Increase your efficiency with the OpenAthens Reporting API

Forget about spending long hours delving into usage data and user activity to understand which resources are being used and how.

Our Reporting API add-on is a time-saving tool created with librarians at heart. It offers data granularity to suit your needs, helping you understand users, improve retention and manage your budget.

The Reporting API is an add-on to our library product, so you must be an OpenAthens Compass customer to benefit from it.

Contact your account manager to find out more

What is the Reporting API?

The Reporting API not only helps you automate report downloads, combine data with other institutional information, and visualize it effortlessly using external business intelligence tools like Tableau or Power BI. It also provides access to raw, unaggregated authentication and resource usage data, meaning more granular details, including specific times, locations, identifiers, activities, and other reportable attributes.

Time saving

Designed to make processes easier and save you time. You can automate reports, easily download data and even use external BI tools to visualize it.

Automated report downloads

Reduce manual effort and optimizing operational efficiency.

Customizable reports

Create reports and present your data-insights in your preferred BI software. Combine it with other data sources to better understand student engagement.

Enables in-depth analysis

Our Reporting API tool offers granular details on the reportable attributes and includes reporting data on Restrictive Mode turn-aways, providing better understanding about the resources users are trying to access without the right permissions and subscriptions.

User insights

Identify users, their IP address, and locations by non-personally identifiable information.

Identify misuse

Easily identify and address potential misuse.

Increase retention

Our Reporting API tool helps you make data-driven decisions and identify where to allocate your budget to increase user retention.

Enhanced reporting features

Our reporting API tool offers two levels of granularity:
Aggregated data: mirrors the data in the OpenAthens reporting interface (aggregated by hour, day, or month).

Raw data: unaggregated authentication and resource usage data.

It also integrates with business intelligence software such as Tableau or Power BI and is data is available in CSV file format.

How are our customers using the Reporting API?

Reporting API features help leading research library demonstrate value

For years, the J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) has used the OpenAthens Reporting API to unlock library usage statistics and inform planning decisions. Find out how enhancements to our Reporting API have helped them gather evidence of how engagement with library resources boosts student success.

Read our case study with UNC Charlotte

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Anglia Ruskin University sees increase in student retention with OpenAthens Reporting API

Check out our case study with Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and find out how the original Reporting API was helping ARU before the 2024 enhancements. We also have a webinar recording with ARU and Nescot College during which we discuss the importance of reporting and the key metrics you need to look out for, whether it is to identify bottlenecks, improve services or better allocate budgets.

Read our case study with ARU

The University of Hertfordshire utilizes OpenAthens’ Reporting API to manage return on investment of its chosen resources

What started as a simple tool for organizing data has since become very beneficial for the university. UH now have an effective overview of student and staff profile usage data and engagement, which allows them to see how their resources are being used.

Read our University of Hertfordshire case study

Discover how you can harness the potential of our Reporting API for informed decision-making and strategic planning

How to leverage OpenAthens Reporting API for strategic library planning

Learn how our API streamlines reporting processes freeing up your valuable time, and seamlessly integrates with popular BI tools like Tableau or Power BI. Gain deeper insights into collection usage and its correlation with student success through automated data retrieval. Explore how our tool facilitates evidence-based library impact assessments and enables data-driven budgeting.

Want to find out more?

Your account manager will be able to tell you more about our Reporting API add-on for OpenAthens Compass.

Contact your account manager