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      • Analytics Evidence S10 - When we log into Summon Admin, our identity changes to “Guest”. Frequently we are unable to log into Summon Analytics.
      • Analytics Evidence S11 - “Session Usage” report is known to provide incorrect session counts, but is still presented as correct.
      • Analytics Evidence S12 - Make open access facet statistics available
      • Analytics Evidence S13 - Facets usage - request to view excludes as well as includes
      • Analytics Evidence S3 - Most Summon Action Usage Subject Area Filters Do Not Work
      • Analytics Evidence S4 - Fields for which Summon Does Not Collect Any Information
      • Analytics Evidence S5 - Summon Analytics Not available thru the Alma Analytics Menu Option
      • Analytics Evidence S6 - Cannot Isolate Any Information about “Advanced Searches”
      • Analytics Evidence S7 - The Summon Zero Results Searches Subject Area provides the ability to limit by field searched, but does not actually collect that information.
      • Analytics Evidence S9 - Any staff member who wants to view Analytics must be given full administrative authority over the entire Summon Admin module.
      • Analytics Evidence S1 - Popular Searches Weekly Report Returns Last 2 Months
      • Analytics Evidence S2 - Simple List of Zero Result Searches Returns Error Message
      • Analytics Evidence S8 - Some Canned Reports have Poor Visual Representation
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      • 360 Link链接出现空白页的问题该如何解决?
      • Announcing CAB Abstracts Pilot for Summon
      • Are ORCIDs indexed in Summon?
      • Can a closed SalesForce case be re-opened?
      • Can javascript be added to Summon?
      • Chrome browser identifies connection as "Not Secure"
      • Customer ability to close Salesforce Cases
      • Discrepancy between filtered content types versus search results in Summon
      • Enhancement Process - Common Q&A
      • How are rights mapped from the Client Center to Summon Index?
      • How can daily record deletes be captured for Summon or Primo?
      • How Can I Add a PubMed Search Box to Summon?
      • How can I request new collections to be added to our Discovery Indexes, KnowledgeBases and the Alma Community Zone?
      • How can my library mitigate throttling in Summon?
      • How do I change date ranges in Summon reports?
      • How do I create a new folder or subfolder in Summon Analytics?
      • How Do I Read The Title Clicks Report in Summon?
      • How do I remove the proxy URL from the Summon Preview “Source” link to our Institutional Repository home page?
      • How do I request a Support Portal Login for a new staff member?
      • How do I select and deselect facets in Summon?
      • How to show title-level holdings for journals and books in Summon
      • Introduction to the Knowledge Center
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      • Summon: 360 Link Sidebar Helper Frame Does Not Always Display Next to the Full Text Item
      • Summon: Discovery Inclusion Criteria Overview
      • Summon: EUR Thesis Repository from Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam: Content To Be Removed – Jan 2017
      • Summon: Infoscience: EPF Lausanne from EPF Lausanne: Content To Be Removed – Jan 2017
      • Summon: IP Addresses Do Not Appear in Summon Administration Console
      • Summon: Journal of Visualized Experiments Subscriptions - 2022
      • Summon: Preview Environment
      • Summon: Problems Accessing FTP Site
      • Summon: Problems Authenticating Remote Users
      • Summon: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Databases Update
      • Summon: RePub from Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam: Content To Be Removed – Jan 2017
      • Summon: Scholars' Bank from University of Oregon: Content Removed -- November 2015
      • Summon: Smithsonian Biodiversity Duplicate Records in Search Results
      • Summon: Support for RDA Guidelines in MARC21
      • Summon: The European Library (TEL): Content To Be Removed - February 2019
      • Summon: Troubleshooting "Server Not Found" Errors and Local ISP Issues
      • Summon: WTI-Frankfurt eG Databases to be removed - May 2022
      • Summon page is blank when accessing via IE11 on Windows 10
      • Where can I find the Title Clicks Report Report in Summon?
      • Summon Usage Statistics Login Screen
      • Summon访问慢或者打不开的问题该如何解决?
      • The Ex Libris Central Discovery Index (CDI) – An Overview
      • Tips for Advanced Document Searching in the Customer Knowledge Center
      • Viewing System Status for SaaS Environments
      • What determines whether Image Spotlight shows in Summon?
      • What is a granularity mismatch and are there workarounds to improve linking
      • What is a Unique Identifier (UID) and why is it necessary for each record?
      • What is Case Status, and What Does It Mean?
      • What is the difference between Syndetics Unbound vs Syndetics?
      • What is the MFT address for uploading the library's catalog to Summon?
      • What kinds of things can a library put in Summon Custom Panels?
      • What procedure should be followed to alert Ex Libris of a system down?
      • Why are all Summon sessions showing United States as the country location, regardless of origin?
      • Why are some links from Summon going directly to full text, while others direct to the 360 Link Results page?
      • Why are more records processed than updated/deleted in the Summon Content Ingestion Report?
      • Why are OpenURL links from EBSCOhost failing?
      • Why are there duplicate search results in Summon?
      • Why do I get an error page when linking out to EBSCOhost databases?
      • Why do I only see United States in the country field in OBI statistics?
      • Why are other institutional repositories appearing outside my library's collection in Summon?
      • Why do the Client Center and Summon have different content?
      • Why isn't my Summon favicon displaying in Firefox?
      • Why is there a difference in the number of searches and visits logged in the legacy and new Summon usage systems?
      • 为什么Summon后台的数据库中,有一些数据库显示的title数量为0
      • 为什么Summon统计报告的数据只有最近7个月的?
      • 为什么我下载的Data on Demand报告总是失败
      • 为什么某篇文章在Summon发现系统中检索不到?
      • 在Summon中点击在线全文,为什么有些直接到出版商平台,有些到360 Link?
      • 如何查看Summon使用统计报告?
      • 如何知道我馆激活的数据库在Summon中是否可以被揭示,揭示的比例是多少?
      • 校园IP地址段有变化,该如何在Summon管理后台更新?
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