InformerWeb Reporting

Jakim Friant2008-07-21

The Appeal to CFCC

User-driven Web page interface Ad-hoc reports Scheduled reports

User-Developed Reports

Schedule for the print shop

Exported to MS Excel Written completely by

Instructional Operations

IT only helped with Computed Columns

Case in Point:

Selection Criteria

Sample Report

Canceled Class Report

Scheduled Reports

Each user can schedule one or more reports to be sent by email

Business Office runs budget reports weekly

Student Development runs enrollment reports during registration

Security Through Roles

Roles control user access to data

CFCC groups users by department (with a few more specific roles)

Users automatically created with a restricted account

Sample Role File Assignments

Admissions Role ACAD.LEVELS (all properties) COURSE.SEC.FACULTY (all properties) COURSE.SEC.MEETING (all properties) COURSE.SECTIONS (all properties) COURSES (all properties) DEPTS (all properties) FACULTY (all properties) REG.BILLING.RATES (all properties) ROOMS (all properties) Students (all properties) XNC.COURSE.SEC.FAC (all properties)

Generating Meta Files

Required to Generate Filename Field Types

Data Fields (D-, A-, and S-descriptors) Virtual Fields (I- and V-descriptors)

Create Links Later File Links Valcode Tables

Linking Files

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Questions?