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Test and Develop Reports for Reporting App for Metadb
- published demo query for Reporting App and provided training, support, and documentation for creating Reporting App
- wrote and published new query that CUL Acquisitions staff now use to manage purchase orders
- determined permission settings not meeting our needs, so submitted https://folio-org.atlassian.net/browse/UILDP-178 for a new Reporting App User role, scheduled to be released in Trillium
Explore New Data Sources for Library Analytics
- worked with Tom Trutt and Pete Stergion to automate process of cleaning ERM (Electronic Resource Management) files for use with Tableau and publishing new data quarterly
- worked with Pete Stergion and reference staff to connect to SpringShare API and provide a new Tableau dashboard on Reference Interactions

Expand Report Automation
- waiting on developers to be assigned to a software development sprint so Reportting Team can test Temporal for report automation
- continue to support 30+ reports currently automated through DBeaver application

Consider new reporting applications over DBeaver EE
- considered other options, but agreed this is still the best tool for our team to use to create and manage code for report queries, derived tables, and dashboards

- Worked with Mike Gorrell from Index Data on data extraction project for Metadb version 1.4
- Review hosting team tickets
- Derived Table updates for each FOLIO software release
- Work with hosting team to optimize data synchronization efficiency (reducing number of tables via table exclusions) for Metadb
- Worked with Lauren Seney, Reporting PO from Index Data, to develop software development plans to support patron privacy and data anonymization

Create, Review, and Update Documentation for Queries and Dashboards
- documentation pages for both queries and dashboards created, reviewed, updated, and archived on the FOLIO Reporting Confluence site on an ongoing basis
- documentation for SQL queries created, reviewed, and updated in Markdown README.MD files on the CUL FOLIO Analytics GitHub repository on an ongoing basis

Review and refine supported reports and dashboards with small groups of stakeholders
- schedule reviews with stakeholder groups in early 2026

Offer CUL Reporting User Group meetings
- offered meetings on these topics in 2025
  - Wolfcon 2025 updates

Co-convene Reporting SIG Meetings
- worked with Reporting SIG co-convener to arrange topics and host weekly Reporting SIG meetings for the FOLIO community throughout 2025

Create standard testing procedures for queries (e.g., verify that it matches data in FOLIO apps); identify certain queries that can identify possible problems; use metadb log; keep records of problems found

Create standard testing procedures to verify accuracy of data and reasonableness before and after each reporting database update; (e.g., do record counts fall within expected parameters?); identify certain queries that could be used as test cases before and after an upgrade, coming from various functional areas
Test, support, learn more about the FOLIO Lists App
- created and shared 3 lists for Acquisitions staff to use: duplicate holdings, pending orders, and purchase order line notes
PowerBI
- set up infrastructure
Metadb Data Privacy
- set up the Metadb Data Privacy subgroup of the FOLIO Reporting SIG, where representatives from several FOLIO institututions, EBSCO, and Index Data are working to improve support for Metadb data privacy
- working with Reporting PO Lauren Seney on proposal to develop functionality to create Reporting App user roles that map to github repository directories
- working with Reporting PO Lauren Seney on proposal to develop Metadb software development requirements to support data anonymization, GDPR, and other data privacy feature
Accomodating Losses in Reporting Staff
- Reporting Team staff continues to cover work for 2 FTEs whose positions will not be replaced due to austerity measures
Wolfcon 2025 Conference
- training and presentation
- youtube links

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