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PowerPlay Cube Archiving Policy

 

This document outlines the TUG libraries’ policy and procedures for archiving Cognos PowerPlay cubes.

Policy

 

PowerPlay cubes will be archived on the schedule attached in Table A. Cubes are built each weekend and for most cubes the archiving is done on the first Monday of the months listed for the cube in Table A. The transactions-reserves cube is built according to the schedule listed in Table A and archived the following day.

 

Based on the dates in Table A, cubes built in the current and previous fiscal year will be maintained on the TUG Cognos Web server in the “TUG Archived Cubes” newsbox and also on the tug_repts server in the /disk4/tug/tug_repts/Cognos/Powerplay/Archived_cubes directory.

 

At the beginning of each fiscal year the cubes built in the previous fiscal year will be burned to CD-rom.

 

Each TUG Library will receive 3 copies of the CD-rom(s) to distribute as required. Additional copies will be the responsibility of each library.

 

Procedure

 

On or about May 1 of each year the UG Library systems staff will create a CD-rom set containing the PowerPlay cubes from the previous fiscal year found in the tug_repts server directory /disk4/tug/tug_repts/Cognos/Powerplay/Archived_cubes.

 

The original CD-rom set will be sent to UW Library systems to be duplicated.

 

9 copies (7 copies on DVD and 2 copies on CD) of the set will be created (total of 10 sets including the original).

 

3 copies of the set will be sent to each TUG Library systems department for distribution. The original set of CD's will be maintained in UG Systems. WLU and UG each get 3 DVD copies and UW gets 2 CD and 1 DVD copy.

 

Table A

Cube Name

Archive Dates and Reason

Acquisitions.mdc

May (1st Monday) (end of fiscal year)

September (1st Monday) (end of summer term)

January (1st Monday) (end of winter term)

Carlarl.mdc

May 1st Monday (End of fiscal year)

Cataloguing.mdc

May 1st Monday (End of fiscal year)

November (1st Monday) (costsharing)

March (1st Monday) (costsharing)

Catstats.mdc (uw cube)

July (1st Monday) (after data for previous year entered)

Circstats.mdc (uw cube)

July (1st Monday) (after data for previous year entered)

Cisti.mdc (uw cube)

July (1st Monday) (after data for previous year entered)

Fine_fee.mdc

May (1st Monday) (end of fiscal year)

September (1st Monday) (end of summer term)

January (1st Monday) (end of winter term)

Insurance.mdc

May (1st Monday) (end of fiscal year)

Patrons.mdc

May (1st Monday) (end of fiscal year)

September (1st Monday) (end of summer term)

January (1st Monday) (end of winter term)

Refstats.mdc (uw cube)

July (1st Monday) (after data for previous year entered)

Requests.mdc

May (1st Monday) (End of fiscal year and winter term)

September (1st Monday) (End of summer term)

November (1st Monday) (costsharing)

January (1st Monday) (End of fall term)

March (1st Monday) (costsharing)

Selectors.mdc

May (1st Monday) (end of fiscal year)

September (1st Monday) (end of summer term)

January (1st Monday) (end of winter term)

Transactions.mdc

May (1st Monday) (end of fiscal year)

September (1st Monday) (end of summer term)

November (1st Monday) (costsharing)

January (1st Monday) (end of winter term)

March (1st Monday) (costsharing)

Transactions+items.mdc

May (1st Monday) (end of fiscal year)

September (1st Monday) (end of summer term)

January (1st Monday) (end of winter term)

Transactions-reserves.mdc

The cube is built on the dates listed below and archived the following day;

April 10 (end of winter term UW)

April 15 (end of winter term UG)

Last Friday in April (end of winter term WLU)

August 5 (end of spring term UW)

August 15 (end of spring term UG)

Last Friday in August (end of spring term WLU)

December - first day of exams* (end of fall term UW)

December 15 (end of fall term (UG)

December 24 (end of fall term WLU)

Xxxxxxx_serials.mdc (various current serial cubes)

May (1st Monday) (end of fiscal year)

January (1st Monday) (after most serial payments)

 

 * UW Reserves staff will notify Gail Sperling of the December date when the yearly course calendar is published.