We have a handful of people creating reports, and follow this structure:
1. In the Alma/UniversityofToronto/SharedFolders directory, each person with 'Design Analytics' should have their own named folder (e.g.- Jordan's report)
2. A shared folder called 'Production' will house the reports that have been added to the Objects' list in Alma and are in active use by report consumers. These reports should follow the following naming conventions, and should NOT be moved out of folder or edited without notifying the report owner.
3. Naming conventions for the reports in 'Production' - first component of the report name should be the AUTHOR'S initials, followed by a meaningfully descriptive report title. If the report is being created for one specific individual or library's use, add the suffix 'For Klara/For Dentistry' to the end of the report name.
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From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Hammer, Erich F <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 1:02 PM
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Subject: [CODE4LIB] Analytics naming conventions
Hi.
We have (belatedly) realized that we would be much better off with a firm naming convention for our Alma analytics reports. Currently, it's rather chaotic and nobody can identify what is important and what is left-over junk except (sometimes) the individual creators.
There are a few discussions about analytics naming conventions online, but they are focused on ecommerce sites. We can use some of their thinking to create our own convention, but I thought maybe my job could be a bit easier if someone else has already done this. ☺
So... Does anyone here have a working, analytics-reports, naming convention (and are willing to share it)?
Thanks,
Erich
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