CIRCULATION ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 2. MATERIAL TYPES AND ITEM CATEGORIES
Viewing Material Type Statistics
Material Type statistics show the number of items in your library’s collections that are associated with each material type.
To view Material Type statistics:
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On the Material Types screen, click the Stats button.
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The Material Type Stats screen displays in an additional browser window.
The date on which the statistics report was requested is shown at the top of the
screen.
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- The Material Type Stats screen provides the following information for each
material type:
- Seq - the display sequence for the material type
- Label - the name of the material type
- Status - indicates whether or not the associated material type is currently Active or Inactive
- Items with Cost - the total number of items of the associated material type in your VERSO database for which a Cost is included in the item record for the related items
- Value - shows the total dollar value of all items included in the Items with Cost field (based on the value specified in the Cost field of the item record)
- Items with no Cost - shows the total number of items associated with the material type for which no Cost is specified in the item record and for which the specified default value for the material types of the items is used in determining value
- Default Value - shows the total dollar value of all items included in the Items with no Cost field (based on the default value for the material type of the associated items)
- Total Value– The sum of the Value and Default Value fields for each material type in the list.
- If desired, you can reconfigure, sort and filter table content (see the System Basics User Guide for details).
- If desired, use the Start Date and End Date text boxes to limit statistics
to items added to your collections during a specified period.
- Enter the starting date for the period for which you wish to view statistics in the Start Date text box. Enter the Start Date using the format “MM/DD/YYYY”, i.e., “01/02/2019.”
- Enter the ending date for the period for which you wish to view statistics
in the End Date text box. Enter the End Date using the format “MM/DD/YYYY”,
i.e., “01/31/2019.”
BE SURE to include the slashes “/” when entering the Start Date and End Date. DO NOT include alphabetic characters when entering the Start Date and End Date.
- Click the Submit button. The Material Type Stats screen refreshes to show statistics for items added to your collections during the specified date range.
- If desired, you may:
- Print a copy of the Material Type statistics report (see Printing Circulation Parameters for details)
- Save a copy of the Material Type statistics report to your local workstation (see Saving Circulation Parameters for details)
- Email a copy of the Material Type statistics report to yourself or to another party (see Emailing Circulation Parameters for details)
- Click the Close button to close the Material Type Stats screen.