About FAR Integrations
This chart is a quick reference for understanding the different ways data can be pushed into or pulled out of Faculty Activity Reporting (FAR, Faculty180).
FAR Integrations
Data Content |
Available Medium(s) |
Agent(s) of Use |
Process/Automated? |
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Unit Hierarchy |
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Product UI
API
Bulk Upload UI
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Users |
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Product UI
API
Bulk Upload UI
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Activity Data |
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Product UI
Bulk Import
Bulk Upload
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Courses (Course Prefixes.Courses Taught, Course Attachments) |
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Product UI
API
Bulk Upload UI
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User Permissions |
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Product UI
API
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Faculty Classifications |
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Product UI
Bulk Upload UI
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Support Accounts |
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Product UI
Bulk Upload UI
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Committees |
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Product UI
Bulk Upload UI
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Current Positions |
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Product UI
Bulk Upload UI
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Scholarly Outlet Metrics |
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Product UI
Bulk Upload UI
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Scholarly Outlets |
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Product UI
Bulk Upload UI
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Secondary Unit Assignments |
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Product UI
Bulk Upload UI
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FAR Integration Sources
Integration Source |
What does it do? |
How is it enabled? |
How is it used? Only internal Interfolio personnel can access/enable these settings for the data base |
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RIS/BibTeX | RIS & BibTeX are file formats .ris and .bib (respectively) that are used to upload many types of scholarly activities (books, journals, presentations etc.) More mapping info/customizations can be found in our easter egg that will open when double clicking the Interfolio icon in the Administration tab, and navigate to “Scholarly Activity Types." |
Automatically enabled unless DISABLE_SCHOLARLY_IMPORTS is set to 0 in the administrative easter egg. |
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Google Scholar |
Google Scholar is a scholarly works indexing systems and one of the most heavily used systems for initial searches for scholarly work. It links the returned search results to the full text article Faculty can build profiles in Google Scholar that allow them to see not only a collection of the works that Google thinks belong to them but also some common calculated bibliometrics This is one of the most commonly requested integrations for scholarly work but Google's licensing explicitly forbids any bulk download or scraping of scholarly work off of their site. |
It is only possible to import from Google Scholar using BibTeX file transfer by a individual faculty member, so BibTeX file transfer has to be enabled. |
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Web of Science - WoS |
Usually journal publications are imported from WoS. Web of Science is 'interdisciplinary' and includes journals from most subject areas Data about each article includes authors, title, journal and year published. It can also include Volume, Number and Pages Our vitas can show the number of times a record has been cited within WoS products. More mapping information/customization can be found in our easter egg, double click the Interfolio icon in admin tab (bottom left of the navigation bar), and navigate to "Scholarly Activity Types." |
The remaining WoS options are the databases that offer different kinds of indices. Enable the ones most relevant to the institution. |
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Medline / PubMed |
Journal publications are normally imported from Medline Medline focuses on clinical and biomedical literature Data about each article includes authors, title, journal and year published. It can also include Volume, Number and Pages. More mapping information/customization can be found in our easter egg, double click the Interfolio icon in admin tab (bottom left of the navigation bar), and navigate to "Scholarly Activity Types." |
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ORCID |
FAR users can use ORCID to import/export many different activities and other information ORCID is used by many to reliably link their name to journal publications etc. Data about each section is handled by a mapping document the CSM sends to the client. More mapping information/customization can be found in our easter egg, double click the interfolio icon in admin tab (bottom left of the navigation bar), and navigate to "Scholarly Activity Types." |
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ARXIV |
Mostly includes scientific papers/Journal publications, astronomy, mathematics, computer science, biology, statistics Data about each article includes authors, title, journal and year published. It can also include Volume, Number and Pages. |
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INSPIRE |
Includes scientific papers/Journal publications Data about each article includes authors, title, journal and year published. It can also include Volume, Number and Pages. |
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Miscellaneous - API, CCV |
Other integrations that might be confusing DISABLE_SCHOLARLY_IMPORTS - If set to 1, it will disable all sources of import FAR API needs to be turned on in "Modules" easter egg, API can be accessed with Guest Access or API token F180_ENABLE_CCV - Set CCV options to "1" to use CCV.... Set INTEGRATION_CCV_API to "1" to use the API for import/export |
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