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