NISO IOTA: Improving OpenURLs Through Analytics

String Pattern Frequency Report

The string pattern frequency report provides an analysis of the number of times a patern for a specific element has been included in an Open URL string for each source database or source vendor in the log file (selected on the home page). The report provides options for selection of string pattern to view,  time period and whether you would like to see the information at the database or vendor level.

This report provides the following information for the element selected:

- List of all source databases (labelled as sid -- should this be updated?) or source vendors (labelled as origin -- should this be updated?) for the selected log file.

- Number of total source openurls: The total number of OpenURL strings for the database/vendor in the selected log file.

- Number of source openurls containing the selected pattern: The total number of OpenURL strings for the database/vendor in the selected log file that contain the selected pattern.

- Percentage of source openurls containing the selected pattern: The percentage of of OpenURL strings for the database/vendor in the selected log file that contain the selected pattern.