Black = Questions Asked; Blue = Answers to Questions; Red = Questions still outstanding; Orange = Question deferred to "Ask an Expert" Green = Answer/procedures updated and/or changed int he course of the implementation
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Detailed response to some specific questions: PDF distributed by Patrick (6/29/16)
Initial questionsMigration/COUNTER Support Questions
- Whether/how to migrate current and historical usage data stored in USTAT into ALMA Analytics
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Response (9/23/16): You will manually define SUSHI accounts per vendor. When you go live, a weekly job will be scheduled to harvest the files via SUSHI. Only new files received after the SUSHI account is added to the vendor account in Alma and the scheduled job is running will be uploaded. Any older files you wish to make available in Alma will need to be uploaded manually.
Response (10/14): Campuses using USTAT will have their COUNTER data migrated between October 10 and 22
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- Alma Analytics COUNTER should be active starting October 23 (and COUNTER data will be retained at cutover)
- Alma Analytics COUNTER should be active starting October 23 (and COUNTER data will be retained at cutover)
- USTAT to Alma Analytics Cutover for COUNTER Data - now set for October 23
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Response (9/26/16): SUSHI Configurations will be retained from testload to "Go Live," and COUNTER data will not be retained. will be retained at cutover (ExL HQ email to Brandon, 10/14)
Follow-up (9/26/14): Since all COUNTER all COUNTER data loaded during testload testload (October 2016 and Summer 2017) will not be retained, will we continue have access to USTAT through summer 2017?
Follow-up (ExL HQ email to Brandon, 10/14):
- Campuses should move from USTAT to COUNTER Data availability via Alma Analytics should be live on October 23
- Existing COUNTER data will be migrated from USTAT (October 10-22)
- COUNTER data on Alma Analytics will be retained at cutover
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Response (10/18): Cost information added to UStat is not migrated.
- ALMA Analytics support for COUNTER reports
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- Alma Analytics COUNTER/SUSHI Features
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- have a similar "missing data" indicator as USTAT?
Yes
- Support for loading non-COUNTER compliant usage data
Response (6/28/16) via Patrick: The library loads the COUNTER report data.
Follow-up (9/14/16): Does this mean there will be no support for non-COUNTER data
Response (9/23/16): Forwarded to Ask an Expert (Webinar at 7 AM on October 10).
Response (Ask an Expert): No support for home-made data, sticking only with COUNTER standard
Data-Loading Service Possibilities
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Ask the Expert: Managing COUNTER Usage Reports in Alma -
Monday, October 10, 2016, 10:00 am | Eastern Daylight Time
Please submit your questions in advance to the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/KLGS7MW
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Meeting number (access code): 718 390 313
Meeting password: uYFjvqQ2
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Recording of October 6 "Ask the Expert" Session: http://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Training/Ask_the_Alma_Expert/COUNTER_Report_Harvesting_in_Alma