Staff and Workstation Reports

You can generate reports that show the workstations and staff members registered in Polaris and the library organizations to which they are associated, and the transactions logged for these staff members and workstations.

Polaris Tool Bar Reports

The following reports identify staff members and workstations registered in Polaris. To access these reports, select Utilities, Reports and Notices from the Polaris Shortcut bar, and select System in the Polaris Reports dialog box. For more information, see Using Polaris Standard Reports.

• Affiliated Branches of Staff Members
• Hierarchy of Libraries, Branches & Workstations

Staff Client Log-On and Log-Off Transactions

Polaris includes transaction logging for staff client log-on and log-off transactions. You can track currently logged-on users when performing upgrades, and generate reports of historical usage of the software by user and/or workstation to assess staff client use. For more information about reporting from the Transactions database, see Polaris Transactions Database.

The Polaris Workstations table records whether a workstation is logged on to the Polaris staff client, and includes the server date and time of the log-on. The following transactions are posted in the Transactions database and available for reporting:

Log-On (status = 1)

• Transaction TypeID = TR_SYS_LOGON (7200)
• OrganizationID - User’s log-on branch
• Workstation ID
• User ID
• Transaction Client Date/Time
• Transaction SubtypeID = SUBSYSTEM_TYPE (235)
• Transaction SubtypeCode = Staff Client (33)

Log-Off (status = 0)

• Transaction TypeID = TR_SYS_LOGOFF (7201)
• OrganizationID - User’s log-on branch
• Workstation ID
• User ID
• Transaction Client Date/Time
• Transaction SubtypeID = SUBSYSTEM_TYPE (235)
• Transaction SubtypeCode = Staff Client (33)

Log-off transactions include any way in which the user exits from the client, including but not limited to:

• Shortcut Bar - Click X
• Shortcut Bar - Select File, Exit
• Shortcut Bar - Select File, Logoff
• Shortcut Bar - Press ALT+F4
• Workform- Select File, Exit