Entrinsik® Informer™ 4.0 Informer 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 Data Source Mapping Filter Columns Datatel Group Criteria Data English terms Database File Record Field Data Source Mapping Filter Columns Datatel Group Criteria Data Where from? Information Category Which Data? 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 organize and gather data from Datatel for analysis and reporting Informer Reports Informer does NOT allow 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 4 http://informer.elon.edu Informer™ Product Tour http://www.entrinsik.com/solutions/informer/tour.php Resources http://www.entrinsik.com/solutions/informer/tour.php Resources Example Webinars • • • Dean Community College Franklin, MA http://www.entrinsik.com/solutions/inform er/webinar.php?series=41 Barry University Miami Shores, FL http://www.entrinsik.com/solutions/inform er/webinar.php?series=36 Wiki – like discussion board –http://www.entrinsik.com/support/inform er/40wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page YouTube Videos • Entrinsik “Channel” http://www.youtube.com/user/EntrinsikInc • Using Informer Report Dashboard http://www.youtube.com/user/EntrinsikInc#p/f/6 /5zSvZGcHfTY • Introduction to Informer 4 – Tags http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zSvZGcHfT Y • Analytics Panel http://www.youtube.com/user/EntrinsikInc#p/f/8 /s35MDO3wWEU