This is the Basecamp thread regarding 360 Counter migration as well as some related questions for USTAT campuses.
360 Counter / Intota Assessment migration
Posted by Nikki DeMoville on Feb 17
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- Vendor records stay (keeping in mind that SLO & SDSU have vendors coming via 360RM migration vs. ILS migration as you mention).
- Usage data that is loaded prior to cutover, like all data in Alma prior to cutover, is wiped out and needs to be recreated (either by a migration process or other input).
- Analytics reports will be looking at post-cutover data, though the reports themselves will be in place.
- The USTAT procedure for your cutover will need to be clarified within parties at Ex Libris. In general, the May 2017 release of Alma is when USTAT customers' data is being transferred to Alma, but since you were among the early test customers (...thank you again!) and are beginning cutover while on that release, we will need to check and get back to you on how that will work.
An additional note from the February 2017 release notes (https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/0099_2017/110_Februa…"Existing institutions currently implementing Alma, that are already testing their UStat data in Alma but are not "going live" before the May release, can continue to
use UStat until they "go live." These institutions will have their UStat COUNTER data and subscriber information imported to Alma during the Alma cutover process.
Note that any COUNTER data added to Alma during the implementation process will be overwritten by the UStat data at that point."
- Your SUSHI vendors would need to confirm the timeframe that they provide in their SUSHI feeds. We would harvest whatever they provide.
Posted Apr 19
Dolph Chaney
Update on USTAT re cutover: there are two options, depending on which system has been used since January 2017 (when the copy from USTAT to Alma was done) as the system of record for COUNTER usage data reports.
- If customers have continued working in USTAT since January as the system of record, then we can coordinate an additional final copy from USTAT to Alma during cutover (per the Release Notes quote above).
- If, however, the former USTAT customers have not continued working in USTAT since January 2017, then the uploaded reports will be retained at cutover along with the rest of the vendor data and there's nothing further to be done.
Please let us know which option applies.
Posted Apr 19
Nikki DeMoville
Hi Dolph,
Are you asking us to choose? If so, as a group, or campus-by-campus?
What I'm hearing is that SUSHI set up hasn't gone smoothly for every campus and many are relying on USTAT as a back-up, so option 1 may be more appropriate.
However if you are asking for a very specific migration choice on behalf of all CSU USTAT campuses, please let me know so this can happen at the appropriate level and with appropriate input.
Thanks!
Nikki
CPSLO
Posted Apr 20
Dolph Chaney
Hi Nikki - Yes, there is a choice between these two options.
As to why, it's simply that we did not provide a very specific guideline on whether campuses should completely stop work in USTAT, though if they had done so that would be fine. There is nothing more to read into this about the actual experience anyone is having -- we actually haven't heard anything good or bad from anyone re usage data management since the data was moved over to Alma in January.
It would be ideal if all campuses had the same position on this, but if some campuses do have different needs than others, please let us know and we will advise on how we can accommodate.
Posted yesterday at 3:48pm
Nikki DeMoville
Thanks, Dolph. We'll ask the USTAT campuses which option is best for them. We need to make sure their most complete data sets are retained.
--Nikki
Posted Apr 21
Nikki DeMoville
Hi Dolph,
I've sent out an email asking all 13 USTAT campuses to respond to me within the next week, choosing Option 1 or Option 2.
Thanks,
Nikki
Posted Apr 21