Analytics and Insights

Overview

Alma Analytics transforms a broad range of library data into actionable reports and identifiable trends for data driven decision making.

Roadmap

2023 H2	2024 H1	2024 H2
Collection Development: E-resource Insight Dashboard Analytics Dictionary: Funds Expenditure Subject Area National Reporting - ACRL/IPEDS Out of the Box Report: Integration With LibInsight Analytics Usage Insight Dashboard	Collection Development: Last Copy Insight Dashboard Collection Development: Collection Benchmarking by Subject Insight Dashboard Enhanced User Experience: "Send now" One Time Share Functionality New Analytics Layout: Admin Global "Pin to Menu"	DARA Insights Integrated with Workflows Letters and Notices Information added to Analytics

2023 H2

Collection Development: E-resource Insight Dashboard

What’s New

Highlights

Impact

An E-resource out-of-the-box insight dashboard* focusing on actionable data to support electronic resource renewal decisions. This is the first of several dashboards designed to support Collection Development.

*Insight Dashboards built with Oracle Data Visualization.

Out of the Box Data Visualization Project.
Useful insights on electronic resource usage and cost to support collection development decisions.

Enables institutions and consortia to make data driven decisions regarding the complex area of collection development.

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Analytics Dictionary - Funds Expenditure Subject Area

What’s New	Highlights	Impact
Analytics Online Help documentation will be enriched by offering a “data dictionary”, clarifying the relation between data in Alma and Analytics.	The first subject area to be enriched in this way will be Funds Expenditure. A column will be added to the fields table describing the location and label in Alma.	Clarity in understanding the data represented in Analytics will ease the use and creation of Analytics reports, dashboards, and visualizations.

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National Reporting - ACRL/IPEDS Out-of-the-Box Report: Integration with LibInsight

What’s New	Highlights	Impact
Support National Reporting by offering powerful out-of-the-box ACRL/IPEDS report which will include the relevant data from LibInsight. This feature will is relevant to LibInsight users only.	Integration of LibInsight dataset in Alma Analytics for easier reporting in one place. Out-of-the-box reports that accumulate data in one place.	Saving time by offering a ready-made out of the Box ACRL/IPEDS report template.

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Analytics Usage Insight Dashboard

What’s New	Highlights	Impact
A new Analytics Usage Insight Dashboard* to support institutions overview and understanding of their Analytics usage. *Insight Dashboards built with Oracle Data Visualization.	Analytics usage is transparent and visual. Information regarding running times. Information regarding Analytics errors and running issues.	More transparency and self support regarding Analytics usage in the Analytics administrator's institution.

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2024 H1

Collection Development: Last Copy Insight Dashboard

What’s New	Highlights	Impact
An out-of-the-box insight* dashboard focusing on identifying last copies based on various criteria and support weeding and rentention decisions. This dashboard is one of several dashboards designed to support Collection Development. *Insight Dashboards are built with Oracle Data Visualization.	Out of the Box Data Visualization Project. Useful insights on printed items, their retention status, and more to support decisions regarding their maintenance both at the library and consortia level.	Enables institutions and consortia make data driven decisions regarding the complex area of collection development.

What’s New

Highlights

Impact

An out-of-the-box insight* dashboard focusing on identifying last copies based on various criteria and support weeding and rentention decisions. This dashboard is one of several dashboards designed to support Collection Development.

*Insight Dashboards are built with Oracle Data Visualization.

Out of the Box Data Visualization Project.
Useful insights on printed items, their retention status, and more to support decisions regarding their maintenance both at the library and consortia level.

Enables institutions and consortia make data driven decisions regarding the complex area of collection development.

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Collection Development: Collection Benchmarking by subject dashboard

What’s New	Highlights	Impact
An out-of-the-box insight* dashboard enabling institutions to compare their collections with peer or aspiring institutions to better better evaluate their collections. *Insight Dashboards are built with Oracle Data Visualization.	Out of the Box Data Visualization Project. New benchmarking capabilities providing valuable insights when analyzing collections.	Enables institutions and consortia to make data driven decisions regarding the complex area of collection development.

What’s New

Highlights

Impact

An out-of-the-box insight* dashboard enabling institutions to compare their collections with peer or aspiring institutions to better better evaluate their collections.

*Insight Dashboards are built with Oracle Data Visualization.

Out of the Box Data Visualization Project.
New benchmarking capabilities providing valuable insights when analyzing collections.

Enables institutions and consortia to make data driven decisions regarding the complex area of collection development.

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Enhanced User Experience: "Send Now" One Time Share Functionality

What’s New	Highlights	Impact
Analytics Admins can send an analytics object to their colleagues on a one-time basis.	An addition to the improved flexible scheduling feature, this feature allows one-time sharing rather than recurring sharing. Internal users and external emails can be selected for one-time sending. PDF/ Excel or deep link sharing depending on recipient and analytics type.	Easy, flexible, and intuitive options for sharing analytics with colleagues.

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Enhanced User Experience: Admin Global "Pin to Menu"

What’s New	Highlights	Impact
Analytics Admins can globally pin an analytics object so it will appear on all selected roles and users menus.	Admin can chose to pin globally or have users add for themselves. Once pinned, each user can unpin if they want.	Additional support capabilities added to Analytics admin for easy and flexible analytics object sharing.

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2024 H2

DARA Insights Integrated with Workflows

What’s New	Highlights	Impact
A more seamless connection between Analytics insight data and workflows in Alma. Actionable data will trigger recommendations and workflows in Alma. This feature will be done as part of the "Collection Development" theme.	Recommendations in Alma in the form of a task list triggered by conditional data identified in Analytics. Workflow suggestions in Alma triggered by conditional data identified in Analytics.	Enabling a more structured workflow for institutions and consortia to make data driven decisions in the complex area of collection development.

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Letters and Notices Information

What’s New	Highlights	Impact
Information regarding patron facing letters and notices will be added to Alma Analytics.	Sample business cases include: A coherent visual overview of the library in various areas. The number of overdue notifications per item counted by library. How many claim letters were sent, and to which vendors, in the last year.	Institutions will have an additional way to evaluate library workflows.

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