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FSCJ Library Technical Services

An informative guide for library staff

How to Access Alma Analytics Reports

A PDF of these instructions is available along with a three minute recording.

1. Click on the Analytics tab and then select Access Analytics in the Create Analysis section.

2. You will be taken to your Dashboard, which may be blank if you do not have any saved dashboards on your profile. On the top right of the screen, click on Catalog.

3. You will be taken to a page with folders that contain reports others have compiled. There is an overall My Folders section and a Shared Folders section. Sometimes you will have to drill down and view different report folders to get to the area you are looking for. The screen shot below will detail how to access a commonly used report for weeding called Items not loaned in last 5 years. You will to click on Open to open the report and if prompted, enter in the criteria for location and date range.

 

4. Below is an example of the criteria I use:

5. If criteria entered is successful, below is sample of the report you will see:

6. You can export this result in a variety of formats, including Excel. You will need to scroll all the way to the bottom of the screen to view these options.

7. Generally, you would click on the Export option as seen below to export to Excel or another format.