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    Titles

    Using the Titles subject area, you can create reports/dashboards relating to Titles and answer the following types of business questions:
    • What is the usage for specific bibliographic records in the library? For example, what is the usage for books published before the year 2000 that have a physical copy in the library?
    • Which / how many bibliographic records do not have inventory of any type?
    • How many loans were taken for bibliographic records according to LC (or any other) Classification?
    • How many electronic portfolios are not related to any collections?
    • Which collections received many link-resolver requests without services?
    • All fields in the Titles subject area are updated monthly except for specific fields in the Bibliographic Details dimension. The fields in the Bibliographic Details dimension are updated daily, except for the following, which are updated monthly: Author, ISBN, ISSN, MMS ID, Title, Title (Normalized), and Title Author Combined and Normalized. As a result, depending on how a report is made, the user may see what appear to be discrepancies until the measure fields are updated. For example, a title may be included in the Number of Titles (Active) measure field, but in the Bibliographic Details dimension have a value of Deleted in the Lifecycle field. This is because Number of Titles (Active) was not yet updated, while Lifecycle was already updated.
    • For information on using the Titles subject area to perform an overlap analysis of titles with both physical and electronic inventory, see Overlap Analysis and Physical Item Usage for Weeding (Deselection) in Alma Analytics.
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    Star Diagram – Titles

    Field Descriptions

    The following fields are available in Titles.
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    Titles – Field Descriptions

    Title Measures

    The Title Measures table is a fact table that stores all measures relating to tiles, such as number of titles, number of physical items, number of portfolios, and number of electronic collections.
    Title Measures
    Field Description Additional Information
    Number of Titles (All) The total number of titles, including active and deleted.  
    Number of Titles (Active) The total number of active (not deleted) titles found in the repository.  
    Number of Titles (Deleted) The total number of deleted titles.  
    Number of Titles with Physical Items (Active) The number of titles with active (not deleted) physical items  
    Number of Titles with Physical Items or Holdings Records (Active) The number of titles with active (not deleted) physical items or holding records  
    Number of Titles with Holdings Records and No Items (Active) The number of titles with active (not deleted) holding records and no items  
    Number of Titles with Electronic Portfolios (Active) The number of titles with active (not deleted) electronic portfolios  
    Number of Titles with Electronic Collections (Active) The number of titles with active (not deleted) electronic collections  
    Number of Titles with Digital Representations (Active) The number of titles with active (not deleted) digital representations  
    New for May!
    Number of Titles linked to CZ
    The number of titles linked to the Community Zone  
    New for May!
    Number of Titles linked to NZ
    The number of titles linked to the Network Zone  
    New for May!
    Number of Titles not linked to CZ or NZ
    The number of titles not linked to either the Community Zone or the Network Zone  
    Number of Physical Items (All) The total physical items, including active and deleted.  
    Number of Physical Items (Active) The total number of active (not deleted) physical items.  
    Number of Physical Items (Deleted) The total number of deleted physical items.  
    Number of Holdings (All) The total number of holdings records.  
    Number of Holdings (Active) The number of active (not deleted) holdings.  
    Number of Holdings (Deleted) The number of deleted holdings.  
    Number of Portfolios (All) The total number of portfolios, including active and deleted.  
    Number of Portfolios (Active) The total number of active (not deleted) portfolios.  
    Number of Portfolios (Deleted) The total number of deleted portfolios.  
    Number of Electronic Collections (All) The total number of electronic collections, including active and deleted.  
    Number of Electronic Collections (Active) The total number of active (not deleted) electronic collections.  
    Number of Electronic Collections (Deleted) The total number of deleted electronic collections.  
    Num of Digital Representations (All) The total number of digital representations, including active and deleted.  
    Num of Digital Representations (Active) The total number of active (not deleted) digital representations.  
    Num of Digital Representations (Deleted) The total number of deleted digital representations.  
    Num of Research Assets (Active) The number of active (not deleted) research assets  
    Num of Research Assets Files The number of research asset files  

    Usage Measures

    The Usage Measures table is a fact table that stores all measures relating to usage, such as number of loans, number of link resolver requests, and number of borrowing requests.
    Usage Measures
    Field Description Additional Information
    Number of Loans (In House + Not in House) The total number of loans, including in house and not in house loans.  
    Number of Loans (In House) The total number of in house loans.  
    Number of Loans (Not in House) The total number of not in house loans.  
    Number of Link Resolver Services The number of link resolver services.  
    Number of Link Resolver Clicked Services The number of link resolver selected services.  
    Number of Link Resolver Requests The number of link resolver requests.  
    Number of Link Resolver Clicked Requests The number of link resolver selected requests.  
    Number of Link Resolver Requests Without Services The number of link resolver requests without services.  
    Number of Requests (Active) The number of active  (not deleted) requests.  
    Number of Requests (Historical) The number of historical requests.  
    Number of Borrowing Requests The number of borrowing requests.  
    Number of Lending Requests The number of lending requests.  

    Usage Measures - Last Year (365 Days)

    The Usage Measures table is a fact table that stores all measures relating to usage for the last 365 days, such as Number of Loans, Number of Link resolver Requests, and Number of Borrowing Requests.
    Usage Measures - Last Year (365 Days)
    Field Description Additional Information
    Number of Loans (In House + Not in House) The total number of loans, including in house and not in house loans in the last 365 days.  
    Number of Loans (In House) The total number of in house loans in the last 365 days.  
    Number of Loans (Not in House) The total number of not in house loans in the last 365 days.  
    Number of Link Resolver Services The number of link resolver services in the last 365 days.  
    Number of Link Resolver Clicked Services The number of link resolver selected services in the last 365 days.  
    Number of Link Resolver Requests The number of link resolver requests in the last 365 days.  
    Number of Link Resolver Clicked Requests The number of link resolver selected requests in the last 365 days.  
    Number of Link Resolver Requests Without Services The number of link resolver requests without services in the last 365 days.  
    Number of Reading List Citations The number of reading list citations.  
    Number of Requests (Active) The number of active (not deleted) requests in the last 365 days.  
    Number of Requests (Historical) The number of historical requests in the last 365 days.  
    Number of Borrowing Requests The number of borrowing requests in the last 365 days.  
    Number of Lending Requests The number of lending requests in the last 365 days.  

    Title Details

    The Title Details table is a dimension table that stores information about the title such as the library name and code for physical and electronic inventory.
    Title Details
    Field Description Additional Information
    Data uploaded as of The last date data was uploaded.  
    Has Active Digital Representations Indicates if the title has active (not deleted) digital representations  
    Has Active Electronic Collections Indicates if the title has active (not deleted) electronic collections  
    Has Active Electronic Portfolios Indicates if the title has active (not deleted) electronic portfolios  
    Has Active Holdings Records Indicates if the title has active (not deleted) holding records  
    Has Active Physical Items Indicates if the title has active (not deleted) physical items  
    Last Loan Date (In House) The date of the last in house loan  
    Last Loan Date (Not In House) The date of the last not in house loan  
    Library Code (Physical) The library code for physical resources.  
    Library Name (Physical) The library name for physical resources.  
    Library Code (Electronic) The library code for electronic resources.  
    Library Name (Electronic) The library name for electronic resources.  
    Library Code (Digital) The library code for digital resources.  
    Library Name (Digital) The library name for digital resources.  
    Permanent Call Number A code used to file the items on the shelf      
    Coverage Information Combined The combined coverage information for physical and electronic inventory. Used when performing an overlap analysis
    Summary Holding A summary of holdings of physical and electronic inventory. Used when performing an overlap analysis

    Bibliographic Details

    The Bibliographic Details table is a dimension table that stores the details of the bibliographic record. The primary key of the table is MMS_ID.
    The field descriptions can be found in the Bibliographic Details shared dimension.

    Ex Libris works with content providers worldwide to enrich the metadata available in the Alma Community Zone. To enrich the journal/serial content in the CZ, we work directly with the Library of Congress CONSER feed for electronic serials, which we match against our knowledge base to enrich with all of the relevant metadata fields that they supply (for more details, see Community Zone Serial Records Enrichment) and enrich the CZ records with all relevant metadata, including the 050 fields (when available).

     

    In the case of book content, we work with multiple providers who are willing to share their metadata with the Alma community globally (for more details, see Community Zone Monograph Records Enrichment). If you have local access to these classifications, you may want to consider working with the local extension for these records whenever an update is not available. (For more details, see Working with Local Extension Fields for Community Zone-linked Records.)

    The Bibliographic Details table contains two kinds of fields, those derived from the MARC record and those that come from Alma. Although in analytics there is no distinction made between these fields, for explanatory purposes we have divided them into two tables below.

    Bibliographic Details
    Field Note

    Mapping from

    MARC21

    Mapping from UNIMARC

    Mapping from

    Dublin Core

    Author   100,110,111 700,701,710,711 Currently empty, planned to come from dc:creator, dcterms:creators
    Author (Contributor) An additional Author field

    711 a,c-e,i,j,n,q,u and its 880

    700 a-e,j,q,u and its 880

    710 a-e,i,n,u and its 880

    700 a-d,f,p

    701 a-d,f,p 

    710 a-h,p

    711 a-h,p

    720 a,f"

    721 a,f

    702 a-d,f,g 

    712 a-h,p

    722 a,f

    Currently empty, planned to come from dc:contributor, dcterms:contributor
    Begin Publication Date   008 pos. 07-10 100.Date1 Not relevant for Dublin Core
    BIB 008 MARC The contents of the MARC 008 bibliographic field 008   Not relevant for Dublin Core
    BIB LDR MARC The contents of the MARC LDR bibliographic field LDR   Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Bibliographic Acquisition Accession Number Note The identification code assigned to materials acquired in a single and separate transfer of custody (from MARC field 541 $e). 541 e   Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Bibliographic ID   010 excluding numeric subfields 020 a dcterms:identifier dcterms:ISBN, dcterms:identifier dcterms:ISSN
    Bibliographic Level   Position 7 of the LDR field of the bibliographic record Position 7 of the LDR field of the bibliographic record Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Bibliographic Source of Acquisition Note The name of the people or organization that is the source of the material (from MARC field 541 $a) 541 a   Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Category of Material   Position 0 of the 007 field  200 b dc:type
    DC Description    Relevant only for Dublin Core  Relevant only for Dublin Core  dc:description
    dcterms:description
    dcterms:abstract
    DC License   Relevant only for Dublin Core Relevant only for Dublin Core Field does not yet exist.  It will be populated by  dcterms:license
    DC Rights   Relevant only for Dublin Core Relevant only for Dublin Core Field does not yet exist.  It will be populated by dc:rights and dcterms:rights
    Edition   MARC 250 subfields a,b 205 a,b,f,g dcterms:isVersionOf
    Electronic location and access The location and access URl for the electronic resource 856 all subfields    
    End Publication Date   008 pos. 11-14 100.Date2 Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Form of Item The form of the item MARC 008 pos. 29 (Maps and Visual Material) or 23 (other material configurations)   dc:format
    General Note The general note 500 a, 5    
    Government Publication The government publication type

    MARC 008 pos. 28

    According to MARC21 Format for Bibliographic Data, MARC 008 pos. 28 is Government Publication for the following material types: Books, Computer Files, Continuing Resources, Maps, and Visual Materials.

    For Music MARC 008 pos. 28 is Accompanying matter.  For Mixed material MARC 008 pos. 28 is Undefined.

    Consequently, when using this field, you may want to filter out records with Material Type = Music and Material Type = Mixed material.

      Not relevant for Dublin Core
    ISBN   MARC 020 a,z MARC 776 z 010 a dcterms:identifier dcterms:ISBN
    ISBN Valid The valid ISBN value MARC 020 a   Not relevant for Dublin Core
    ISSN   022 l,a 776 x (for non-physical records) 011 a f dcterms:identifier dcterms:ISSN
    ISSN Valid The valid ISSN value MARC 022 a   Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Language Code   008 pos. 35-37 101 a Currently comes from dc:language.  Planned to come from dc:language and dcterms:language
    Language Of Cataloging The language in which the cataloging was done 040 b 100 a,22-24 Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Local Note The local note 590 a, 5    
    Material Type See the table, Fields that Identify the Bibliographic Material Type, in the Material Types in Search Results section for a description of material type. MARC control LDR Material Type   Planned to be empty.  Currently comes from dc:type
    Material Type Code Code of the material type described above (in Material Type). MARC control LDR Material Type   Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Network Number   035 a z 053 a z dc:identifier , dcterms:identifier
    OCLC Control Number (019) The OCLC control number
    Leading zeros are not displayed.

    019 a

    When the subfield begins with one of the following prefixes:  

    • (OCLC)
    • (OCoLC)
    • ocm
    • ocn
    • on 
      Not relevant for Dublin Core
    OCLC Control Number (035a) The OCLC control number
    Leading zeros are not displayed.

    035 a

    When the subfield begins with one of the following prefixes:  

    • (OCLC)
    • (OCoLC)
    • ocm
    • ocn
    • on
    035 a Not relevant for Dublin Core
    OCLC Control Number (035a+z) The OCLC control number
    Leading zeros are not displayed.

    035a+z

    When the subfield begins with one of the following prefixes:  

    • (OCLC)
    • (OCoLC)
    • ocm
    • ocn
    • on
    035a+z Not relevant for Dublin Core
    OCLC Control Number (035z) The OCLC control number
    Leading zeros are not displayed.

    035 z

    When the subfield begins with one of the following prefixes:  

    • (OCLC)
    • (OCoLC)
    • ocm
    • ocn
    • on
    035 z Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Open Access Indicates if the article is open access Based on 506 f 506 2   Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Original Cataloging Agency The MARC code or the name of the organization that created the original record 040 a 081 b Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Place Code   008 pos. 15-17 102$$a Currently empty, planned to come from dcterms:spatial
    Place of Publication - City The city of publication For a list of country codes, see:

    MARC Code List for Countries

    For a list of country codes, see:

    List of ISO 3166 Country Codes

    Not relevant for Dublin Core (use Place Code)

    If the value of this field in the bibliographic record does not exist in the official list of place codes, the value for this field in Alma Analytics will be "No place, unknown, or undetermined". If there are multiple place codes in this field, only the first value is displayed.

    Place of Publication - Country The country of publication For a list of country codes, see:

    MARC Code List for Countries

    For a list of country codes, see:

    List of ISO 3166 Country Codes

    Not relevant for Dublin Core (use Place Code)

    If the value of this field in the bibliographic record does not exist in the official list of place codes, the value for this field in Alma Analytics will be "No place, unknown, or undetermined". If there are multiple place codes in this field, only the first value is displayed.

    Place of Publication - State The state of publication For a list of country codes, see:

    MARC Code List for Countries

    For a list of country codes, see:

    List of ISO 3166 Country Codes

    Not relevant for Dublin Core (use Place Code)

    If the value of this field in the bibliographic record does not exist in the official list of place codes, the value for this field in Alma Analytics will be "No place, unknown, or undetermined". If there are multiple place codes in this field, only the first value is displayed.

    Publication Date  
    The publication date is determined as follows:
    • the bibliographic details publication date comes from 264 subfield c
    • if there is no 264 subfield c, then the publication date comes from 260 subfield c
    • if there is no 264 subfield c and also no 260 subfield c, then the publication date comes from 008 pos. 7-10
    The publication date is determined as follows:
    • the bibliographic details publication date comes from 210 subfield d
    • If there is no 210 subfield d, then the publication date comes from field 214 subfield d.
    • if both fields do not exist, then the publication date comes from field 100 subfield a pos. 9-12 
    dc:date
    Publication Place   MARC 260 a. When 260a is empty, it is taken from MARC 264a 210 a 214 a Not relevant for Dublin Core (use Place Code)
    Publisher  

    260 b

    264 b

    210 c

    214 c

    dcterms:publisher, dc:publisher
    Resource Type Constructed based on existing bibliographic fields such as the LDR and 008. For more information, see The Resource Type Field.      
    Series   800 t,v

    810 t,v

    811 t,v

    830 a,n,p,v

    410 a,h,i,o,t,x Currently empty.  Planned to come from dcterms:isPartOf
    Series Statement The series statement 490 a,v x    
    Subjects   6XX excluding 69X, 630, 689 600 a,b 602 603-8 610 616 617 dc:subject dcterms:LCSH,MESH,DDC,UDC,LCC
    Subjects (Names) The subject names 600 a,b,c,d,e,l,t.u

    610 a,b,c,d,e,l,n,t,u

    611 a,b,c,d,e,j,l,n,q,t,u

       
    Title  

    245 a,b

    249 a,b,c,v

    200 a,c,d,e,h,i dc:title
    Title (Complete) The information from MARC field 245, subfields $p, $n, $s, $k, $f, $g. 245 a,n,p,h,b,c,f,g,k,s 200 a-i Currently empty, planned to come from dc:alternative
    Title (Filing) The title with common words such as "The" and "An" removed to help with sorting the title alphabetically.
    Any text between double arrows (<<>>) is removed.
    For a video describing the use of this field, see Sort Analytics Reports by Filing Title - Ignoring "The", "A", and "An".

    240 a,c,p

    245 a,c,p

    200 a,e

    500

    Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Title (Normalized) The normalized Title. This field is useful when you want to use the normalized title from one subject area to compare with a report with fields from a different subject area. This field is built in the following manner:
    Alma does the following to the 245 field (except subfields c,h,6 and 8) in the following order:
    1. Removes non filing text.
    2. Removes <<>> and anything between them.
    3. Removes these characters: []|,.;:"
    4. Changes these characters to a space: !@#$%^&*()_+-={}\<>?/~'
    5. Changes characters to lowercase.
    6. Packs spaces (replace all sequences of more than one space with a single space).

    245 a,b,n,p

    249 a,b,c,v

    200 a,c,d,e,h,i dc:title
    Title Author Combined and Normalized 100 characters of the normalized title and the first four letters of the author in lowercase letters, with spaces removed See Author and Title Fields See Author and Title Fields See Author and Title Fields
    Title Committed to Retain Indicates (Y/N) if the bibliographic record is marked as Committed to Retain Configurable from Configuration > Resources > Collection Retention > Bibliographic Collection Retention Definition. For more information, see Bibliographic Record Retention.    
    Type of date   008 pos. 6 100 pos 8 Not relevant for Dublin Core
    Uniform Resource Identifier The uniform resource identifier 856 u 856 u dc:identifier (dcterms:URI) ,dcterms:identifier (dcterms:URI)
    Uniform Resource Identifier Field Exists Indicates if 856 subfield u contains data      
    Uniform Title   240 130 500 Not relevant for Dublin Core
    The following table describes other fields in the shared dimension (taken from Alma and not MARC):
    Administrative Bibliographic Details
    Field Source in Alma (for Internal Reference)
    Active Course Code The code of an active course.
    Active Course Name The name of an active course.
    Bibliographic Lifecycle The Lifecycle of the item. Possible values are Deleted and In Repository. This allows you to filter reports by In Repository/Deleted items.
    Brief Level The level of the brief record
    Chinese Classifications The Chinese Classification
    Collection ID The ID of the collection.  This is a title level collection as defined at 'Resources > Manage Inventory > Manage Collections'.
    Collection Name The name of the collection.  This is a title level collection as defined at 'Resources > Manage Inventory > Manage Collections'.
    Creation Date The creation date. Date fields can consist of a partial date, such as just the year or a month and year.
    Creation Date (Calendar) The creation date. Calendar Date fields always consist of a month, date, and year. If the information is not provided, 01 is added, so that a date of 2020 is rendered 01/01/2020. This date format is useful when filtering the report by date.
    Creator The name of the user that created the record
    Dewey Classification The Dewey Classification
    Dewey Classification Top Line

    The first 3 digits of the Dewey Classification

    Regarding Dublin Core:

    Currently empty.  Planned to come from dc:subject (dcterms:DDC),
    dcterms:subject (determs:DDC)  

    Has Local Extensions

    Indicates if the Community Zone-linked record has local extensions (Y/N)

    ISBN (Normalized)
    The normalized ISBN.
    ISSN (Normalized) The normalized ISSN.
    LC Classification Top Line The combined LC code and classification numbers until the first period which is followed by a letter. If there are no periods then the entire string is taken until there is a space. The length is limited to 50 characters.
    For example:
    • if the LC Classification is | a HB3821.I8 |b R3 then the LC Classification Top Line will be HB3821
    • if the LC Classification is | a DF506.5 |b .G27 then the LC Classification Top Line will be DF506.5
    • if the LC Classification is | a N 7353 |b .K513 1965 then the LC Classification Top Line will be N
    • if the LC Classification is | a NOT YET ORDERED then the LC Classification Top Line will be NOT
    The LC Classification Top Line will contain one value. For MARC21, if the bibliographic record has:
    • both 090 and 050 then the LC Classification Top Line will come from 090
    • 050 and not 090 then the LC Classification Top Line will come from 050
    • 090 and not 050 then the LC Classification Top Line will come from 090

    Regarding Dublin Core:

    Currently empty. Planned to come from:
    (dcterms:LCSH),
    dcterms:subject (determs:LCSH),
    dc:subject (dcterms:LCC),
    dcterms:subject (determs:LCC)

    Recent data may not be available if it has not yet been received from CONSER.
    Link ID The link ID. For more information concerning this field and the next two, see Understanding the fields Link ID Linked to CZ and Linked to NZ in the Bibliographic Details folder.
    Linked to CZ Indicates if the record is linked to the Community Zone
    Linked to NZ Indicates if the record is linked to the Network Zone
    Local Param 1-10 This field allows you to enrich the bibliographic information exported to Analytics with additional information from MARC fields in Alma.
    In order to make use of this field, you must contact Ex Libris Support and supply them with a three-digit MARC field code (for example, 901). (The field does not need to include a 9.)
    The fields can be number and code fields but not control fields. Therefore, the field must be greater than or equal to 010, because 00X are Control Fields and 01X-09X are Numbers and Code Fields.
    Following configuration of this field by Ex Libris Support, its value will be available in analytics.
    Subfields can be maintained in the Analytics fields identified for Local Param. When this capability is implemented, fields/subfields appear in Alma Analytics with the Alma subfield delimiter (either $$ or ‡) used to delineate the subfield content. Contact Support to enable this feature. Note that reindexing is required to fully implement this capability.
    Note that the local param fields are not related to the MARC type of the record. For example, if field 913 is defined to be in local param 1 then field 913 will always be in local param 1. This is the case if the record is of the type KORMARC, CNMARC, UNIMARC, MARC21, and so forth. It is not possible to have different sets of Local Param 1-10 for different types of MARC.
    The data in the local parameters is limited to 3900 characters.

    (New for August!) If you want to have the labels of the local parameters displayed in analytics, configure the analytics_display_local_params parameter (Configuration > Analytics > General Configuration > Other Settings) to true.

    Managed by Provider Indicates if the electronic resource is managed by the provider
    MMS ID The MMS ID of the item. This is the MMS ID of the portfolios associated with the electronic collection. It is not the MMS ID of the electronic collection or of the MMS ID of the descriptive bibliographic record added in the Additional tab of the electronic collection editor. If there are no portfolios, the value of this field is empty.
    Modification Date The modification date. Date fields can consist of a partial date, such as just the year or a month and year.
    Modification Date (Calendar) The modification date. Calendar Date fields always consist of a month, date, and year. If the information is not provided, 01 is added, so that a date of 2020 is rendered 01/01/2020. This date format is useful when filtering the report by date.
    Modified By The user name that modified the record
    Network ID This field is used by institutions implementing a Network Zone. It is the same as the MMS ID of the bibliographic record in the Network Zone and can be used to create reports that show the MMS ID in the member institution (using the existing MMS ID), as well as the corresponding MMS ID in the Network Zone.
    Originating System The system where the bibliographic record originated
    Originating System ID The ID of the system where the bibliographic record originated
    Originating System Version The version of the originating system
    Peer Reviewed Indicates if the article was peer reviewed
    Provider Name The name of the provider
    Record Format The format of the bibliographic record. Examples:
    • MARC 21
    • DC
    • KORMARC
    • CNMARC
    • UNIMARC
    Suppressed from Discovery Indicates whether the record is suppressed from external discovery systems

    Bibliographic IDs

    The Bibliographic IDs table is a dimension table that stores the bibliographic IDs of the physical item.
    Bibliographic IDs
    Field Description Additional Information
    ISBN 020 a single (Normalized) Displays the contents of one MARC field 020 subfield a of the ISBN per row for each MMS ID  
    ISSN 022 a single (Normalized) Displays the contents of one MARC field 022 subfield a of the ISSN per row for each MMS ID  
    OCLC Control Number single (035a) Displays one OCLC per row for each MMS ID  

    Title Creation Date

    The Title Creation Date table is a dimension table that stores details about the title creation date. Key fields are used whenever calculations are required. Description fields may be used for formatting the display of the report. Alma stores the following types of fields:
    • Calendar Fields – These are date fields as they display in the calendar.
    • Fiscal Date Fields – These are date fields that match the institution's fiscal period. In the examples below, the fiscal period of the institution is for fiscal year 2012 that starts June 1, 2011 and ends May 31, 2012.
    Using this dimension, the user may drill down from year to month to the specific date on which the title was created. The number of the title is accumulated to the relevant level in the hierarchy.
    Title Creation Date
    Field Description Additional Information
    Title Creation Date Stores the title creation date in a date format such as 2/29/2014.  
    Title Creation Start of Week The date of the first business day of the week  
    Title Creation Week Number The number of the week of the year  
    Title Creation Month Key Stores the month of the date in number format such as 2 for February This field is useful when you want to sort by the month, which does not work properly when using the alphabetical field.
    Title Creation Month Stores the month of the date in month description format such as February  
    Title Creation Full Month Stores the month and the year of the date in a display format such as Feb 12 This field is useful when comparing data on a month basis between years.
    Title Creation Quarter Stores the quarter of the date in a display format such as Q1  
    Title Creation Year Stores the year of the date in number format such as 2012  
    Title Creation Fiscal Month Key Stores the fiscal month of the date in number format such as 2 for February This field is useful when you want to sort by the month, which does not work properly when using the alphabetical field.
    Title Creation Fiscal Year Stores the fiscal year of the date in a string format such as 2012. If the fiscal year description is stored in the institution fiscal period configuration table. This value is taken from there.
    Title Creation Date Filter Used to filter report results by date.  
    New for August!
    Title Creation Year-Month
    The year and the month in a format such as 2023-1  

    Title Modification Date

    The Modification Date table is a dimension table that stores details about modification of titles.
    The Title Modification date is the date of the last change to the title.
    Key fields are used whenever calculations are required. Description fields may be used for formatting the display of the report. Alma stores the following types of fields:
    • Calendar Fields – These are date fields as they display in the calendar.
    • Fiscal Date Fields – These are date fields that match the institution's fiscal period. For the examples below, the fiscal period of the institution is for fiscal year 2012 that starts June 1, 2011 and ends May 31, 2012.
    Using this dimension, the user can drill down from year to month to the specific date on which the physical title was created.
    Title Modification Date
    Field Description Additional Information
    Title Modification Month Key Stores the month of the date in number format such as 2 for February This field is useful when you want to sort by the month, which does not work properly when using the alphabetical field.
    Title Modification Start of Week The date of the first business day of the week  
    Title Modification Week Number The number of the week of the year  
    Title Modification Date Stores the item modification date in a date format such as 2/29/2014.  
    Title Modification Month Stores the month of the date in month description format such as February  
    Title Modification Full Month Stores the month and the year of the date in a display format such as Feb 12 This field is useful when comparing data on a month basis between years.
    Title Modification Quarter Stores the quarter of the date in a display format such as Q1  
    Title Modification Year Stores the year of the date in number format such as 2012  
    Title Modification Fiscal Month Key Stores the fiscal month of the date in number format such as 2 for February This field is useful when you want to sort by the month, which does not work properly when using the alphabetical field.
    Title Modification Fiscal Year Stores the fiscal year of the date in a string format such as 2012. If the fiscal year description is stored in the institution fiscal period configuration table, this value is taken from there.
    Title Modification Date Filter Used to filter report results by date.  
    New for August!
    Title Modification Year-Month
    The year and the month in a format such as 2023-1  

    Dewey Classifications

    Titles can be classified with Dewey Classifications.
    In Dewey Classifications, topics are ordered in a hierarchy that is indicated by a three digit number. The highest level of the hierarchy is indicated by a number with one significant digit followed by two zeros, such as 600. The second level in the hierarchy is indicated by a number with two significant digits followed by one zero, such as 630. The third level in the hierarchy is indicated by a number with three significant digits such as 636.
    Note that the Dewey number is taken from the 852 subfield h of the holdings record and not from the 082 of the bibliographic record.
    The field descriptions can be found in the Dewey Classifications shared dimension.
    Dewey Classifications
    Field Description Additional information
    Dewey Number Holds the first 3 digits of the Dewey Classification.
    The Dewey Number comes from the bibliographic record, except for in the Physical Items subject area where it comes from the holdings record.
    Group1 Stores the name of the first level.  
    Group2 Stores the name of the second level.  
    Group3 Stores the name of the third level.  
    Dewey Classifications Stores the Hierarchy column that allows the user to drill down from the first level of the Dewey Classification to the third level. Using this column provides the user with the option to view the accumulative measures (loans or returns) in each level of the hierarchy.  

    LC Classification

    Using this dimension, the user can drill down from Group1 to Group4. In each level, the user may see measures accumulated to the relevant group and see the number of items grouped by classification.
    The field descriptions can be found in the LC Classifications shared dimension.

    For Physical Items, Alma takes LC classification information from the holdings record level. For all other subject areas, it is taken from the bibliographic record level.

    Ex Libris works with content providers worldwide to enrich the metadata available in the Alma Community Zone. To enrich the journal/serial content in the CZ, we work directly with the Library of Congress CONSER feed for electronic serials, which we match against our knowledge base to enrich with all of the relevant metadata fields that they supply (for more details, see Community Zone Serial Records Enrichment). We receive weekly updates from CONSER and enrich the CZ records with all relevant metadata, including the 050 fields (when available).

     

    In the case of book content, we work with multiple providers who are willing to share their metadata with the Alma community globally (for more details, see Community Zone Monograph Records Enrichment). If you have local access to these classifications, you may want to consider working with the local extension for these records whenever an update is not available. (For more details, see Working with Local Extension Fields for Community Zone-linked Records)

    LC Classifications
    Field Description Additional information
    Start Range Stores the start range of the group such as PS501  
    End Range Stores the end range of the group such as PS689  
    Classification Code Stores the letters in the beginning of the range such as PS
    • If there is more than one classification code, the last one appears.
    • The Classification Code comes from the bibliographic record, except for in the Physical Items subject area where it comes from the holdings record.
    Start Range Number Stores the numbers that come after the letter in the start range  
    End Range Number Stores the numbers that come after the letter in the end range  
    Group1 Stores the name of the first level  
    Group2 Stores the name of the second level  
    Group3 Stores the name of the third level  
    Group4 Stores the name of the fourth level  
    Group5 Stores the name of the fifth level  
    Classifications Stores the Hierarchy column that allows the user to drill down from the first level of the classification to the fourth level. Using this column provides the user with the option to view the accumulative measures. Note that the fifth level is not included in this field.  

    Other Classifications

    The Other Classifications table is a dimension table that contains fields for classification systems other than LC and Dewey. Like LC and Dewey classifications, you can drill down to different levels, or groups. At each level, the measures associated with the selected group are displayed.
    Other Classifications
    Field Description Additional Information
    Chinese Classifications
    Classification Code The Chinese classification code If the code is not found or in an incorrect format Unknown is displayed.
    Group 1-7 (Chinese) Stores the name of the levels of classification in Chinese  
    Group 1-7 (English) Stores the names of the levels of classification in English  
    Chinese Classifications (Taiwan)
    Classification Code The Chinese (Taiwan) classification code If the code is not found or in an incorrect format Unknown is displayed.
    Group 1-3 (Chinese-Taiwan) Stores the name of the levels of classification in Chinese-Taiwan  
    Group 1-3 (English) Stores the names of the levels of classification in English  
    NLM Classifications
    NLM Classification Code Stores the NLM classification code
    • If the code is not found or in an incorrect format, Unknown is displayed.
    • If there are multiple codes, only the first is displayed.
    • Taken from the 060 or 096 fields of the bibliographic record.
    NLM Classification Number Stores the numbers that come after the NLM letter code  
    NLM Group 1-5 Stores the names of the levels of classification  
    U.S. SuDoc Classifications
    U.S. SuDoc Classification Code

    Stores the SuDoc Classification code with which to find a match to the SuDoc Classification code from the bibliographic record

    • The SuDoc Classification Code is derived from government document fields in the bibliographic record.
    • If the code is not found or in an incorrect format, Unknown is displayed.
    • If there are multiple codes, only the first is displayed.
    U.S. SuDoc Classification Number Stores the numbers that come after the SuDoc letter code The SuDoc Classification Number is derived from the published SuDoc Classification table on the Federal Depository Library Program (GPO) Website
    U.S. SuDoc Agency Stores the name of the top level (parent) U.S. government agency Unlike other classification systems, the SuDoc system groups publications together by the publishing agency, that is, a U.S. government agency.
    U.S. SuDoc SubAgency Stores the name of subordinate bureaus and divisions of the parent U.S. agency A subagency is displayed if a publication is published by a subordinate bureau or division within a parent agency.

    If the top level agency is the publishing agency, then that agency is also listed as the subagency.

    U.S. SuDoc Title Stores the name of either the title of the publication or indicates miscellaneous publications Title designates either a specific publication title or category of the publication.

    Institution

    The shared Institution dimension allows the Network Zone to view reports according to institution. It is available in every subject area. It contains the following fields:
    Institution
    Field Description Additional information
    Institution Code The code of the institution. Configured from Configuration > General > Add a Library or Edit Library Information > Summary tab.

    The label in Alma is Code located on the right pane.

    Institution Name The name of the institution. Configured from Configuration > General > Add a Library or Edit Library Information > Summary tab.

    The label in Alma is Organization unit name.

    Institution Timezone The timezone of the institution. The timezone is set during implementation.
    Data Available As Of When the institution data became available in analytics. Displayed at the bottom of the main Analytics menu.
    Data Updated As Of When the institution data was taken from the Alma database. Displayed at the bottom of the main Analytics menu.
    If an analytics report is run from the Network Zone in a collaborative network implementing a Network Zone, all member institutions are included in the report for Institution Code and Institution Name.
    If an analytics report is run from an institution that is not part of a collaborative network implementing a Network Zone, only the single institution from which the report is run is included in the report for Institution Code and Institution Name.
    Reports involving data across a collaborative network implementing a Network Zone may take longer to run than reports within one institution.