Entrinsik Informer Reviews

We package Informer in our hosted software solution for our clients. We started with Informer to address web-based reporting needs for our back office Universe database. Specifically, Informer Universe reporting addressed client needs for scheduling and distribution of reporting content. The evolution of Informer to include SQL databases has expanded our scope of reporting content to other Paciolan products/databases. The SQL database access and Dashboard features of Informer also will help us address content delivery from a data warehouse database.

Entrinsik allows our employees to easily create custom reports queried directly from our main databases without needing to wait on MIS. It has a fairly intuitive interface that has drag and drop functionality, allowing them to either a) get the information they need in a timely manner, or b) get enough information down to allow MIS to intervene and turn their thought process and request into a functional report. It's ability to read SQL written reports has allowed us to created custom reports driven by SQL stored procedures, integrate SQL-written functions that reside solely for use within Informer, and link tables via functions.

Overall, the product offers excellent results and is a fantastic value for the price.

I'm not real sure how we ever managed data before Informer. Every department uses it now. I am so happy to see people use it. I want to bring it all the way down to the instructors level so that can use it in the classroom to pull data on students. It's a slow process but we are getting there. I use it in my department to manage my budget. We love it.

Our organization uses Informer to help with reporting needs. It is very user-friendly, and makes it much easier for end users to access data. We can set up file structures in Informer that are more simplified than our actual database setup, and people can report from there without detailed knowledge of the original data structure. Additionally, we can have a specialized report writer, and then end users can run the reports that were created. We love the option of scheduling reports to run automatically, which are then delivered to the inboxes of the interested parties.

We use Entrinsik Informer across our entire organization. From Business office to Student services to Faculty. Informer allows us to get insight into our data and helps us understand the data.

We use this to report data from Ellucian Colleague. It is available across the organization although there are two departments that are the main users. It addresses many data access concerns that could not be accomplished without Informer or some other reporting tool. The satisfaction with the product was 100% until the latest version which has a bug that slows things down somewhat. I understand that a bug fix is in the works and due out very soon. Maybe we can get back to the feeling of 100% satisfaction after that patch is installed.

WE both use and sell Informer. Internally we use it across all departments to support our business report. For our customers we integrate our software solution fully into Informer to provide a seamless reporting tool.
Dashboarding facilities are very easy to use and intuitive for what can be a very complicated area of reporting. Compared to some other BI tools out there, our users have found Informer really easy to use to put information clearly and visually

Hampshire College purchased Entrinsik's Informer in 2010 to address the campus-wide need for operational (daily) reporting, ad-hoc requests as well as use in our datamarts for a quick view on analytic data. Informer helped Hampshire's IT department transition from "we'll write that for you" to "we'll show you how to write that report".

While working at Holy Family University in Philadelphia I used Informer everyday. Having the ability to have all of my necessary reports available with one click ensured processing of information in a timely manner for myself or for those requesting it. As a valuable tool, Informer enhanced my job experience.

We are using Informer across multiple departments. It has empowered the users and saved them time.

Entrinsik Informer has allowed us to access our UniData database so that we can provide more flexible reporting options to our end-users. It currently is being used only by myself and only when we need to access LIVE data.

I use Informer for creating reports for student information on our campus. It is used both for ad-hoc reports as well as Live Excel reports which can be setup and then run by end-users whenever they need an updated version of the spreadsheet.

Entrinsik Informer can be utilized by anyone with granted access at our institution. Access is granted when a specific need is expressed. At our institution, Enrinsik Informer serves to provide quick, detailed reports as it relates to our customer, or student, base. Additionally, users can create individual reports should our employer not already have one created to fit their specific need. I have yet to generate a report from scratch just yet, but with assistance from our IT department, who oversees the software, I have heard that it is pretty simple to do and allows users to get very specific with their queries.

We use Entrinsik's Informer for the majority of our reporting from the Student Information System. Informer is used by virtually every department on campus for ad-hoc reporting and for scheduled reports. The types of reports include nightly audit reports, extracts that are then used to feed other systems, and traditional reports designed to track progress for the different business needs of the various offices across campus.

Our Registrar, Human Resources, and IT departments heavily rely on Informer, but almost every department has at least one user. Ellucian Colleague is used for crucial services like housing transcripts and course records and assigning student and employee ID numbers. Colleague has no useful way to report on this data, so Informer fills that need.

Entrinsik informer tool is used for delivering daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly and yearly reports. In addition to this it is used to export data in csv format and deliver it to other systems to be used. It is used by administrative offices for daily work. It helps users with no technical skills or knowledge to create reports on their own without necessarily knowing database relationships or how to write a query.

Entrinsik Informer is used primarily by our administrative offices, including the Registrar, Accounting,Dean of Students, Residence Life, Human Resources, and others. It provides a user-friendly method for pulling information from our database. It has simplified the process for folks who are not as technically savvy as others. The reports provided cover budget, student, and staff information in easy-to-use formats.

We use Informer in many departments with more coming online all the time. It's quick and easy to use and training is a breeze. Quite simply, it's been the best tool we have in our arsenal.

Informer is our institutional reporting tool of choice. Many of our administrative departments use Informer, but mostly use LiveExcel's created for them by Information Technology. It allows for quick access to important information in an easy to read format, thus allowing administrators to make good business decisions.

Entrinsik Informer is our ERP reporting and data extraction tool used across two campuses. It allows users to get *their* data without relying on IT Services. There was a change made to the old method of retrieving data from our central ERP system so a replacement was sought out which turned out to be Entrinsik Informer. It's really good because you can export in a variety of formats. If there was one minor issue with it it would be the lack of an ability to format report output.

Great tool that was deployed across our University Campus. Every department uses it different and has fit the different users needs quite well. Used from everything from enrollment to hr reporting to payroll information.

Informer is utilized by the entire organization for creating reports that provide a history of the business. Informer is a vehicle that supports enrollment reporting, course scheduling, facilities scheduling, retention management and faculty load management.

I was a supporter of the use of the Informer product even prior to purchase. I convinced my Executive Director that now since Informer will work against SQL databases, we purchased the product about 3 years ago. When we rolled it out the users were very impressed with the ease of use and ease of learning, has been dubbed 'Query Builder on Steroids'. Many of our prior QUERY reports are now processed thru Informer. We have had initial on-site training and also 2 follow-up on-site training for our users on a yearly basis. It has taken some of the burden off the ITR group for report creation, however we still lend a hand if the user does get stuck. Time saving and ease of reporting has been two of the highest ROI items for the product. We will be looking into the Dashboard functionality as we did a 30 day trail just recently. We will be getting more involved with the Dashboards this summer.

Entrinsik Informer is used by our Institutional Research Department to setup reports for our organization. Many different departments use it for many different types of reports, anywhere from financial standings to privacy restrictions. It allows our staff to access information through the reports without having access to our complicated unidata system.

We used Informer when we were on UniData 3 years ago. It was a great product at that time, but since then we have switched to SSRS because we moved to SQL.