STATISTICS
Chapter 2. REPORTS
By Day and Hour
Purpose: Provides the total daily check-out count, the weekly average of items checked-out and the average count of unique patrons for a specified time period. This report is intended to provide insight into peak hours of library operation.
Report Parameters:
Circulation By Day and Hour Screen
- Library (drop-down menu) determines the library for which the
report will be generated:
For Customer SuperUsers (when logged into the customer-level account for your VERSO system):
- Select the Select All checkbox to generate the report for all
libraries in your system, or, select one or more individual
libraries, as desired. A checkmark
indicates
the associated library is selected. An empty checkbox
indicates the
associated library is not selected. Clicking a checkbox repeatedly will
toggle it on and off. - If desired, use the Filter Libraries function to filter the
Library menu based on a term (filter) you enter. The Library menu
refreshes as you type to display only those library names that contain your
search term. Select the Select All Filtered checkbox to generate the
report for all libraries in the filtered Library menu,
or, select one or more individual libraries, as desired. A checkmark
indicates
the associated library is selected. An empty checkbox
indicates the
associated library is not selected. Clicking a checkbox repeatedly will
toggle it on and off.
NOTE: If there are no matches to your term (filter), the message No Matches Found displays.
- Select the Select All checkbox to generate the report for all
libraries in your system, or, select one or more individual
libraries, as desired. A checkmark
- Branch (drop-down menu) determines the branch for which the
report will be generated; select All Branches to generate the report
for all branches for the current Library selections, or, select
one or more individual branches, as desired.
NOTE: The Branch menu lists all branches defined for the current Library selection(s).
- A checkmark
indicates the associated branch is selected. An checkbox
indicates the associated branch is not selected. Clicking a checkbox
repeatedly will toggle it on and off.
- A checkmark
- Date Range (drop-down menu) determines the time period for which the report will be generated; select Last Week, Last Month, or Last Year, as desired.
To view the Circulation By Day and Hour report:
Report data is displayed as a line graph, and includes a textual summary of statistics.
Circulation By Day and Hour Graph
- The line graph shows a separate line for each day of the week on which
at least one circulation transaction occurred during the specified date
range. Each node on a given line indicates the number of unique
circulation transactions that occurred on the associated day of the week
during the specified date range. A legend for the line graph is shown to the
right of the graph.
- The report summary provides the following information for each entry in
the listing for the specified date range:
- The one HOUR period (e.g., 7 AM = 7:00:00 AM to 7:59:59 AM) during which the associated checkout transaction(s) occurred
- The number of checkouts that occurred for during each one HOUR period listed on each day of the week (Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun)
- The Total # of Checkouts for each one HOUR period listed, rounded down to the nearest integer
- The Total # of Patrons to which items were checked out for each one HOUR period listed, rounded down to the nearest integer
- The Avg. # of Checkouts for each one HOUR period listed, rounded down to the nearest integer
- Totals (rounded down to the nearest integer) are shown at the bottom of the summary
Circulation By Day and Hour Summary