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Ad Hoc Query & Reporting Ad Hoc Query & Reporting

Project Overview

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Project GoalsProject Goals

Provides user community with robust “Ad-Hoc” Query & Reporting tool

Complements and enhances IMPACII DB

Pilot Implementation in Fall 2001

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Two ThreadsTwo Threads

Pre-Programmed Reports.

Provide OLTP users with the ability to manipulate data on existing reports.

Query and reporting for “Power-users”

Provide users ability to run queries and reports against OLTP & IRDB

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TechnologyTechnology

Business Intelligence– Transforming data into knowledge

Four leaders in the BI field – Hummingbird, COGNOS – Business Objects & ORACLE

Analytic Reporting– Decision Support Solution

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Decision SupportDecision Support

Drill down through increasing levels of detail

Analyze Data for trendsCongressional ReportingAbility to extract and report quickly

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ProceduresProcedures

Finished with Proof-of-ConceptWill begin 90 day Evaluation periodTech Support from companies Q & R Team will make

recommendation to Era Project on what tool to implement

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TeamTeam

Carol Martin (GA)

Krishna Collie (A)

Sherry Zucker

James Tucker

Andrew Greenleaf

Mark Parker

Natasha Globus

Vish Kalippian

Richard Somwaru

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Project ScheduleProject Schedule

Requirements, Evaluation & Implementation

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Sep Oct Nov Dec

Requirements AnalysisRequirements Analysis

Evaluation PeriodEvaluation Period

ImplementationImplementation

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Current StatusCurrent Status

On-Schedule to recommend and implement tool Fall 2001–Monthly Project meetings (July)– Setting up testing Areas– Final Review of Evaluation Criteria

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Manipulating Pre-Programmed Manipulating Pre-Programmed Reports in the NIH Data Reports in the NIH Data WarehouseWarehouse

Hummingbird

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From report menu, select reportFrom report menu, select report

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Respond to prompts

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From List of Values, select IC

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Wait while query runs

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Results displayed in pre-programmed report

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Report format can be manipulated by user -Left click in report area to change

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User can reorder columns

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User can change column header labels and font

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User can change borders appearance of data display

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Report specs can be saved

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To export data to Excel, select ‘Show Results’ from Report Menu

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Click in upper left cell to ‘Select All’

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From Edit menu, select ‘Copy’ (or use Ctrl ‘c’)

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Invoke Excel, then paste

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