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    Configuring Institution Settings

    To configure Esploro, you must have the Configuration Manager role.

    This page describes how to configure institution settings in Esploro. For information on configuring the various parts of the research information hub see here.

    Multi-Lingual Data Elements

    You can set the default language and additional languages that will be used in Esploro. To configure these values, open the Multi-Lingual Data Elements page (Configuration Menu > General > Institution Settings > Multi-Lingual Data Elements).

    Multi lingual data elements.

    Multi-Lingual Data Elements

    Select the default language from the dropdown list. Then select additional languages from the multi-select list.

    For information on configuring languages for the institution, see Configuring Institution Languages. For information on adding information in multiple languages on the portal, see here.

    Configuring Default Researcher Settings

    You can configure the default values for researcher notifications for all new researchers. For details on configuring the opt in defaults for researcher letters see here

    To configure the default publication language, navigate to Configuration > Researchers > Default Researcher Settings. For more information see Default Publication Language in Adding Researchers.

    Research Jobs Configuration

    You can activate and deactivate Esploro scheduled jobs. You do this from the Research Jobs Configuration page (Configuration > General > Institution Settings > Research Jobs Configuration):

    Research Jobs Configuration.

    Research Jobs Configuration

    To activate or deactivate a job, select the appropriate radio button for a job and select Save. To run the job immediately, select Run Now. For detailed information on jobs see Scheduled Jobs.

    Users with both the Configuration Manager and Media Mentions Manager roles can configure the Media Mentions loader job. Currently, the loader runs only for the Retriever format with a RSS URL. You can define the run time in the Schedule field, the status of all incoming records in the Load all records as field, and enter the feed URL in the URL of the feed for the loader field. The options in the Load all records as field are Approved for display in portal and profiles, which is the default, Approved only for display in portalApproved only for display in profiles, and Pending approval. Although some of the statuses indicate that approved records will display in the portal and/or profiles, the media mentions do not currently display in the portal or profile. If these options are selected when the records are loaded, they will appear in the correct pages when display of media mentions begin on the portal and profile.

    Once activated, the Media Mentions Loader job is active in the scheduled jobs on the Monitor Jobs page. 

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    Monitor Jobs with the Research Filter Applied

    Configuring Citation Sources

    Esploro supports recording citation counts for research outputs from several sources. Before you can import citation counts for research outputs, you must verify that you have a license for the data for each source. This is configured on the Citations Sources page (Configuration > General > Institution Settings > Citation Sources):

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    Citation Sources

    To configure a source, select the More Actions button, select Customize, and change the parameter to true. Select Save.

    The source you set to true is now available to be selected from the Load Citation Metrics page (Repository > Load Citation Metrics). For information on loading citation metrics see here. For information on selecting citation styles when exporting an asset as a citation see Citation Styles List.

    Configuring Other Institution Settings

    You can configure the Esploro customer parameters for institution settings from Configuration Menu > General > Institution Settings > Institution Settings.

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    Configuring Institution Settings Customer Parameters

    The following list describes the Esploro customer parameters for institution settings that you can configure. For other general settings that can be configured, see here.

    Parameter Key Parameter Value
    esploro_add_asset_affiliation
    true/false – Controls whether the affiliations of affiliated researchers matched with a creator/contributor on an asset are automatically added to the asset's affiliations when importing assets using the CDI Import Profile or Smart Harvesting.
    esploro_create_link_for_green_oa

    true/false – Controls what happens when the Open Access Status field of an asset is set to Green (indicating the asset was published in a toll-accessed journal, but was archived in an open-access archive; see Adding Staff-Mediated Research Deposits for Journal Articles): 

    • true – A link to the asset is added to the metadata of the asset if the OpenAlex API is invoked as part of the record-import process.
    • false (default) – A link to the asset is not included in the metadata of the asset. 
    esploro_date_format
    Sets the date format displayed on the research portal.
    esploro_display_issue_upload_token
    Enable the option for creating a token for uploading large files (see Uploading Large Files). 
    esploro_enable_coverpage
    Whether to display the cover page in the file viewer.
    esploro_enable_researcher_deposits

    Controls whether researchers can make their own deposits. When set to true, researchers can make their own deposits. When set to false, researchers cannot make their own deposits.

    esploro_ETDadmin_date

    Controls the population of dates when receiving a deposit from ETD Administrator. The following options are available:

    • no_date – Only dates that are included in the metadata of the SWORD deposit are added to the asset record when it is imported into Esploro.
    • publication_date –  In addition to importing the dates that are included in the metadata of the SWORD deposit, the deposit date is added to the asset record as the publication date (date.publication) when it is imported into Esploro.
    • date_available –  In addition to importing the dates that are included in the metadata of the SWORD deposit, the deposit date is added to the asset record as the availability date (date.available) when it is imported into Esploro.

    For additional information, see ETD Administrator Integration.

    esploro_ETDadmin_records

    Controls the status assigned to deposits when receiving a deposit from ETD Administrator:

    • approved_asset – the deposit is assigned Approved status.
    • deposit – the deposit is assigned Submitted status.

    For additional information, see ETD Administrator Integration.

    esploro_ga_tracking_id
    Set the Google analytics - see Google Search Console and Analytics.
    esploro_google_verification
    Verify ownership of your website in the Google search console - see Google Search Console
    esploro_new_portal
    When true, open the new Esploro portal.
    esploro_oable_integration
    Enable APC integration with OAble.
    esploro_ORCID_check_profile_visibility

    Whether Esploro should publish to ORCID all approved assets that appear in a researcher's profile, or only those that are set to be visible to the public (i.e., not HIDDEN; see Adding Output to a Profile):

    • false – Esploro publishes all assets to ORCID (default)
    • true – Esploro only publishes visible assets to ORCID
    esploro_ORCID_integration
    Enable integration with ORCID.
    esploro_org_unit_profiles_tab
    Display the Researcher Profiles tab on the Organization Units tree.
    esploro_profile_self_activation
    Allow researchers to activate their profile.
    esploro_project_anz_type The Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) list to use for the Research Topics lookup – FOR (Fields of Research – the default) or SEO (Socio-economic Objective)
    esploro_public_profiles_active
    When true provide ability to search and display profiles publicly.
    esploro_researcher_profile_proxy_settings_display
    Show or hide proxy tab in Researcher profile settings.
    esploro_suppress_display_if_no_assets
    Controls the default display of the researcher profiles when they have no assets to show:
    • true - A researcher with an active profile set will have the profile shown only if the researcher has approved assets to show. An option to display even without assets will be added to the active profile flag on the researcher, to allow overriding this behavior for individual researchers as needed.
    • false -  A researcher with an active profile set will have the profile shown, regardless of whether the researcher has approved assets to show.
    esploro_upload_token_validity_time
    Upload Token Validity Time(In Days).
    esploro_wos_starter_apikey
    API key for the WoS starter API.
    file_loader_utility_size_limit_in_GB

    Defines the maximum size of an asset file that can be uploaded to Esploro using the Esploro Files Uploader (see Asset Files Uploader), in Gigabytes. See Working with Research Assets

    Default: 5; Maximum: 5000.

    hide_esploro_researcher_depositPolicy_terms
    Hide terms and conditions from the researcher deposit form. This allows researchers to proceed with a deposit, without accepting the terms and conditions.
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