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• DSpaceDirect supports two primary types of usage statistics:
  
  • Google Analytics (if enabled) - DSpace can use Google Analytics to track page views/accesses with the system. This is similar to using Google Analytics to tracking any other website.
  • DSpace Internal Statistics - DSpace also tracks its own basic Usage, Workflow & Search statistics.
• DSpace Statistics are available site-wide, or on any specific Community, Collection or Item page.  Based on where you are in the system, you will receive a slightly different statistical report.
• NOTE: By default, DSpace Internal Statistics are ONLY available to Administrators. If you desire, DuraSpace can instead make them publicly available for your site.  Unfortunately, at this time, there are only two options: private (Admin only) or public.
• How-To: View Site-Wide DSpace Statistics
  
  • Browse to the homepage (logged in as an Admin)
  • Notice the "Statistics" box has three options:
    
    • DSpace Usage Statistics: At the homepage level, this gives a general count of "hits" for individual Items in the system.  The report is extremely basic at this time and only lists the title of the Item.
    • DSpace Search Statistics: At the homepage level, this provides a summary of recent searches performed via the DSpace search box.  There are also some historical reporting options.
    • DSpace Workflow Statistics: At the homepage level, this provides a general count of any approval workflows/reviews that have taken place.  There are also some historical reporting options.  NOTE: If you do not use Workflow Reviewer Roles on any Collections, this report will always be empty.)
• How-To: View DSpace Community/Collection Statistics
  
  • Browse to a specific Community or Collection
  • The "Statistics" box has the same three options, but now the results will be specific to this Community/Collection (and provide extra details)
    
    • DSpace Usage Statistics: At the Community/Collection level, this report provides extra detail about accesses of this Community/Collection page.  You'll now get a summary of total hits to the Community/Collection homepage, along with monthly trends, and top countries/cities (where the hits are coming from)
    • DSpace Search Statistics: At the Community/Collection level, this provides a summary of recent searches performed via the DSpace search box (specific to this Community or Collection).
    • DSpace Workflow Statistics: At the Community/Collection level, this provides a general count of any approval workflows/reviews that have taken place (specific to this Community or Collection) (NOTE: If you do not use Workflow Reviewer Roles on any Collections, this report will always be empty.)
• How-To: View DSpace Item Statistics
  • Browse to a specific Item
  • The "Statistics" box has just one option, but now the results will be specific to this Item (and provide extra details)
    
    • DSpace Usage Statistics: At the Item level, this report provides extra detail about usage of the Item.  You'll now get a summary of total hits to the Community/Collection homepage, along with monthly trends, number of file downloads and top countries/cities (where the hits are coming from)
    • NOTE: Items do not have Search/Workflow statistics as both of those statistical reports are only applicable to Communities & Collections.
• How-To: View/Analyze Page Visits (hits) in Google Analytics
  • In Google Analytics, this info is under the "Behavior -> Site Content -> All Pages" section. It should allow you to easily see the top pages visited, and filter that list based on a page name or path.
  • For example, to analyze the number of visits/hits on a single item's homepage (i.e the number of people who viewed the item metadata) ..
    • Either filter this list by putting in the URL of the item page into the searchbox
    • OR, click on "Page Title" as the "Primary Dimension" and put the title of the Item into the searchbox
• How-To: View/Analyze File Downloads in Google Analytics
  • File downloads are recorded as "events" in Google Analytics. So, this info is under the "Behavior -> Events -> Pages" section. By default it'll show the top URLs used to download Items, but it also provides ways to filter that information based on page name or URL.
  • For example, to analyze the number of file downloads for a single item (even if it has multiple files)
    
    • Either filter this list by putting in the URL of the item into the searchbox,
    • OR, click on "Page Title" as the "Primary Dimension" and put the title of the Item into the searchbox
    • In the results, clicking on the title will bring you to a page that lists downloads per file (if the item has multiple files)

Bulk/Batch Metadata Editing

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