Objective: To export a spreadsheet of all your past and currently active subscriptions.
Steps
Go to the Reports Module
Expand for details on navigating to Reports
In the top navigation bar, hover over MORE
In the drop down, click on REPORTS
In the main menu, 📖 copy the report titled “Subscriptions Report Template”
In the “Edit the report” interface, you can further customize this report.
Filter the report using the facets in the left navigation sidebar as you desire
Filter options
Expand for different ways to filter your report
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
Filter by Subscription Type under “SUBSCRIPTIONS”
Filter by Currency under “SUBSCRIPTIONS”
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
Click the REFRESH
button to preview
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.
If you would like more guidance, expand this box for suggested steps.
Select all cells with data
Apply a filter
Click on the grey square button in the “Start Date” column header
All months with subscription records will show up.
Uncheck the months that fall outside the fiscal year. For example, if the reporting period is FY22/23 and FY 23/24,
Click Ok to close the drop down and see your filtered results.
Alternatively, to delete all unwanted records:
Follow steps 1-3 above
Click the box next to the year to unselect everything
Expand the start and end years of your reporting period
Check all the months that you don’t want
Click ok
Select all displayed rows and delete them
Clear the filter
Only the subscription records that fall within your reporting period should remain.