart enough, when I click on filter to simply supply the user set I created.

    2 votes
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  11. Using Oracle Analytics Publisher to customize the notification letters

    Oracle Analytics Publisher is the reporting solution to author, manage, and deliver all your reports and documents easier and faster than traditional reporting tools. Use your web browser or familiar desktop tools to create everything from pixel-perfect customer-facing documents to interactive management reports against practically any data source. We need to connect the desktop client to the Ama Analytics server to customize the look and feel of notification letters to our students and staff.

    3 votes
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  12. Make Provider Account ID info available to users as an Analytics option

    Need Provider Account ID in order to use the Resources report called 'My Electronic Resources by Provider' to get electronic resources counts on all providers not just the ProQuest default.

    1 vote
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  13. Ability to report on Note (5XX) fields - bibliographic details folder/dimension

    We request that the Bibliographic Details dimension in Alma Analytics have an entry added for Notes, wherever the Subject Area has "Bibliographic Details" presented. This Notes attribute should include all 5XX fields and subfields in the bib record. The data should use a separator (e.g., ;) to identify the information from different and repeated 5XX fields. This is useful information for libraries for reporting purposes.

    13 votes
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  14. Ability to pull the"Unassigned tab" data in Analytics

    It will be great to view the 'UnAssigned Tab' data in Analytics for for 'Waiting for Payment' invoices

    3 votes
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  15. Make the current publication location discoverable in Analytics

    When a record contains both a 260 and 264 field, Analytics will only display the publication location from the 260 field, which often isn't the current publisher's location if a publisher change has occurred. This is also inconsistent with how the publisher field works. The publisher field returns all publishers, separated by a semicolon, but publication place only returns the original publisher's location. Not returning all publication locations makes it difficult to do maintenance on the 260, 264, or 008 country code fields. It also doesn't allow you to accurately record collection development statistics by current country of publication.

    6 votes
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  16. Create a single field in Analytics to identify Open Access resources

    If I want to create a report for all of our activated OA resources, I have to use fields such as CDI Search Rights, CDI Full Text Rights, Service is Free etc. to capture all possible candidates and manually remove resources that are not really OA. It would be helpful to have a field that reliably identifies OA resources.

    6 votes
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  17. Alma Analytics> Fulfillment> notification sent indicators

    In the Alma Analytics Fulfillment subject area, there is a "Courtesy Notification Sent" indicator field.

    I would appreciate similar indicator fields for the other types of notifications sent to the user for the transaction, such as the "Ful Overdue and Lost Loan Letter", the "Ful Overdue Lost Loan Notification Letter," and the "Return Receipt" letter.

    It would be helpful to confirm that Alma generated each letter for the user, for the transaction.

    Since we have a retention period set on how long each letter copy will stay on the patron's attachments tab, it is possible that the patron may still…

    33 votes
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  18. RS borrowing request cancellation reason to be available in Analytics

    When cancelling a Borrowing Request in Alma using the Change Status option in the Borrowing Request screen, there is the option to specify a Cancellation Reason. We would like the Cancellation Reason selected in the drop-down menu of the Request Cancellation box to be available in Analytics.

    This would enable us to analyse reasons for the cancellation of borrowing requests by library staff and potentially identify opportunities for requester education. For example, if ‘copyright issue’ or ‘item already available’ are most frequently selected as the reason for borrowing request cancellation.

    8 votes
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  19. Lending Publication Date

    In Lending Analytics, the Publication Date field retrieves the date the Journal began publishing, and not the date the Article was published, despite the fact that the date in the Lending request is the Article's publication date. As a result, we are unable to check if we have supplied scans according to Copyright Law.

    22 votes
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  20. Analytics : "Inventory Price" and subtotal

    Currently, in Analytics, it is impossible to subtotal the "Inventory Price" column.
    The answer from Ex Libris: the "Inventory Price" field is a "Text" field; it is therefore impossible to have a sum of the field in text format (in the Oracle sense).
    Idea: to be able to calculate a subtotal for the "Inventory Price" field in Analytics.

    6 votes
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