1. Aeon Reporting and Statistics
February 13, 2018

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Custom Searching

6. 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

7. Online Reporting
set report options
view/export results

8. Other Data Analysis Platforms
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9. Tableau
2017 Reading Room Visits

10. Tableau
2013 Reading Room Visits

11. Tableau
2017 Activity Types