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Voyager Analyzer

Voyager Analyzer. Leveraging Sustainable Staff Engagement Michael Frisbie ~ mfrisbie@jccc.edu Library Specialist Johnson County Community College. Session Contents Analyzer Basics Creating Reports Making It Work. Analyzer is Cognos 8 Presentation Layer Query Studio Report Studio.

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Voyager Analyzer

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  1. Voyager Analyzer Leveraging Sustainable Staff Engagement Michael Frisbie ~ mfrisbie@jccc.edu Library Specialist Johnson County Community College

  2. Session Contents • Analyzer Basics • Creating Reports • Making It Work

  3. Analyzer is Cognos 8 • Presentation Layer • Query Studio • Report Studio

  4. A web-based reporting tool; Internet Explorer works best, mostly.

  5. Public Folders: Presentation Layer

  6. MS Access Reports function

  7. Same report in design view

  8. Public Folders >Voyager – Cataloging

  9. Prompts for a status

  10. Output looks like this: Does it fit our needs?

  11. You still have to understand the database • Relational database • Data is entered only once • Data is stored in independent tables • Joined, i.e. related, together

  12. Two tables joined together

  13. A complicated query

  14. My base query

  15. Creating reports in Report Studio

  16. Creating reports in Report Studio: Missing Item Report

  17. Creating reports in Report Studio

  18. Creating reports in Report Studio

  19. We need a query

  20. We need a query

  21. We need a presentation page

  22. Filtering Data

  23. I only want Circulating Books

  24. And items set to missing

  25. Filters are completely different

  26. A fancy filter to find items missing for more than a year.

  27. A test run

  28. Make display changes in Properties

  29. Fix the sorting

  30. Now I like it

  31. Adding a Prompt Page

  32. Inserting an object

  33. Objects with parameter

  34. Parameter and its filter

  35. When the report is run

  36. Bridging the Presentation Layer Divide with SQL

  37. Converting MS Access SQL to Analyzer; copy and paste • SQL changes to make • Delete semicolon • Change double quotes to single quotes • Remove prompts • Remove sorting SELECT FISCAL_PERIOD.FISCAL_PERIOD_NAME, LEDGER.LEDGER_NAME, FUND.FUND_CODE, BIB_TEXT.TITLE_BRIEF, INVOICE_LINE_ITEM.UNIT_PRICE, INVOICE_LINE_ITEM.LINE_PRICE, INVOICE_LINE_ITEM.QUANTITY, MFHD_MASTER.DISPLAY_CALL_NO FROM INVOICE_FUNDS, ((((((BIB_TEXT INNER JOIN ((INVOICE INNER JOIN INVOICE_LINE_ITEM ON INVOICE.INVOICE_ID = INVOICE_LINE_ITEM.INVOICE_ID) INNER JOIN LINE_ITEM ON INVOICE_LINE_ITEM.LINE_ITEM_ID = LINE_ITEM.LINE_ITEM_ID) ON BIB_TEXT.BIB_ID = LINE_ITEM.BIB_ID) INNER JOIN INVOICE_LINE_ITEM_FUNDS ON INVOICE_LINE_ITEM.INV_LINE_ITEM_ID = INVOICE_LINE_ITEM_FUNDS.INV_LINE_ITEM_ID) INNER JOIN LEDGER ON INVOICE_LINE_ITEM_FUNDS.LEDGER_ID = LEDGER.LEDGER_ID) INNER JOIN FUND ON INVOICE_LINE_ITEM_FUNDS.FUND_ID = FUND.FUND_ID) INNER JOIN FISCAL_PERIOD ON LEDGER.FISCAL_YEAR_ID = FISCAL_PERIOD.FISCAL_PERIOD_ID) INNER JOIN BIB_MFHD ON BIB_TEXT.BIB_ID = BIB_MFHD.BIB_ID) INNER JOIN MFHD_MASTER ON BIB_MFHD.MFHD_ID = MFHD_MASTER.MFHD_ID

  38. In Report Studio with the Database Schema package

  39. Paste in the SQL and Validate it

  40. The query is ready for filters, prompts, sorting, etc...

  41. BLOB in brief: Functions > Cataloging Model > MARC

  42. BLOB in brief; Apply filters, sorting, etc…

  43. Apply the same filters, sorting, etc…

  44. Making it easier for users

  45. My Folders

  46. Making it easier for users: Tools > My Preferences

  47. Scheduling jobs

  48. Scheduling jobs: Tools > Schedule Management

  49. Scheduling jobs

  50. E-mail as an attachment

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