Hi Whitney,
One question for the hosting team is whether they can automate running Python scripts on files to load into our Metadb reporting database. Since they have automated a data anonymization process for us, it seems they'd be able to automate running a script on a file to upload to the database and append data to an existing table for us.
All the best,
Sharon Markus
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4/24/26
Whitney,
Thank you for the update. I have a few more details. For this process, we are asking our hosting team to take the monthly EBSCO eusage data file and append it to an existing table in our Metadb reporting database hosted by EBSCO. We plan to provide the hosting team with scripts to prep the Excel file then upload and append it to a base table in the local_eusage schema.
All the best,
Sharon Markus
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Hi Sara,
I am following up about the request we have made for you to set up a process where you obtain our EBSCO Consolidated Platform reports in CSV format and run a script we have to append the data to a table in the Cornell Metadb reporting database. We originally mentioned that we would like this process to run quarterly, but now we want it to run monthly.
- You asked about the similar process we have set up to run on a weekly basis. For this process, an update script is run to anonymize loan data in our tables in our Metadb reporting database.
- We are not hosting and managing our own Metadb instance. EBSCO is. I do not know where the EBSCO hosting team stores the process. You can contact Sobha Duvvuri or Carole Godfrey for more information about our hosting team.
- I would expect the script to be executed in our hosted Metadb reporting database environment
For this setup, we are asking EBSCO to retrieve our monthly Title Usage Details reports (an Excel file), run a Python script (supplied by Cornell) to clean the data in the Excel file, and to run an SQL script (supplied by Cornell) to append the cleaned data to an existing table of eusage data in the local_eusage schema in our Metadb reporting database. We would like this done on a monthly basis.
The contact for this monthly file is Ashley Murry at EBSCO.
This is the platform for the files: : https://eadmin.ebscohost.com/
Please let us know if you can work with EBSCO employees Ashley Murray and Sobha Duvvuri to set up this automated monthly process for us.
All the best,
Sharon
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Hi Sharon,
I wanted to follow up on my previous email.
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Thank You,
Sara Lewis
Technical Support Representative II
From: Sara Lewis <auto-response@ebsco.com>
Sent: 3/30/2026 9:00 am GMT-04:00
To: Sharon Markus (slm5@cornell.edu)
Subject: RE: Cornell Metadb: request to run automated process to update a table with ERM data
Hi Sharon,
I wanted to follow up on my previous email.
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Thank You,
Sara Lewis
Technical Support Representative II
From: Sara Lewis <auto-response@ebsco.com>
Sent: 3/25/2026 3:41 pm GMT-04:00
To: Sharon Markus (slm5@cornell.edu)
Subject: RE: Cornell Metadb: request to run automated process to update a table with ERM data
Hi Sharon,
Thank you for contacting EBSCO Technical Support.
We are currently reviewing the details and would appreciate a bit more information to understand better how this might be implemented. Specifically:
- You mentioned that a similar automated process is already running on a weekly basis. Could you share how and where that process is set up?
- Do you know if your team is hosting and managing your own MetaDB instance?
- Additionally, could you clarify where you would expect the quarterly script to be executed?
From our initial review, this request appears to be related to processes outside of FOLIO itself and may involve configurations within your MetaDB environment.
Understanding your current setup will help us determine the best way to guide you.
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Thank You,
Sara Lewis
Technical Support Representative II
From: Sharon Markus <slm5@cornell.edu>
Sent: 3/24/2026 1:55 pm GMT-04:00
To: Web Service (crmwebsvc@epnet.com)
Subject: Cornell Metadb: request to run automated process to update a table with ERM data
Hosting Team,
We are wondering if you can set up a process where you obtain our quarterly EBSCO Consolidated Platform reports in CSV format and run a script we have to append the data to a table in the Cornell Metadb reporting database. The reports are the Title Usage Details reports. The contact for this file is Ashley Murry at EBSCO.
This is the platform for the files: : https://eadmin.ebscohost.com/
We have another automated process running weekly, and so we are hoping this is manageable on a quarterly basis.
All the best,
Sharon Markus