STATISTICS
Chapter 2. REPORTS
Net Activity
Purpose: Provides a statistical breakdown of lending and borrowing requests that have been processed during the selected period. The report provides insight into the relative balancing between lending and borrowing activities.
Report Parameters:
ILL Statistics – Net Activity Screen
- Library (drop-down menu) – determines the library for which the
report will be generated; select All Libraries 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 checkbox
indicates the associated library 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:
- To generate the report for a predefined time period: Select Today, Yesterday, This Week, Last Week, This Month, Last Month, This Year or Last Year. The Date Range text box refreshes to display the “starting date” and “ending date” for the selected time period.
- To generate the report for a custom time period: Enter the “starting
date” and “ending date” for the desired period in the Date Range text
box.
NOTE: When entering a custom time period, be sure the specified “starting date” is not more than two years prior to the specified “ending date.”
NOTE: Enter the “starting date” and “ending date” using the format “MM/DD/YYYY”, i.e., “03/10/2023.” Be sure to include the slashes “/” when entering the “starting date” and “ending date.” Do not include alphabetic characters when entering the “starting date” and “ending date.” You may also click the Date Entry Calendar icon
in the Date Range text box to select a “starting date” and “ending
date” using the Date Entry Calendar (see the
System Basics User Guide for
details). NOTE: If a date is entered using an improper format, the message “Invalid date format. Must be MM/DD/YYYY.” displays beneath the Date Range text box. Click the X icon to clear the Date Range text box, and re-enter the date using the format “MM/DD/YYYY.”
NOTE: If the specified “starting date” is later than the specified “ending date”, the message “Start date must be before end date.” displays beneath the Date Range text box. Click the X icon to clear the Date Range text box, and enter a valid “starting date.”
NOTE: If the specified date range is greater than two years, the message “Date Range must be no more than 2 years.” displays beneath the Date Range text box. Click the X icon to clear the Date Range text box, and enter a valid date range.
To view the ILL Statistics – Net Activity Report:
Report data is displayed as a “bar” graph, and includes a textual summary of statistics.
- The graph shows a separate “bar” for the for the number of borrowing Requests and the number of lending Requests processed for the selected Library and Location during the specified date range. A legend for the “bar” graph is shown to the right of the graph.
ILL Statistics - Net Activity Graph
The report summary is comprised of two tables.
ILL Statistics - Net Activity Summary
- The first table in the section contains a summary of net activity statistics between the selected Library and Location and all trading partners combined during the specified date range. Each line in the listing provides the following information:
- The Request Type to which statistics apply (Loan, Copy or Reference)
- The number of Lending requests processed for each Request Type
- The number of Borrowing requests processed for each Request Type
- The Net Requests (calculated as Lending minus Borrowing) between the selected Library and Location and all trading partners combined for each Request Type. A Net Requests value of “0” indicates an equal number of borrowing and lending transactions have occurred between the selected Library and Location and all trading partners. A negative value indicates a deficit of lending transactions to all trading partners by the selected Library and Location; a positive value indicates a surplus of lending transactions to all trading partners by the selected Library and Location.
- The Relative Percentage (calculated as Lending divided by Borrowing) of ILL requests processed by the selected Library and Location for each Request Type
- The second table provides statistics for each trading partner for which the selected Library and Location processed ILL requests during the specified date range. Each line in the listing provides the following information:
- The Corresponding Library (trading partner) to which statistics apply
- The number of Lending requests processed for each Corresponding Library
- The number of Borrowing requests processed for each Corresponding Library
- The Net Requests (calculated as Lending minus Borrowing) between the selected Library and Location the Corresponding Library. A Net Requests value of “0” indicates an equal number of borrowing and lending transactions have occurred between the selected Library and Location and the Corresponding Library. A negative value indicates a deficit of lending transactions to the Corresponding Library by the selected Library and Location; a positive value indicates a surplus of lending transactions to the Corresponding Library by the selected Library and Location.
- The Relative Percentage (calculated as Lending divided by Borrowing) of ILL requests processed by the selected Library and Location for each Corresponding Library