Session 10: Report Builder
This page will outline the topics included in the Report Builder session.
Overview
The session focuses on all the possible pre-defined reports available in Paradigm that your business or institution needs and the Report Builder menu which enables you to customise your reporting requirements. At the end of this session, you will have the knowledge and skills to generate and customise your reports in Paradigm.
Learning outcomes
Recognise all available pre-defined reports in Paradigm and evaluate when to use each of them
Experiment with the Reports and Report Builder User Interface in Paradigm
Generate or produce pre-defined reports, and customise reports with conditions in Paradigm
1. Pre-Defined Reports in Paradigm
Duration: 60 minutes
Complexity: Medium
This section will introduce you to all the possible pre-defined (available) reports in Paradigm which are very useful in your data reporting requirements – to your institution and to the government. We will also provide a brief description of each report, and when and how to use them. At the end of this section, we will give you the opportunity to experiment with generating some of the reports, and you are free to ask questions and clarifications.
Topics:
Provider Reports
Student Reports
Financial Reports
Letters
HEIMS Reports
VET HEIMS Reports
VSR Reports
AVETMISS – as outlined in the previous Session 8: Government Reporting
TEQSA Reports
QILT SES Reporting
2. Customised Reports using the Report Builder Menu
Duration: 60 minutes
Complexity: Medium
This section will introduce you to the Report Builder Menu in Paradigm, and how and when can you customise the base and saved reports. We will provide an in-depth discussion on the operators, conditions, and all other ways how you can customise your reports. At the end of this section, we will have a demonstration on how to produce a customised report in Paradigm with operators and conditions.
Topics:
Base Reports
Saved Reports
Report Builder Operators – operators available in the Report Builder menu that enable you to filter the results based on what is required
Conditions – allow clauses to be joined together to form more complex filter clauses
Required Fields to Save Report: Report Name, Description, Type, Scope, Status
Output Formats for Reports
3. Advanced Report Builder
Duration: 60 minutes
Complexity: Medium
This section will give you some additional knowledge and skills that could help and guide you in producing more advanced reports required for your business or institution.
Topics:
Order By Clauses
Alternative Data Formats
Bulk Student Select
Complex Filter Clause Operators
Nested Operators Using Brackets
User-Defined Parameters
Summarise Data
Generic Report Query
Resource Links:
4. Review
Duration: 10 minutes
Complexity: Medium
After delivering the main topics, there will be some spare time for open discussion. You can ask any questions you have during the training. We will discuss and confirm a date and time for the next training session.
Topics:
Open discussion including Q&A
Confirm the schedule for the next training session
Outline outcomes of the next session
5. Extension
Duration: 10 minutes
The following tasks are recommended for users to complete at the conclusion of each training session to ensure that the content is understood and to establish familiarity with Paradigm terminology and its user interface.
Any records created during this section may be raised for review at the beginning of the next session to ensure that the data has been entered correctly, for example, meeting the relevant government reporting standard.
Tasks:
Produce or generate one pre-defined report
Produce a customised report with conditions and operations
Presentation Slides
The current version of our presentation slides may be downloaded here. Please check back regularly as we are continually updating our material as we accommodate feedback from our users.
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