[Wactclc-alma] Fun with Analytics!

[Elena Bianco]

Hi everyone:

For those of you who are interested in the discussion we had this morning about Skagit's very weird Analytics problem, here it is:

I have created an Analytics report that shows the number of laptops and hotspots that are available in each of our campus libraries. However, when I created the report, I created it as a Physical Item Inventory report, NOT a Fulfillment report, which would have allowed me to show the library desk it was loaned from.

So, we sent some equipment from one campus to another, but this report doesn't show that - it shows the availability in the location where the item came from. I *think* that this is because the items' temporary location didn't get set and the location didn't get changed.

The question is do we need to change future practice so that we make sure the location is changed once the items go over to the other campus, OR should I have created this report as a Fulfillment report - would that still have allowed me to sort and show items by their current process status(how many on loan, available, etc.).

Hopefully we can figure this out on Thursday...

(Feel like these are word problems that should be included in Gary Larson's"Hell's Library" - or maybe it's El's Library ):


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Thanks,

Elena

Elena Bianco, Systems & Technical Services Librarian
Skagit Valley College
2405 E. College Way
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
(360)416-7624

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