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title: How to Access and Interpret Your Usage Dashboard
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July 31, 2026

# How to Access and Interpret Your Usage Dashboard

## Access and view usage reports as an administrator

**Video demonstration**

Watch the video below for a quick demonstration of how to access and view your usage reports. 

 

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If you are an administrator for your institution, follow the steps below to access usage reports for **COUNTER5 reporting** and **Informit Insights**: 

**Accessing Usage Reports**

**Step 1** 

Navigate to [search.informit.org](http://search.informit.org/) and select **Log in | Register** in the top right corner of the screen. 

**Step 2** 

Select **Individual Login | Register** and sign in to your individual account. 

![Login-1](https://support.informit.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Login-1.png?width=483&name=Login-1.png)

**Step 3** 

Once signed in, select **your username** from the top right corner and choose **My Account**.  

![My account](https://support.informit.org/hs-fs/hubfs/My%20account.png?width=670&name=My%20account.png)

**Step 4** 

From the left menu, select **Usage Reports**.

The **Usage Reports** page provides access to all reporting options available to your organisation.

![Usage reports](https://support.informit.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Usage%20reports.png?width=670&name=Usage%20reports.png)

**Note:** Usage reports prior to 19 January 2021 are not available on the current platform.  These reports can be provided on request by contacting the [Customer Success team](mailto:support.informit@rmit.edu.au). 

**Accessing COUNTER5 reports**

To acces **COUNTER5** reports, select the option to **Go to Atypon Insights.** 

![Atypon Insights](https://support.informit.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Atypon%20Insights.png?width=670&name=Atypon%20Insights.png)

Choose a **reporting period**, including:

- Last available month
- This year
- Last year
- Custom date range

![COUNTER5 date range](https://support.informit.org/hs-fs/hubfs/COUNTER5%20date%20range.png?width=670&name=COUNTER5%20date%20range.png)

Choose the **type of report** you would like to generate, such as a Platform Master Report. 

![COUNTER5 report type](https://support.informit.org/hs-fs/hubfs/COUNTER5%20report%20type.png?width=670&name=COUNTER5%20report%20type.png)

Choose whether to:

- **Generate** the report and have it downloaded directly to your device, or
- **Email** the report to a nominated email address

![Generate COUNTER5 report](https://support.informit.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Generate%20COUNTER5%20report.png?width=337&name=Generate%20COUNTER5%20report.png)

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**Accessing Informit Insights** 

To access the Insights dashboard, select the option to **Go to Insights**. 

![Informit Insights](https://support.informit.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Informit%20Insights.png?width=670&name=Informit%20Insights.png)

The dashboard will open and display available usage and engagement metrics for your institution. 

💡For detailed information about using Informit Insights, refer to the the [Insights User Guide](https://search.informit.org/pb-assets/docs/Informit_Insights_User_Guide.pdf).  

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