Post on 25-Feb-2016
description
Entrinsik® Informer™ 4.0Informer 101 and 201
for new and current Entrinsik Informer Users
March 2010
Course Offerings
• Entrinsik Informer 101
– for new users• Entrinsik Informer 201
– for current users• Entrinsik Informer 301
– for superusers
IT Geek terms
Database File Record Field
Informer terms
Database File Record Field
Data Source Mapping Filter Columns
Elon terms
Database File Record Field
Datatel Group Criteria Data
Data Source Mapping Filter Columns
English terms
Database File Record Field
Datatel Group Criteria Data
Data Source Mapping Filter Columns
Where from? InformationCategory
WhichData?
Report
Review of Datatel
Datatel is the Enterprise Resource Platform (ERP) for Elon University
• A large mass of highly structured data - contains all university business: registration, payments, courses, transcripts, paychecks, vacation, financial aid etc etc etc
Did you know?• We have about 1.6 million student registration records (every time a
student registered for a course).
Informer is like a …
Think of Datatel as the universe of millions of pieces of data. Informer is like a telescope that allows us to see and understand part of that universe..
Entrinsik® Informer™
• Organizes millions of pieces of data into very large groups that can be re-arranged and cross-referenced
• Provides reports for viewing on-screen, exporting to another application, or for printing
Datatel
On Track
Entrinsik Informer
Reports come from Data Sets
Informer Reports
Informer’s main purpose is to organizeand gather data fromDatatel for analysisand reporting
Informer Reports
Informer does NOTallow you to:• Enter data into Datatel• Change data in Datatel
Informer Reports
Which means you can’t break it.
New in Informer 4.0
• Folders are now called TAGS• Informer is more interactive and
intuitive– More click and drag– More drop-down menus– More elegant interface
• New tabs across the top• More real-time matching• New choice of HTML output• Easier choices for sharing• Easier to read data• You can delete your own report!
• You own your report – no one can change (they may revise a copy, but not your original)
• Faster (but ….. )• New feature: Analytics (like an
Excel pivot table)• Convenient new ways to look at
data• Creates simple bar and pie
charts
Web Access
Web URL for Entrinsik® Informer 4http://informer.elon.edu Informer™ Product Tourhttp://www.entrinsik.com/solutions/informer/tour.php
Resources
http://www.entrinsik.com/solutions/informer/tour.php
Resources
Example Webinars • Dean Community College
Franklin, MAhttp://www.entrinsik.com/solutions/informer/webinar.php?series=41
• Barry UniversityMiami Shores, FLhttp://www.entrinsik.com/solutions/informer/webinar.php?series=36
• Wiki – like discussion board –http://www.entrinsik.com/support/informer/40wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
YouTube Videos
• Entrinsik “Channel”http://www.youtube.com/user/EntrinsikInc
• Using Informer Report Dashboardhttp://www.youtube.com/user/EntrinsikInc#p/f/6/5zSvZGcHfTY
• Introduction to Informer 4 – Tagshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zSvZGcHfTY
• Analytics Panel
http://www.youtube.com/user/EntrinsikInc#p/f/8/s35MDO3wWEU