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HTML

Hypertext Markup Language. A file in this format may be viewed using a Web browser.

CVS

Semi-colon delimited format. This is a text format that uses semi-colons to separate fields. A file in this format may be imported into a spreadsheet application.

Importing a semicolon-delimited file into Microsoft® Excel:

  • Open the file in Microsoft Excel.
  • Select column A to highlight all of the rows.
  • On the Data menu, select the Text to Columns command.
  • Select Delimited as the original data type. Click Next.
  • Under Delimiters, select Semicolon. Click Next.
  • From the Text qualifier list box, select {none}. Click Next.
  • Select Date as the Column data format. (This selection should apply only to column A.)
  • Click Finish.

TVS

Tab-delimited format. This is a text format that uses tabs or tab characters to separate fields. A file in this format may be imported into a spreadsheet application.

Importing a tab-delimited file into Microsoft® Excel:

  1. Open the file in Microsoft Excel.
  2. Select column A to highlight all of the rows.
  3. On the Data menu, select the Text to Columns command.
  4. Select Delimited as the original data type. Click Next.
  5. Under Delimiters, select Tab. Click Next.
  6. From the Text qualifier list box, select {none}. Click Next.
  7. Select Date as the Column data format. (This selection should apply only to column A.)
  8. Click Finish.

XML (COUNTER)

XML format. The schema for the XML document is available at http://www.niso.org/schemas/sushi/counter3_0.xsd.

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COUNTER Report

XML (COUNTER DB1 format)

Database Report 1: Total Searches and Sessions by Month and Database

XML (COUNTER DB2 format)

Database Report 2: Turnaways by Month and Database

XLS (COUNTER)

A spreadsheet format that complies with the COUNTER Code of Practice for collection and reporting of usage data.

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COUNTER Report

XLS (COUNTER DB1 format)

Database Report 1: Total Searches and Sessions by Month and Database

XLS (COUNTER DB2 format)

Database Report 2: Turnaways by Month and Database

If you open the spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel, you will see that the dates are not in the exact format prescribed by COUNTER. For example, COUNTER prescribes that the date the report was run should be in this format: yyyy-mm-dd. In Excel, the date run is in this format: mm/dd/yyyy. Also, Excel displays the month and year at the top of each column as mm-yy and not mm-yyyy.

Note: Subsessions are renamed Sessions in COUNTER reports, and Queries are renamed Searches.


This help page last modified 08/31/2012