Functionality Modules: Analytics

Updated on December 8th, 2022

Curator is core to many business operations and invaluable data is captured daily. Curator Analytics has been designed to give you easy and insightful access to this data so you can improve your processes, reduce costs and increase your output.

Curator Analytics captures data while users are working and while automated jobs are processing. This includes jobs that are sent to third-party systems. 

The modern organization is driven by data, in fact, 81% of organizations expect to use data in their decision-making processes[1]. Curator Analytics gives you the flexibility to choose how you want to analyze and visualize your data to draw the most valuable conclusions.

Example uses

Curator Analytics gives you the power to choose how to use your data to answer your biggest questions. However, here are some of the best uses we’ve seen:

  • Monitoring the effect of new systems and processes on production output
  • Identifying underutilized devices which can be spun down to save costs
  • Analyzing device usage patterns to eliminate performance bottlenecks
  • Reducing online storage costs by optimizing archive strategies based on file usage and sizes
  • Quantifying the return on investment from Curator’s proxy workflow by quantifying how many files have been moved to cheaper, offline storage

Supported Visualization Tools

Curator Analytics presents data in a number of standard formats which are compatible with a wide range of visualization tools. Tools we have validated include:

  • Qlik
  • Power BI
  • Microsoft Excel
  • RSS readers
  • Google Sheets & Google Data Studio

What’s available out of the box?

The following functionality is available to everyone straight out of the box.  Further data sources can be configured by a trained IPV partner as required.

  • Successful and failed job count by device. This instigates investigation into failed processes and instability. It also shows the overall job count by device, allowing administrators to determine whether they have sufficient capacity in their system.
  • Overall number of processes per day. This shows use of the system and peaks in demand, allowing finance directors to measure usage and the value Curator is bringing.
  • Overall number of processes per day. This shows use of the system and peaks in demand, allowing finance directors to measure usage and the value Curator is bringing.
  • Number of collections by type. This shows the genres of content which are being used most regularly and allows library managers determine which content is being used most frequently.
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