Hi, Erich.

We just use a code prefix for every 'public' report (i.e. ones we intend to expose to staff via analytics objects). The code represents the Alma Analytics subject area (e.g. 'FUE-01 - Acquisitions Budget Summary' would use the 'Funds Expenditure' subject area.

For the analytics object title, we drop the code prefix and use a more easily understandable prefix to group them within the Alma UI Analytics menu (e.g. 'BUDGET: Acquisitions Budget Summary').


Jonathan Sutherland

Collection Development Analyst & Developer

University of Waterloo Library

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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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