Esploro Research Assets Usage
This subject area is available only for Esploro customers.
You can use the fields in the Esploro Research Assets Usage subject area to create reports that describe the usage of your institution's research assets. The tables below list the available fields.
Esploro Research Assets Usage – Star Diagram
Field Descriptions
The following lists the fields available in Esploro Research Assets Usage.
Esploro Research Assets Usage Field Descriptions
Most of the fields of the Esploro Research Assets Usage subject area are described on the Esploro Research Assets page. The following fields are unique to the Esploro Research Assets Usage subject area.
Asset Usage Measures
Asset Usage Measures is a fact table that stores measures relating to asset usage.
| Field | Description | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|
| Asset Level | ||
| Number of Record Views | The number of views of the asset's metadata page in the Research Portal. | This field is COUNTER compliant. |
| Number of File Views / Downloads | The number of file views and file downloads of the asset in general. | This measure counts the number of file views or downloads done for all files on an asset, but they are counted as a single file view/download per session. Therefore, if several files are accessed on an asset in one session, they are counted as a single file view on the asset level.
This field is COUNTER compliant. |
| Number of Asset Access Denied | The number of access denied requests | |
| Asset File Level | ||
| Number of Specific File Views / Downloads | The number of file views and file downloads of a specific file. | If a file was viewed and downloaded at the same session, only a single file view is counted. |
| Last Date of Access | The last date of access | |
Usage Date
Usage Date is a dimension table that stores fields relating to the date of usage.
| Field | Description | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|
| Usage Date | Stores the deposit date in the date format 2/29/2012 | |
| Usage 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 month |
| Usage Month | Stores the month of the date in month description format such as February | |
| Usage Full Month | Stores the month and the year of the date in a display format such as Feb 12 | |
| Usage Quarter | Stores the quarter of the date in a display format such as Q1 | |
| Usage Year | Stores the year of the date in string format such as 2012 | |
| Usage Year-Month | Stores the year and the month in a format such as 2023-1 |
Asset Usage Details
Asset Usage Details is a dimension table that stores fields relating to asset usage details.
| Field | Description | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|
| Request ID | The ID of the request | |
| Request IP | The IP of the request | |
| Request Source | The source system from which the request was imported | |
| Viewer Type | The type of the viewer | |
| Requester Type | The type of the requester | |
| Region | The region of the requester | |
| City | The city of the requester | |
| Country | The country of the requester | |
| Country Code | The country code of the requester | |
| Latitude | The latitude of the requester | |
| Longitude | The longitude of the requester | |
| Organization | The organization from which the request came | |
| Organization Type | The type of the organization from which the request came |