Viewing Checkout Circulation Reports

To view these reports, you must be authorized for function 17 (Circulation statistics). See Permissions Used by Sierra for more information.

The Checkout report provides an analysis of checkout activity.

To view this report:

  1. Choose Circ Activity from the reports menu.
  2. Choose Checkout from the reports menu.
  3. Choose one of the following date ranges in the Dates section of the reports menu:

    Yesterday
    2 days ago
    3 days ago
    MTD (month to date)
    YTD (year to date)
    User spec (Select a starting and ending month and year for the report. Enter these dates by choosing the checkbox to the left of the Starting and the Ending months.)
    Last mo (last month—When you choose this option, the report includes a comparison to the previous month's activity and the activity for the same month in the previous year.)
    Other report (Enables you to select two or more non-consecutive months.)

  4. Choose one of the following under the Locations section of the reports menu:

    SystemCreates one report for all locations in the system.
    SeparateCreates a separate report for each location in the system.
    One onlyCreates one report for the locations served by the current statistics group.
    SpecialCreates one report for up to ten specified locations.
  5. Choose one of the following under the Type section of the reports menu:

    PTYPEDisplays checkout statistics by patron type (PTYPE is defined by the library).
    PCODE1Displays checkout statistics by patron code (PCODE1 is defined by the library).
    PCODE2Displays checkout statistics by patron code (PCODE2 is defined by the library).
    PCODE3Displays checkout statistics by patron code (PCODE3 is defined by the library).
    HOME LIBRDisplays checkout statistics by the patron's home library.
    ICODE1Displays checkout statistics by item code (ICODE1 is defined by the library).
    ICODE2Displays checkout statistics by item code (ICODE2 is defined by the library).
    ITYPEDisplays checkout statistics by item type (ITYPE is defined by the library).
    LOCATIONDisplays checkout statistics by item location. If your library participates in INN-Reach, this report includes statistics for INN-Reach items belonging to other sites that your library has checked out to your patrons.
    CALL NUMBERDisplays checkout statistics by material call numbers. If your library has multiple SCAT tables, the report shows the results for the first table.
  6. Choose Submit.
  7. To view the most recent data, choose Recalculate.