New Cancer Waiting Times Information Day

IT Update

IT for New Cancer Waiting Times

• Data in• Information out

• Looking to the future

Data In

• Submit the monthly file using SWIFT DVL• Validation• 3 types of errors

– File– Field– Rules

Outcome of File Submission

• Successful run– Message sent to email account

• Failed run– Messages via email– Resubmission

Information Out

• Secondary validation – looking for duplicates– Extract into Excel– Use a filter within BO directly on data

• Report Production

Report Production

• Monthly reports– Produced using SPSS/Excel– Distributed via email

• Move to using Business Objects– In test at present– Parallel running

Looking to the Future

• Upgrading the validation tools– Making SWIFT DVL more flexible– Improving the error messages

Looking to the Future - 2

• Providing access directly to your own data via BusinessObjects– Running standard reports– Ad hoc queries

• Publications produced using Business Objects