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Overview 

This how-to guide contains instructions on exporting data from Consortia Manager (CM) to help answer various questions.

Listed in the table below are the relevant report types.

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Relevant Report Types

Report Types

Possible Uses

Limitations

Prices

List past and current subscriptions, and all future renewals
List cancellations

No Deposit Account metadata
Doesn’t show subscription notes

Subscriptions

List past and current subscriptions, and any future renewals that have been accepted
Use to calculate price increases

Doesn’t show upcoming renewals that aren’t accepted
Doesn’t show cancellations

Please contact OCLS if you would like want the raw data for a pro forma Deposit Account Balance Statement.

Report Field Terms

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Some price fields are distinguished by (Original currency) VS (Local currency).

  • Original currency - the currency the vendor invoices in

  • Local currency - CAD

Field Name

Report

Notes

Account

Subscriptions

Paid out of Deposit Account or not

Final price

Subscriptions

Ignore. Sales price with exchange rate applied.

Group start/end date

Subscriptions, Agreements

The start and end date for multi-year agreements

List price

Subscriptions

Only recorded for Full Service subscriptions

Sales Price last year

Price, Subscriptions

The previous year’s 12 month price / annual rate

Publisher Adjustments

Subscriptions

The amount added/subtracted from Sales Price when there’s prorating or a one-time credit / discount.

Price last year

Subscriptions

The previous year’s 12 month price

Price status

Price

If a price has been Accepted, Rejected, or is Waiting for a decision.
“Not Sent” - these are either not ready, or we don’t have pricing on hand.

Price type

Price

If a subscription is New or a Renewal

Product category

Subscriptions

Type of product e.g. book / journal / multimedia

Publisher Adjustments

Subscriptions

The amount added/subtracted from Sales Price when there’s prorating or a one-time credit / discount.

Publisher name

Subscriptions, Price

Vendor name; we do not distinguish

Status

Subscriptions

Active/inactive - whether the subscription is ongoing or has expiredbetween vendor and publisher

Sales Price

Price, Subscriptions

12 month price / annual rate

Start Date/End Date

Subscriptions, Price

When the subscription starts and ends

Status

Subscriptions

Active - a subscription term is ongoing
Inactive - a subscription term has ended or yet to start

Total price

Subscriptions

Sales Price + Publisher Adjustments.
If Total price (Local currency), it includes exchange rate.

Price type

Price

If a subscription is New or a Renewal

Price status

Price

If a price has been Accepted, Rejected, or is Waiting for a decision.
“Not Sent” - these are either not ready, or we don’t have pricing on hand.

Discounts

Price

Publisher Adjustments that are subtracted

Fees

Price

Publisher Adjustments that are added

Final price

Subscriptions

Ignore. Sales price with exchange rate applied.

Group start/end date

Subscriptions, Agreements

The start and end date for multi-year agreements

Account

Subscriptions

Paid out of Deposit Account or not

A little on system logic

  • All subscription records are price records, but not all price records are subscriptions.

  • Subscriptions are specifically price records with a status of “Accepted”, and only “Accepted”.

  • Renewals are price records with a type of “Renewal”, and can have different statuses.

Get to the Reports Module

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nameGo to Reports
  1. In the top navigation bar, hover over MORE

  2. In the drop down, click on REPORTS

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List All past and current subscriptions

Objective: To export a spreadsheet of all your past and currently active subscriptions.

(warning) This will not include cancellation records or upcoming potential subscriptions that aren’t Accepted.

Steps

  1. Go to the Reports Module

  2. In the main menu, 📖 copy the report titled “Subscriptions Report Template”

  3. In the “Edit the report” interface, you can further customize this report.

  4. Filter the report using the facets in the left navigation sidebar as you desire

Filter options

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  • Filter by Period: Click on the “Start year” facet under “SUBSCRIPTIONS” to filter to specific years

    • This means the calendar year in which the subscription started

    • i.e. for FY 22/23 subscriptions, check 2022 and 2023

    • Leave blank for all years up to the latest facet

  • Filter by Subscription Type under “SUBSCRIPTIONS”

    • Check “New” for only New* subscriptions

    • Check “Renewal” if you only want to see renewals

    • Leave blank for all

  • Filter by Currency under “SUBSCRIPTIONS”

    • Check the relevant box if you only want to see subscriptions paid in a certain currency

  • Filter by Publishers under “PUBLISHERS”

    • Search by the vendor’s name, or part of the name, e.g. “Criterion”; “EBSCO”

    • Click on “Name” to use checkbox options

  • Filter by Products under “PRODUCTS”

    • Search by a product name, or part of the name, e.g. “Psyc”; or “Science”

    • Click on “Name” to use checkbox options

  1. Click the REFRESH button to preview

  2. Click SAVE REPORT & GENERATE

You should receive a spreadsheet in your email shortly.

In Excel

After downloading and opening your spreadsheet, you will have to filter for just the months in your desired reporting period.

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  1. Select all cells with data

  2. Apply a filter

  3. Click on the grey square button in the “Start Date” column header

  4. In the drop down, click on the + sign expand the start and end years of your reporting period

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  1. Uncheck the months that fall outside the fiscal year. For example, if the reporting period is FY22/23 and FY 23/24, I will uncheck all months after March 2024.

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  1. Click Ok to close the drop down and see your filtered results.

Alternatively, to delete all unwanted records:

  1. Follow steps 1-3 above

  2. Click the box next to the year to unselect everything

  3. Expand the start and end years of your reporting period

  4. Check all the months that you don’t want

  5. Click ok

  6. Select all displayed rows and delete them

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  1. Clear the filter

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Only the subscription records that fall within your reporting period should remain.

Price increases report

All current and future renewals 

n.b. can also include past subscription in this report

Steps

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List cancellations

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