Top lists and news lists

You can create top lists reports based on the most borrowed or most reserved titles, and you can create news lists based on the item creation date. Sorting the news lists on item creation date ensures that the newest titles are displayed even if the number of new titles exceeds the list limit.. In both lists you can filter and add variables like language or section. The lists can be shared with patrons and library web users. The top lists are dynamic and will always be up-to-date.

Creating a top list

Perform the following steps to create a top list:

  1. Click Analytics in the main menu to open the Analytics window.
  2. Select the Top/news lists tab.
  3. Click Create top list at the top right.
    The Top/news list report window opens. Mandatory fields are marked with an asterisk.
  4. Give the top list a name, and, if you wish, a description.
  5. If you want to create a private top list, that can only be seen by yourself, then check the box for this purpose.
  6. Select the number of days to fetch loans or reservations from, and the number of hits to include in the top list. Also select a level in the organisation.
  7. Select data source - Top list: checkouts or Top list: reservations.
  8. Define how to filter the data for the top list further. When you select filter, you can often select to filter on values that you want to include in the top list, for example one or some expression languages, manifestation types or item shelves.

Creating a news list

Perform the following steps to create a news list:

  1. Click Analytics in the main menu to open the Analytics window.
  2. Select the Top/news lists tab.
  3. Click Create top list at the top right.

    The Top/news list report window opens. Mandatory fields are marked with an asterisk.
  4. Give the top list a name, and, if you wish, a description.
  5. If you want to create a private top list, that can only be seen by yourself, then check the box for this purpose.
  6. Select the number of days to fetch loans or reservations from, and the number of hits to include in the top list. Also select a level in the organisation.
  7. Select data source - News list.
  8. Define how to filter the data for the top list further. When you select filter, you can often select to filter on values that you want to include in the top list, for example one or some expression languages, manifestation types or item shelves.

To see what the list looks like, click View result. Make any modifications you want, and then click Save to make the list available from the Analytics window.

You can also download the top list as PDF or in CSV format, to share with others or work with the data further on your own, by clicking Download as PDF or Download as CSV.

Note:
Some web browsers may not fully support saving as PDF. In that case, you can usually find a browser add-on on the Internet.

The list ID is used to display lists on the library web site (Arena only). There is a 5 minute cache for lists to improve performance on the library web site.

See also: Arena online help

Managing top/news lists

In the list of existing top/news lists, you can delete or duplicate a top list from its context menu. You can also copy the top list ID to the clipboard.

The list ID can be used to display the list in the librarys' website (Arena) . Use the portlet Results list and add the list ID together with the prefix toplist: in the search query field.