Advanced Informer Features PRESENTER: Robin Lamb| Associate Director Customer Service| Entrinsik, Inc.| April 27, 2017
Agenda Code Files User Fields Aggregate columns Date Keywords Schedules PDF Templates
Code Files Code files can be used in multiple different ways Create checkbox lists for selection criteria Create new tables that are not in database to use in queries or report results Translate codes to Text Example: M or F to display Male or Female
Add Code File
Check Box on Criteria Screen
New Table Based on Database Field When you add field to report, only the description displays
User Fields What are they and how are they used? Row level security based on user login Set up manually by user in Informer or create plugin based on database field Examples: User attached to Department in database. Run the query based on Department field, it return only the rows of data of the department that the user is attached to
Create User Field
Attach the value of the field that the user is allowed to see and then create a condition on the report that references that user field. When they log in they will not see the condition. When they run the report, it will only return the rows that have that value in that field.
Aggregate Columns What are aggregate columns? Aggregates are based on the other columns in report (group by each column in output) Max/min value – could be earliest or latest date Count of values Total or average of value
The aggregate amounts are grouped by the columns that are added to the report.
Date Runtime Keywords Use runtime keywords to automate business processes MTD reports using MONTH_BEGIN to TODAY Create reports with data from this year and the same time last year Daily, Weekly, or Monthly reports without having to set specific dates
Schedules to Automate Processes Daily, monthly, weekly or yearly reports Error reports Use schedule to separate data based on criteria – multiple schedules per report Archive data to use in dashboards to create trend charts Export to a mapped drive or create a saved list for U2 customers
Monthly, Daily, Weekly, etc…
Error Reports By setting the schedule up to only return records when there is more than 1 record, it will indicate when there are changes.
Multiple Schedules
Burst Email If you have an email address that is a column in a report and would like the data to separate based on this email address, you can use the burst feature and it will automatically send the row of data that correspond with the email addresses listed in the report.
Archive Data
Use Archived Data to create sets of data to use in trend charts in Dashboards
PDF Templates Use to customize output Upload a watermark for template Upload images for template (logos, pictures, etc) Create documents to use in schedule or burst feature
Thank you! Any questions?