Viewing Inhouse Circulation Reports

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

The Inhouse report shows the activity of items used in the library. The report enables you to keep three separate statistics for each item. Your library decides how to use each statistic.

To view the Inhouse report:

  1. Select Circ Activity from the reports menu.
  2. Select Inhouse from the reports menu.
  3. Select one of the following date ranges under 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; includes a comparison to the previous month's activity and to the activity for the same month in the previous year.)

  4. Select one of the following options under the INHOUSE section of the reports menu:

    Location Displays the number of in-house transactions for each location or branch.
    Photocopy Summarizes the total number of photocopy requests made during the specified time period. The report displays the results by the patron categories defined for the PCODE3 field. This report is available if your library has had the Patron Photocopy Use feature enabled.
  5. Click Submit.
  6. To view the most recent data, click Recalculate.