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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.
239 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 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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Include the full physical item's History - Item Changes in analytics
Analytics captures a Physical Item's Modified By and Modification Date, however this only tracks the most recent change to an item, and it does not describe the change made.
I'm hoping Analytics can be expanded to include all of the detail that can be found on the item's History - Item Changes report within Alma, including:
*Date
*Operator
*Field Name
*Old Value
*New Value145 votesWe are closing this request as this is data that can be found in Alma and is very large which would demand high effort which can be utilized for more useful developments.
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Ability to report all MARC tags and subfields in bibliographic, holdings and authority records
I can no longer vote for the originally posted idea with this title, as it has been marked as "Already supported"
I would, however, argue that creating sets in Alma and MARC export capability is NOT the same as reporting capability. Please reconsider this suggestion.
We need this functionality in ANALYTICS in order incorporate the data (i.e. to append notes from the holding record to a shelf list report, or to limit results by something in the fixed fields) efficiently into our reports.
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Analytics report for titles daily
I would like to have the possibility of knowing the updated amount of titles daily. Alma currently updates that information only every 28 days. This does not allow having statistics updated until the previous day.
120 votesDear Colleagues,
Thank you for this idea. We appreciate your interest in staying informed.
After careful consideration, we regret to inform you that we are unable to provide more frequent updates at this time. Our priority is to maintain system stability and ensure uninterrupted functionality for all users. Frequent updates could potentially strain our infrastructure and impact overall performance.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thank you for your understanding.
Sincerely,
Shoshana de la Fuente
Senior Product Owner
LS Analytics
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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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Analytics updates for a full date (Change the time for updates)
Analytics doesnt have the updated information for our institution at the end of the day, we need to wait another day to get the info updated for that day, we want that every intitution can have their own update time for data.
75 votesDear Colleagues,
Thank you for your request to allow scheduling the analytics data refresh per institution. Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate this request as we run an ETL at the same time for all the institutions in a specific data center. It is impossible to configure different run times per institution or even per instance. Additionally, we cannot predict the duration of the run-time in advance, which could take anywhere from a few hours to 10 hours.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please refer to our online documentation for more information.
Best regards,
Shoshana de la Fuente
Senior Product Owner
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Analytics - column properties
Let the default for Column Format / Value Suppression be set as "Repeat" instead of "Suppress" for most data points. I often export my results to Excel and have to go into each data point to set it to Repeat. Having this as a default setting (or even a default toggle) would be helpful.
64 votesCertain aspects of the OBI (Oracle Business Intelligence) which is used by Alma Analytics can be changed from the default as it is supplied with Alma. Certain aspects however remain in the default state as supplied, and will not be changed as supplied with Alma Analytics. For various technical reasons beyond the scope of an Ideas Exchange answer the default column format value will not be changed from “suppress” to “repeat”.
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Real Time Analytics
Real-time Analytics data would be a fantastic feature. I foresee the lag in data refresh to be an issue validating our FPC data. Overall, it would just be beneficial to have up-to-the-minute data.
54 votesDear Colleagues,
Thank you for this idea. We appreciate your interest in staying informed.
After careful consideration, we regret to inform you that we are unable to provide more frequent updates at this time. Our priority is to maintain system stability and ensure uninterrupted functionality for all users. Frequent updates could potentially strain our infrastructure and impact overall performance.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Thank you for your understanding.
Sincerely,
Shoshana de la Fuente
Senior Product Owner
LS Analytics
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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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Set analytics refresh date to a specific time
We need some of our analytics reports rather early in the morning. The analytics refresh time is sometimes so late that our coworkers have problems to finish their work before we open our library, at which point their work needs to be done. We would appreciate a fixed time for the daily analytics refresh.
26 votesDear Colleagues,
Thank you for your request to end the daily analytics data refresh by a specific time. Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate this request as we run an ETL at the same time for all the institutions in a specific data center. It is impossible to configure different run times per institution or even per instance. Additionally, we cannot predict the duration of the run-time in advance, which could take anywhere from a few hours to 10 hours.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please refer to our online documentation for more information.
Best regards,
Shoshana de la Fuente
Senior Product Owner
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Add timeout warning to Design Analytics module
Currently, there is no way to know when Design Analytics is about to time out or when it has already timed out. A timed-out screen is visually indistinguishable from a logged-in one.
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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.
18 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the NERS process.
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Alma Product Team
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Index Communications Tab in Analytics
We need to be able to run a report on the Communications tab in Alma to see if responses/replies were posted to specific communications on multiple POLs.
15 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
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Alma Product Team
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Add Course information into Bibliographic Details dimension
As it currently stands only 'Active Course Code' or 'Active Course Name' is available in the Bibliographic Details dimension. As our use of Leganto and Course Reserves grows we are increasingly needing to report on physical items on a course, active or not, this is currently difficult to do as the information is currently silo'd across subject areas that don't contain shared dimensions.
14 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the NERS process.
We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team
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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,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the NERS process.
We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team
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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,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the NERS process.
We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team
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Design Analytics Extended
Analytics needs more granular roles just like other functional areas. The existing role of Design Analytics should be limited so that users can view and edit but not delete analytics stored in Shared folders. The ability to delete an analysis should be resricted to a new Design Analytics Extended role.
13 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the NERS process.
We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team
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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,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the NERS process.
We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team
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Need a way to look at collections (all formats) in ways other than LC Class
In many out-of-the-box analytics, the capacity to look at content by LC Class exists. However, LC Class doesn't capture the interdisciplinary nature of some areas of study. Additionally, not all e-resource vendors provide LC classes for eBooks.
Could it be that one way of achieving this is through assigning titles to collections? This would seem to work since titles of all formats can be assigned to collections in Alma. If Primo does not currently allow for subject-specific "profiles," this would also achieve that functionality since collections can be turned on as a facet.
The most basic problem to this approach…
12 votesHello All,
This idea has been closed as part of a cleanup process for ideas older than two years with fewer than 20 votes.
This cleanup process is necessary to streamline our idea management process and ensure that the most relevant and impactful ideas receive the attention they deserve. If you still feel strongly about this idea, you may submit it via the NERS process.
We value your feedback and encourage you to continue submitting and voting for ideas that you believe will enhance Alma.
Alma Product Team
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