Purpose
Provides book usage related to all applicable Metric Types by Access Type.
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🔵 The data in this report is duplicative of the data in the COUNTER: Title Master Report and the COUNTER: Book Requests Report. |
Report Notes
- This COUNTER Report is based on the COUNTER Code of Practice Release 5.1.0.1 (Reference: Code of Practice - COUNTER Metrics).
- The access filter will automatically filter the report to only show products that distributed the content, and this filter will only show available values.
- This report provides a limited display of engagement events which includes the the current year to-date and previous two years. For example, if today is 02-Dec-2024, then all engagement events are included for 2024 up through 02-Dec-2024 at 00:00:00 UTC and all engagement events for 2023 and 2022.
Definition of filters
| Filter Name | Description | Usage Notes |
| Metric Type | A multi-versatile filter used to define the scope of requests to view | Defaulted to “Total_Item_Requests or “Unique_Item_Requests” |
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Date Range (Required) |
Date range for when requests took place | Use to set a date range, relative date (e.g., “last month”), or specific dates. |
Definition of fields
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📄 VitalSource is unable to provide normalized field names to ensure report aligns to the COUNTER Compliance Standards. To support end-users who use VitalSource Analytics & Insights reporting, normalized values have also been included in this documentation for cross-reference. |
| Field Name | Description |
Normalized VST Field Name |
| Institution_Name | Name of the company where usage is attributed (Manage Company Name) | Institution |
| Institution_ID | Unique identifier for the company (Manage ID) | Institution ID |
| Reporting_Period | Date range covered in the report results, represented as “Begin Date = YYYY-MM-DD; End Date = YYYY-MM-DD” | Date Range |
| Created | Date the query is run (YYYY-MM-DD) | Query Date |
| Title | Name of the content accessed | Item Name |
| Publisher | Name of the publisher (Manage Company name) | Publisher |
| Publisher_ID | Unique identifier for the publisher (Manage ID) | Publisher ID |
| DOI | Digital Object Identifier associated with the content (where available) | DOI |
| Proprietary_ID | VitalSource ID associated with the content (VBID) | VBID |
| ISBN | ISBN associated with the content | ISBN |
| Print_ISSN | Print ISSN associated with the content (where available) | Print ISSN |
| Online_ISSN | Online ISSN associated with the content (where available) | Online ISSN |
| URI | Universal Resource Identifier associated with the content (where available) | URI |
| YOP | Year Of Publication for the content | Publication Year |
| Platform | Platform used to access the content | Platform |
| Data_Type | Categorization for the type of content | Content Type |
| Section_Type | Chapters/sections that are accessed in a given session | Section Type |
| Access_Type | Type of access being logged | Access Type |
| Access_Method | Method used to access the content | Access Method |
| Metric_Type | Type of activity being counted | Request Type |
| Counter Date | Month where the activity is attributed | Counter Date |
| Counter_Metric | Count of requests based on metric type | Request Count |