Starting reports – Follett VERSION 6.00 User Manual

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Examples:

Common reporting tasks might include:

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Locating patrons with missing or incomplete addresses by extracting patron

data and filtering the address columns for blanks.

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Determining how many checkouts occur between 3:00 and 4:00 by extracting

copy transaction data and analyzing the date and time columns.

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Seeing which students are actually reading books in the Geography category

by checking the Extract Patron Data check box in System Setup, and then

extracting category transaction data.

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Determining the number of patrons graduating in given years and graphing

this information using any SQL capable reporting tool, database, or

spreadsheet to access the config and patron databases, and using the

graduation year and number of patrons to calculate percentages.

See also:

Chapter 40 for more information on extracting data and the Follett

ODBC Driver Guide for information on the FairCom ODBC Driver.

Starting Reports

From the computer desktop, open the Follett Applications folder and

doubleĆclick the Reports icon.

Note:

You can also access the Follett Applications menu from the Windows Start

| Programs menu or from the Mac OS Apple menu.

If you are using the password protection feature from System Setup to limit

access to Reports, a password dialog appears. Type the Reports password and

click OK.

Note:

The default password for Reports is PRINTIT.

See also:

For more information about password protection, see Protecting your

Follett applications with passwords" on page 40.

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