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How do I set up SUSHI for Elsevier?

You have to fill out an Elsevier request form before you can use SUSHI:https://www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/word_doc/0003/184791/Elsevier-SUSHI-application-form.docx 
Here's a guide that explains in more detail: https://www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/184776/how_to_use_elsevier_sushi.pdf 

Here are the IP addresses you'll need to fill in:

The following IPs/IP ranges must be allowed access to/from your institution. (Note that the IP ranges below are in CIDR notation.)
In the U.S.A. (refers to the Ex Libris Chicago data center):
66.151.7.40/29 [66.151.7.40-47]
66.151.7.128/26 [66.151.7.128-191]
66.151.7.192/28 [66.151.7.192-207]
66.151.7.224/30 [66.151.7.224-227]
66.151.7.236
66.151.14.129
74.217.12.128/27 [74.217.12.128-159]
64.74.237.221
64.74.237.229
64.74.237.232/31 [64.74.237.232-233]

Here is further documentation in the Ex Libris Knowledge Center:

https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Implementation_and_Migration/Implementation_Guides/03Technical_Requirements_for_Alma_and_Discovery_Implementation#Alma_IP_Range

How do I set up SUSHI for American Mathematical Society?

Use the following values:

  • SUSHI Account: American Mathematical Society
  • Vendor URL (Books & Journals): http://<username>:<password>@www.ams.org/SushiService/BookAndJournalStats
    • Important: Replace the hyphen in your username with an asterisk (e.g. "CAPOSU-934" needs to be entered as "CAPOSU*934")
  • Vendor URL (MathSciNet): https://<username>:<password>@mathscinet.ams.org/SushiService/MathSciNetStats
    • Important: Replace the hyphen in your username with an asterisk (e.g. "CAPOSU-934" needs to be entered as "CAPOSU*934")
    • Also important: Note that the URL for MathSciNet stats is secure (HTTPS). The non-secure (HTTP) version will not work.
  • Requester ID: Put your password here
  • Customer ID: Put your username here, again replacing the hyphen with an asterisk
  • User Name: Put your username here, again replacing the hyphen with an asterisk
  • Password: Put your password here
  • Report Type: Choose JR1 for AMS journals and DB1 for MathSciNet
  • Counter Release: R4
  • All other fields may be left blank

How do I set up SUSHI for Silverchair-hosted vendors (e.g. AMA, ASME, Duke, GeoScienceWorld)

Log into the Sitemaster admin page and select the COUNTER reports tab.  Scroll to the bottom and click on the "How do I use SUSHI to generate COUNTER reports?" link.  Enter your Requestor ID, Customer ID, and password as indicated (note that the password you used to log into Sitemaster goes in the Requester Email field).

  • Note 1:  Your Sitemaster password can apparently change or expire without notice, and you must contact support in order to reset it.  If your password is no longer valid, your SUSHI harvests will fail.
  • Note 2:  Alma sometimes "sticks" when updating SUSHI account information.  You may need to try more than once and/or log out and back into Alma to retain the changes.  If SUSHI harvests still give an error after updating account information, use Test Connection with Response to see what information Alma is actually sending to the vendor.
How do I sort by call # in an Analysis?Add the Normalized Call Number to your analysis.  Click on the menu to sort.  You can hide the column using Column Properties > Column Format if you don't want to see it in your report.
I got timed out in Analytics and now it's broken.

First, remember to go back to Alma periodically and click on something to keep your Alma session active.

If your session times out anyway (i.e. you get no results, you can't get back to the criteria tab, you get the endless spinning wheel or blinking dot icons), do the following:

  1. Go to the upper right corner and sign out of Analytics
  2. Look at the message in the middle of the screen and click on the tiny "here" link in "To sign in again, click here."
  3. Close the tab (don't actually try to sign in from this screen)
  4. Go back to Alma and go back to Analytics in the normal way through the Design Analytics menu item

If you closed the tab on Analytics and try to go back, and all you get is the sign-in tab, close that sign-in tab and try again–it will usually work the second time.

Note:  As of 12/24/2017, Ex Libris has accepted (i.e. moved to "Planned" status) the following from the Idea Exchange:  "Extend time before analytics times out."

I want to turn my Analytics report into a set in Alma
  1. Create the Analytics report that meets your needs
  2. Be sure to include Bibliographic Details.MMS Id as a field
  3. Export the report as Excel 2007+
  4. Remove all columns except MMS Id and save the spreadsheet
  5. Go to Manage Sets in Alma and click Add Set.  Choose Itemized
  6. Fill in the required fields, then use the Add Contents from File to Set area to browse to your saved spreadsheet
  7. Click Save
  8. When Alma finishes creating the set, it will send you an email.
I want to turn my set in Alma into an Analytics report
  1. View your set in Alma (results or members, depending on the type of set)
  2. Use the little Export button at the top of the set to export the results as an Excel spreadsheet
  3. Open the exported spreadsheet.  Find the column labeled MMS ID*.  For this example, assume that MMS ID is in column E.
  4. In an empty column next to the MMS ID column, type the following formula in the first cell under the header role (F2):  =CONCATENATE(E2,";")
  5. Double-click or drag the cell all the way to the last row of data to populate all the cells.  The result will look like this:  991003100809702920;
  6. Highlight the group of cells you just populated with the MMS ID plus a semicolon and copy them
  7. Go to Analytics and create a new analysis
  8. Choose Bibliographic Details.MMS Id and click to filter it
  9. Leave the Operator as "is equal to / is in" and paste the MMS ID list from your spreadsheet into the Value box.  It will appear as a list of semicolon-separated MMS IDs.  Click OK
  10. There is a limit to filter size (fairly large, at least 1,000 items), so check the last entry in the filter to be sure all of your values were included.  If any are missing, or you see a partial value at the end, you may need to split your list into two or more groups.
    1. If you need to do this, just keep creating MMS ID filters until you've included all of your data, then click each AND that separates them to turn it into an OR
  11. Continue creating your analysis by dragging in any other data you need to include
  12. Click the results tab to see the resulting analysis.

*If your set exports a different value such as PID, you can use it the same way–just choose the matching value in Analytics for your filter.

Are there usage statistics available for this resource?

Here is a non-comprehensive list of resources to tell if usage stats are available:

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