Getting Started :

Overview:
The report writer that ships with the DataSmart enterprise platforms, the CASPER Agency Management, and the BestCase Case Management toolsets is designed to rely upon and closely integrate with the functions and use of Microsoft Excel. This design choice opens a wide range of possibilities for the use of your centralized data libraries and optimizes the processes employed within the enterprise.

Far beyond the scope of conventional report writers, Excellerator employs Excel workbooks as information packages that can be used as distributed data modules throughout an enterprise. Software functions that reside within a conventional user interface can be detached and reposed in a spreadsheet. That spreadsheet can then be easily moved to a handheld device, a laptop, or even printed as a paper form which mirrors conventional “paper-based” systems. The paper form can be re-entered into the workbook and “checked” in to the system and the originating function. Progress notes, for example, could be created on the system as a blank form, “checked-out” as a spreadsheet, moved to a laptop, pda, or emailed for completion. Completed spreadsheets can then at anytime be “checked in” which allow admission of information to the system in the same manner as if it were entered directly through the user interface. This process allows an enterprise tremendous flexibility in the manner in which information flow is tracked and promoted. Even hardware or communications limitations can be addressed through the flexibility that Excellerator offers as the bridge between your operations and your data.

As a report designer, Excellerator provides unprecedented flexibility in the creation and use of reports. Reports become interactive and easily available for detailed analysis as formula and additional workbook sheets can be added directly to a compiled report. The density of detail that can be included in an Excellerator report also exceeds that of traditional reporting methods. Outlining, hidden cells, explanatory notes, and all the functions of Excel can be included in your reports including graphics and charts.