Hi Chauncey, >From the technical end, if you are willing to share your "Debugging Info" >(available from the reports result screen), particularly the "Generated SQL" >section, several of us could verify that your report is actually counting what >you intend it to.
Chris ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chauncey Montgomery" <montg...@oplin.org> > To: "Evergreen" <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:33:37 AM > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Circulation Statistics > > Greetings Evergreen Community: > > Earlier this year, we migrated from TLC Library.Solution 3.3.5 to > Evergreen 2.1. The migration took place in March. Since then, > circulation counts have dropped by approximately 2,500 per month. > Originally, I thought my reports in Evergreen weren't counting > everything. However, I have run multiple reports and always get the > same numbers. I am fairly certain that our circulation hasn't truly > dropped; all other areas of library use are consistent with previous > activity, and the drop in circulation occurs at the point of > migration. > So, I am beginning to suspect that perhaps TLC counted things > differently than Evergreen. > > I am curious, are there any other libraries that had migrated from > TLC > to Evergreen and saw the same thing happen in circulation? If so, do > you > know what TLC counted that Evergreen doesn't count? Also, I have > confirmed that I am counting all circulations and renewals in my > Evergreen reports. > > No big deal, but I'd like to be able to explain this a little more > clearly to my board. > > Thanks for the input. > > Chauncey > > Chauncey G. Montgomery, MLIS > Director/Fiscal Officer > Community Library > Sunbury, Ohio > 740-965-3901 > montg...@oplin.org > -- Chris Sharp PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, Georgia 30345 (404) 235-7147 csh...@georgialibraries.org http://pines.georgialibraries.org/
