Aeon Reporting and Statistics November 8, 2017

Types of Data Available User data – Types of users, research topics, affiliations Visit data – Who visited reading rooms and when Patron usage data – What materials circulated and how often Other usage data – What materials went to other workflows Activity data – How many and what types of activities occurred, what materials were part of the activity

Searching and Reporting Options Custom Searching in the Aeon Client Best for known-item searches or one-off searches Presents data in a spreadsheet-style view Aeon’s Standard Online Reporting Platform (SSRS) Best for frequent reporting needs and aggregating data Lots of presentation options – including lists, tables, charts, etc. Lots of other applications via ODBC, direct SQL connection

Custom Searching An easy way to build a query to find certain types of data in the Aeon client Anyone with access to the client can use custom searching Results can be exported to .csv Searches can be saved and even shared Possibility of working directly with results Certain types of data are harder to get through custom searching

Custom Searching

Online Reporting Aggregates results in tables and charts Good for searching for unknowns Data can be exported or printed as reports Report subscriptions can automate reporting Certain types of data are only accessible via reporting Reports are written using Microsoft Report Builder and require more knowledge of SQL

Online Reporting set report options view/export results

Other Data Analysis Platforms EXCEL ACCESS TABLEAU R POWER BI ALMOST ANY PLATFORM!

Tableau 2017 Reading Room Visits

Tableau 2013 Reading Room Visits

Tableau 2017 Activity Types