Koha Community has prepared a mechanism to collect Koha usage statistics from installed systems with the permission of the library. This service name is called Hea (Maori term, the meaning is "what place?"). Hea will collect library name, country and number of records from installed Koha software. The statistics also display in Hea website. The usage statistics are very helpful for the developers and users community to know the worldwide Koha usage. Please check the country wise listing for Koha usage, https://hea.koha-community.org/libraries-by-country. Please participate in Koha usage statistics project and help the assist the developers to improve the Koha software.
Koha users should enable usage statistics feature. Please follow the steps;
Give ideal library name
Usage statistics service pick library name from Koha > Administration > Libraries and groups. Give the full name of the library. Many people give library name which does not reflect original name (e.g. Main Library).
Prepare Koha system preferences for usage statistics
Goto Koha > Administration > Global System Preferences > Administration > Share anonymous usage statistics.
See the following screenshot and set appropriate values there;
Add usage statistics entry into koha Cron
Cron is a utility which helps to do a particular task on a regular basis (e.g. take backup of Koha at 12 AM).
Open Koha cronjob file which contains other Koha Cron entries.
sudo leafpad /etc/cron.daily/koha-common
Add following line into the koha-common file along with other entries,
koha-foreach --enabled /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs/share_usage_with_koha_community.pl
Save and close the file.
The above-mentioned process will regularly send your Koha statistics to the Koha Hea website.
Send first Koha statistics report
Apply following commands and it will list your Koha details in Koha Hea website.
export PERL5LIB="/usr/share/koha/lib"
export KOHA_CONF="/etc/koha/sites/library/koha-conf.xml"
cd /usr/share/koha/bin/cronjobs
./share_usage_with_koha_community.pl