2017-11-06 Meeting - Discovery Analytics

Mike DeMars (Unlicensed) has been analyzing the canned reports in Primo Analytics. The configuration of sessions in Primo is an important context to understand when looking at Primo's Analytics.

Group agrees that compiling a list of questions, comments, and considerations would be useful.

CSUMB is conducting A/B testing by offering two alternate Views via a randomizing script. Initial focus is on the presentation and ordering of the facets. CSUMB will share findings with the group an with the Discovery UI task force.

Tableau and Data Visualization

• Web connector to pull in Alma data for data viz is easy to setup.
• To push visualizations for sharing publicly, a paid and local Tableau server works best.
  • Alma IP must be whitelisted - only works with local Tableau instance, not public.
  • CSUSM is currently encountering error - neither Tableau nor Ex Libris support are able to resolve as yet.
  • Data visualizations are super easy to create. similar to pivot tables in Excel
  • Non-library examples: https://www.csusm.edu/ipa/student-profile/index.html
  • Licenses are expensive for the self-hosted version
  • Alyssa Loera (Unlicensed) will inquire with her campus IT to obtain license/access to their instance
  • Lauren Magnuson (Unlicensed) suggests looking at sharing data and visualizations centrally
  • Lauren Magnuson (Unlicensed) shared a potential open source alternative to Tableau: Superset (from Airbnb) - https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset
  • One of the goals for this group is use Tableau or something similar to share data
  • Lauren Magnuson (Unlicensed) will create documentation on use of Tableau

Support for proposal to hire a data analyst-type position at the Systemwide DL office

• • Obtain funding via a grant?
  • Joint effort with UC?
  • Lauren Magnuson (Unlicensed) will start a Google Doc to draft description of need