Reports and NExpress

December 15, 2009

Today:

• What is a report?• Types of reports

– Circulation reports– Statistical reports sent out by NEKLS

monthly– Customized reports

• Resources for learning more• Questions?

What is a report?

• NExpress is basically a database; a collection of records or files on a computer.

• Reports allow us to pull out data that will be useful to us.

Types of reports

• Circulation reports

• Statistical reports sent out by NEKLS monthly

• Customized reports

Circulation Reports

Circulation Reports

Which if these reports do you already run?

A. Holds Pick List

B. Holds awaiting pickup

C. Hold ratios

D. Transfers to receive

E. Overdues with fines

Circulation Reports

• Holds Pick List

• Holds awaiting pickup

• Hold ratios

• Transfers to receive

• Overdues with fines

Types of reports

• Circulation reports

• Statistical reports sent out by NEKLS monthly

• Customized reports

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Statistical reports sent out by NEKLS monthly

New materials by item type and location

New items by collection code and location

New patrons by category code

Reminder - to find those "Temp" patrons, run this report:

NEW PATRONS listed for finding errors< Edit the SQL statement to include your branchcode (all caps) and RUN

http://staff.nexpresslibrary.org/cgi-bin/koha/reports/guided_reports.pl?reports=555&phase=Edit%20SQL

Circulation statistics by item type

(Find your library’s tab)

Bern’s Circulation

ILL Statistics

Types of reports

• Circulation reports X

• Statistical reports sent out by NEKLS monthly X

• Customized reports

Customized Reports

• Examples of customized reports NEKLS libraries are running

Resources for learning more

• Visit www.nexpresslibrary.org

• Tutorials Tab for videos

Questions?

• I would like a list of my patrons with overdues (my library does not fine).

• I would like to be able to run my own reports.

• Other…