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Elsevier SaaS Dashboard

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Cesar Farinas

Purpose

Helps monitor SaaS contract usage for the current contract term and see year-over-year trends.

Dashboard Notes

  • There are two sections to the dashboard:
    • The top section shows data for the Current SaaS period only (running July 1 - June 30).
    • The bottom section shows the prior periods including the current period. (Note: In this section, the prior periods show data for the full period timeframe while the current period is only to-date and will not be complete. Data is updated daily and is current through activity from the prior day.)

Definition of filters

Filter NameTile NameDescription
PlatformPlatform that created the code

This filter only applies to certain tiles on the dashboard.

It will filter the Units by Code Type, Average Units / User, Net New Users, tiles, and the Month-over-Month charts.

Definition of tiles

 Tile NameDescription
1Total SaaS Units

Chart showing the cumulative number of non-comp and comp units that count toward the current period total. The threshold mark is the total number of units included in the current period.

📃 Note: the comp units only begin counting toward the total after 200,000 units. This chart is showing comp units after the 200,000 units have been met. 
2Units by Code Type

Breaks down units by the code type for the transaction

📃 Note: this tile includes the first 200,000 comp units.
3 Average Units / User

Calculated average number of books per user. This is counting the total number of titles for a user. 

For example, User A has two licenses:

  1. A license for a package containing four books (4).
  2. A license for a single, standalone book (1).

The user’s total book count is five (4 + 1 = 5).

📃 Note: this tile includes the first 200,000 comp units.
4Net New UserNumber of users that redeemed a license where that user had not redeemed a license in a prior period
5Month-over-Month SaaS UnitsChart showing the count of units by month for the prior and current periods
6Month-over-Month SaaS Comp Units

Chart showing the count of comp units by month for the prior and current periods

📃 Note: this tile includes the first 200,000 comp units
7SaaS Units by PlatformProvides a breakdown of non-comp units for the previous and current periods by the System User that created the code
8SaaS Comp Units by Platform 

Provides a breakdown of comp units for the previous and current periods by the System User that created the code

📃 Note: this tile includes the first 200,000 comp units.
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