How to analyze html data from research rooms audit: (in progress)
- Ensure audit files have been uploaded to the shared drive from the study room computer: LEAD > Circulation > Rooms > Research Room Audits > (selected folder of audits)
- Open a new Microsoft Excel sheet
- Click on the “Data” tab
- Select “New Query” then “From File” and “From Folder”.
- Click Browse.
- Select Computer > LEAD > Circulation > Rooms > Research Room Audits > Reports for XXXX
- Click OK, then OK again
- Another box will appear – just click Load at the bottom.
- Allow the rows to load. Depending on how big the file is, it may take a few seconds.
- On the tool bar at the top of the screen under “Query Tools”, click “Query”
- Select Edit on the far left
- The far left column is labeled Content. Click on the downward arrows.
- Click on Table 0 for the door numbers and date/times accessed to appear. Click OK.
- Right click on the Date column. In the drop down menu, select Transform and click “Date Only”. This will remove the time stamps, which will potentially skew the data counts.
- In the Event/Name column, click on the down arrow for the menu.
- Click “Load More” to see all the event name options.
- Select only the 90 Day Research Rooms, excluding the long term rooms, DAS, UHC, and Cliff Mead’s rooms. We do not analyze that data.
- Click OK.
- Now delete any unnecessary columns, such as the Function column and the Source.Name column. Just right click and “Remove”
- Once you are finished making your edits, click on Load and Close in the upper left hand corner. This will take some time to load so be patient.
- Select Edit on the far left
- Now in the upper tool bar, under “Table Tools” click Design.
- Highlight the three remaining columns and click Remove Duplicates under Tools.
- Leave all the options selected (Door, Date, Event/Name) and click OK. Excel will tell you how many duplicates were removed. Click OK again.
- Highlight the three remaining columns and click Remove Duplicates under Tools.
- Next, click the downward arrow in the Event/Name column and unselect anything that is not a 90 day research room.
- Congrats! It is now time to PIVOT!
- In the tool bar, click Insert.
- Again, highlight the three columns
- Click PivotTable
- A pop up will appear to select the table or range, which you should’ve already highlighted.
- Check the box to “Add this data to the Data Model”
- Click OK
- To start, under Range in the PivotTable Fields box, click and drag Event/Name to the lower Filters box.
- This will appear in the spreadsheet:
- Click on the downward arrow to open the drop down menu
- Check the box that says Select Multiple Items
- Click the + next to All and choose which rooms you would like to include in the table
- Click OK
- Select Door from Range and drag it to the Rows box
- This will now appear:
- Click on the downward arrow to open the drop down menu
- Uncheck Blank then click OK
- Check the Date box under Range and select which dates you would like to include or exclude
- Now, click and drag Event/Name to the Values box – it will say Count of Date but we need the distinct count so click on the drop down menu and choose Value Field Setting
- Under Summarize value Field by, select Distinct Count at the bottom of the list
- This is what the final settings should look like:
- Save your work as "Month Year Usage"