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Digital Archive Reports

Reports list

View reports from the Digital Archive Administration Module

  Action
1 Type the Administration Module URL in your browser's address bar:

http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/admin/

The Administration Module Logon screen appears.
2 Type your authorization and password. Click Logon.

Click the Reports tab.

For information on using the Administration Module, see the Administration Module guide on the Digital Archive documentation page:
http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/digitalarchive/.

View reports from Connexion

  Action
1 Display a digital archive record whose report you want to view.
2 On the actions list, click View DA Reports.

The Reports List screen appears.

Information available on reports list screen

Information Description
Audit log Records all changes to the digital archive record and all activities related to the content object.
Dissemination report Records information about the dissemination process and about each file disseminated.
Harvest report Records information about the harvest process and about each file harvested.
Ingest report Records information about the ingest process and about each file ingested.

About reports and audit logs

Each Digital Archive record has a single audit log that records all changes to the record.

View audit log

Action
Click View Audit Log.

The Audit Log screen appears.

View reports

Action
View report. Click a report to view it.

View detail on individual files listed in report. Click the + button in front of the filename (or the filename itself).

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Harvest report

Summary

Report element Description
Date/time Date and time harvest occurred.
Depth For Current Path, depth is the number of directory levels below the entry point. For All Links, depth is the number of links away from the entry point.
Fixity algorithm The algorithm used to establish fixity.
Initial URL The URL from which files were harvested.
Institution The institution that performed the harvest.
Method Current Path. Harvests only content in subdirectories below the root directory of the site.
All Links.
Harvests all linked content in the domain, regardless of subdirectory.
Total files Total number of files harvested.
Total volume Total volume (size) of harvested files in bytes.
Virus check software The software used to check for viruses.

Detail

To view the report elements below, click the filename (or the + in front of it).

Report element Description
File name Name of file.
File size Size of the file in bytes.
Fixity check date and time Date and time of most recent fixity check.
Fixity check status Result of fixity check. "Success" means the file is stable and has not changed.
Mime type Format of the file.
Virus check date and time Date and time of most recent virus check.
Virus check status Result of virus check. "Success" means no virus was found.

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Ingest report

About

Ingest reports provide the status of each object ingested. Ingest reports are also called object reports.

Summary

Report element Description
Archived object ID The number that identifies the object in the digital archive.
Authorization group The group containing the authorizations allowed to access the object.
Content group The group(s) containing the object.
Copyright statement The name and text of the copyright statement assigned to the object.
DA record number The number that identifies the digital archive record.
Ingest date/time Date and time ingest occurred.
Ingest method One of two OCLC services used to ingest content objects into the digital archive:
  • Batchload
  • Connexion
Institution The OCLC symbol of the institution
Process status The current status of the record.
Report date/time Date and time report was generated.
Service level Bit Preservation. Object is stored in the OCLC Digital Archive.
Local. Object is to be disseminated from the OCLC Digital Archive for storage in a local archive.

Detail

To view the report elements below, click the filename (or the + in front of it).

Report element Description
File name Name of file.
File size Size of the file in bytes.
Fixity check date and time Date and time of most recent fixity check.
Fixity check status Result of fixity check. "Success" means the file is stable and has not changed.
Mime type Format of the file.
Virus check date and time Date and time of most recent virus check.
Virus check status Result of virus check. "Success" means no virus was found.

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Disseminate report

Summary

Report element Description
Content Description, Version Version of disseminated object.
Note: Only present if user typed this element in the record)
DA record number Digital archive record identifier.
Logical object size Size of disseminated object.
Number of files Number of files disseminated.
Object type Type of disseminated object.
Report generation time Date and time report generated.
Title Title of record whose object you disseminated.

Detail

To view the report elements below, click the filename (or the + in front of it).

Report element Description
File id Digital Archive file identification number.
File locator Digital Archive file location.
File size Size of the file in bytes.
Mime type Format of the file.

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Audit log

Information available on audit log screen

Information Description
Event date/time Date and time of the event.
Event type The event that occurred.
Result The success, failure, or completion of the event.
Autho The authorization that executed the event. System events are logged as OCLC.
Details Further information on the event, if available. For some events (harvest, ingest) Details links to a report about the event.

Event types

Event types
Annotation verification
Capture/harvest
Capture/harvest/delete
DA record update
Delete
Dissemination
Fixity check
Image Annotation
Ingest
Marked for delete
Object verification
Unmarked for delete
User forced delete
Virus check

Fixity check, object verification, and virus check

Fixity check, object verification, and virus check are three quality assurance reviews that occur the day after an object is ingested. Together the three events ensure the object is intact and has the appropriate metadata. The reviews also occur quarterly on the anniversary of the object's ingest into the Digital Archive.

Mark and unmark for delete

Mark and unmark for delete result in two entries in the audit log.

Action First entry Second entry
Mark for delete DA Record updated Marked for delete
Unmark for delete DA Record updated Unmarked for delete

Exit audit log

Action
Click Close.

The browser window closes.

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View batch ingest reports

About

Use the Digital Archive Administration Module to manage your content objects (organize them in content groups, set access, view reports, etc.).

Log on

  Action
1 Type the Administration Module URL in your browser's address bar:

http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/admin/

The Administration Module Logon screen appears.
2 Type your authorization and password. Click Logon.

Click the Reports tab.

Using the administration module

For information on using the Administration Module, see the Administration Module guide on the Digital Preservation documentation page:
http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/digitalarchive/.

Reports

The batch ingest process generates three reports.

Report Describes
Batch The overall status of the batch.
SIP The overall status of each SIP in the batch.
Object The status of each object in the SIP.

View batch ingest reports

  Action
1 Log on to the Digital Archive Administration Module.
2 Click the Reports tab.
3 Click Batch Report. The Ingest Batch Reports screen appears.
4 Click the batch number you want to view. The Batch Report screen appears.
5 Click the batchload XML file.

The report appears.

View SIP reports

  Action
1 Log on to the Digital Archive Administration Module.
2 Click the Reports tab.
3 Click Batch Report. The Ingest Batch Reports screen appears.
4 Click the batch number you want to view. The Batch Report screen appears.
5 Click the SIP XML file.

The report appears.

View object reports

  Action
1 Log on to the Digital Archive Administration Module.
2 Click Object Report. The Object Report screen appears.
3 Click the ingest date of the object. The Report Date screen appears.
4 Click the Ingest XML file.

The report appears.

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Batch ingest report

Summary

Report element Description
Batchload date/time Date and time batch was created.
Batchload status Success or failure.
Batch submitter OCLC symbol of institution submitting the content for batch ingest.
Content owner/custodian OCLC symbol of institution owning or administering the ingested content.
Number of objects processed Number of objects in SIP that were processed.
Number of SIPs submitted Number of SIPs in batch.
Number of valid objects Number of valid objects in batch. (If batch is successful, will match the number of processed objects.)
Number of valid SIPs Number of valid SIPs in batch.
Report date/time Date and time report was created.

SIP details

To view the report elements below, click the filename (or the + in front of it).

Report element Description
Number of objects Number of content objects in SIP.
SIP name Name of SIP.
Status Success.

If the batch fails, each SIP in it has a status of either valid or invalid. An invalid SIP causes the batch to fail.
Tracking identifier User-assigned number identifying each piece of media in the SIP.

Error details

Error report elements only appear if there is an error in the batch. To view the report elements below, click the filename (or the + in front of it).

Report element Description
Batch contains unexpected data Data other than SIP(s) and content objects submitted.
Contains no files Either SIP files or content objects were not submitted.
Contains too many files Either too many SIP files or content objects submitted.
File type not supported Content object is not a supported file type.
Invalid format for batch Incorrect data format on media (CD, tape).
SIP content manifest mismatch At least one mismatch between manifest and content objects.
SIP manifest missing SIP did not include manifest and filenames were not included in DA record file.

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SIP report

Summary

Report element Description
Batchload number System-assigned number identifying the batch.
Content owner/custodian OCLC symbol of institution owning or administering the ingested content.
Number of objects Number of objects listed in SIP.
Report date/time Date and time report was created.
Status Success (if batch is successful).

If the batch fails, each SIP in it has a status of either valid or invalid. An invalid SIP causes the batch to fail.

Tracking identifier

To view the report elements below, click the filename (or the + in front of it).

Report element Description
Tracking identifier User-assigned number identifying media in the SIP.

Object details

To view the report elements below, click the filename (or the + in front of it).

Report element Description
Link to ingest report Click link to view ingest report.
Name Name of SIP.
Number of files Number of files making up the object.
Object path The path of the object (on the computer it was stored on).
Status Ingested successfully.

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Object report

Summary

Report element Description
Archived object ID The number that identifies the object in the digital archive.
Authorization group The group containing the authorizations allowed to access the object.
Content group The group(s) containing the object.
Copyright statement The name and text of the copyright statement assigned to the object.
DA record number The number that identifies the digital archive record.
Ingest date/time Date and time ingest occurred.
Ingest method One of two OCLC services used to ingest content objects into the digital archive:
  • Batchload
  • Connexion
Institution symbol The OCLC symbol of the institution.
Process status The current status of the record.
Report date/time Date and time report was generated.
Service level Bit Preservation. Object is stored in the OCLC Digital Archive.
Local. Object is to be disseminated from the OCLC Digital Archive for storage in a local archive.

Detail

To view the report elements below, click the filename (or the + in front of it).

Report element Description
File name Name of file.
File size Size of the file.
Fixity check date and time Date and time of most recent fixity check.
Fixity check status Result of fixity check. "Success" means the file is stable and has not changed.
Mime type Format of the file.
Virus check date and time Date and time of most recent virus check.
Virus check status Result of virus check. "Success" means no virus was found.

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