1. Argos - Moving into the Community Presented by: Bruce Knox University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service March 23, 2009 9:30 AM Course ID 0118 CONNECT TO COMMUNITY. At SunGard Summit, come together as a community dedicated to education.

2. Course ID 0118 2 Introduction Purpose: Discuss the Argos User Community Converting to Argos Benefits: Free Software Conversion Tips Tools for Ad Hoc Banner Reporting

3. Course ID 0118 3 Agenda Slide What’s an Argos? Trying the Product The Argos Community Converting to Argos Banner Record Selection Criteria Argos Training

4. What’s an Argos? CONNECT TO COMMUNITY. At SunGard Summit, come together as a community dedicated to education.

5. Course ID 0118 5 What’s an Argos? Argos is a Web Based Evisions Ad Hoc Reporting Tool Designed for Banner

6. Course ID 0118 6 A.R.G.O.S. Ad hoc Report Generation and Output Solution Easy to Use Fast Secure

7. Course ID 0118 7 Argos, in Design Mode looks a lot like MS Access

8. Course ID 0118 8 What’s an Argos? MS Access++ Built for the SQL Database

9. Trying the Product CONNECT TO COMMUNITY. At SunGard Summit, come together as a community dedicated to education.

10. Course ID 0118 10 Trying the Product: Get a Password

11. Course ID 0118 11 Trying the Product: Download and Install

12. Course ID 0118 12 Trying the Product: DBA and SysAdmin You will need IT for early parts of the Server Install

13. Course ID 0118 13 Trying the Product: Download

14. Course ID 0118 14 Trying the Product: Install

15. Course ID 0118 15 Trying the Product: Import Sample DataBlocks

16. Course ID 0118 16 Trying the Product: Client Written Query

17. Course ID 0118 17 Trying the Product: Note the Credit Given

18. Course ID 0118 18 Trying the Product: Visual Design

19. The Argos Community CONNECT TO COMMUNITY. At SunGard Summit, come together as a community dedicated to education.

20. Course ID 0118 20 The Argos Community Community is a big part of Argos Sharing in Argos’ secured repository is encouraged.

21. Course ID 0118 21 The Argos Community

22. Course ID 0118 22 The Argos Community

23. Course ID 0118 23 The Argos Community

24. Course ID 0118 24 The Argos Community

25. Converting to Argos CONNECT TO COMMUNITY. At SunGard Summit, come together as a community dedicated to education.

26. Course ID 0118 26 Converting to Argos from a GUI Tool Build Datablocks via the Query Design GUI?

27. Course ID 0118 27 Converting to Argos from SQL Key or Paste the Oracle Code in “Free Type”?

28. Course ID 0118 28 Converting to Argos Either way will work for you, but you still need to know the Banner Record Selection Criteria

29. Banner Record Selection Criteria CONNECT TO COMMUNITY. At SunGard Summit, come together as a community dedicated to education.

30. Course ID 0118 30 Banner Record Selection Criteria You can build the Query using the COLUMNs, Tables, WHERE, GROUP BY, ORDER BY, and HAVING Or, Build the Query from your code. Either will allow you to use Argos parameters. Another option would be to build an Oracle VIEW from the code, but you would probably need a lot more help from IT to do that.

31. Course ID 0118 31 Banner Record Selection Criteria -- names_create.sql Current Records VIEW from TABLE SPRIDEN-SPBPERS CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW NAMES ( PIDM, ID, NAME, LEGAL_NAME, SORT_LAST ) AS SELECT SPRIDEN_PIDM, -- PIDM, SPRIDEN_ID, -- ID, SUBSTR(DECODE(SPBPERS_NAME_PREFIX,'Mr',NULL,'Mr.',NULL,'Miss',NULL,'Mrs',NULL, 'Mrs.',NULL,'Ms',NULL,'Ms.',NULL,NULL,NULL, SPBPERS_NAME_PREFIX||' ')|| RTRIM(DECODE(NVL(SPBPERS_PREF_FIRST_NAME,'X'),'X',spriden_first_name,spbpers_pref_first_name))||' '|| RTRIM(spriden_last_name),1,25), -- Name, SUBSTR(RTRIM(spriden_last_name)||', '||RTRIM(spriden_first_name)||' '||RTRIM(spriden_mi),1,25), -- Legal_Name, SUBSTR(spriden_last_name,1,15) -- Sort_Last FROM SPRIDEN, SPBPERS WHERE SPRIDEN_PIDM = SPBPERS_PIDM (+) AND SPRIDEN_CHANGE_IND IS NULL AND SPRIDEN_ENTITY_IND = 'P' ;

32. Course ID 0118 32 Banner Record Selection Criteria With Current Record Oracle Views anyone can quickly create error free results.

33. Course ID 0118 33 Banner Record Selection Criteria

34. Course ID 0118 34 Banner Record Selection Criteria

35. Course ID 0118 35 Banner Record Selection Criteria

36. Course ID 0118 36 Banner Record Selection Criteria

37. Argos Training CONNECT TO COMMUNITY. At SunGard Summit, come together as a community dedicated to education.

38. Course ID 0118 38 Argos Training Options to match your needs

39. Course ID 0118 39 Argos Training Recorded Training for End-User, Designer, Administrator

40. Course ID 0118 40 Argos Training: Recorded Training Recorded Training for End-User

41. Course ID 0118 41 Argos Training: Recorded Training Recorded Training for Designer and Administrator

42. Course ID 0118 42 Argos Training: Recorded Training Recorded Training for Designer and Administrator

43. Course ID 0118 43 Argos Training: Report Viewers I use this webpage to help new users get started:

44. Course ID 0118 44 Argos Training: More Argos Resources

45. Course ID 0118 45 More Argos Resources Knowledge Base, Listserv, Help Desk, …

46. Course ID 0118 46 More Argos Resources http://www.evisions.com/products/argos/index.asphttp://www.evisions.com/products/argos/index.asp Argos http://www.uaex.edu/bknox/BannerArgos.htmhttp://www.uaex.edu/bknox/BannerArgos.htm BannerArgos http://www.uaex.edu/bknox/http://www.uaex.edu/bknox/ Banner Reporting Solutions

47. Course ID 0118 47 Summary Download and Try it Now! Argos is the Web Based Ad Hoc Reporting Tool for Banner Go to the Argos Community for Free Code and Help

48. Course ID 0118 48 Questions & Answers Questions? Bruce Knox bknox @uaex.edu

49. Course ID 0118 49 Thank You! Presenter Bruce Knox bknox @uaex.edu Please complete the online class evaluation form Course ID 0118 SunGard, the SunGard logo, Banner, Campus Pipeline, Luminis, PowerCAMPUS, Matrix, and Plus are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. Third-party names and marks referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. © 2009 SunGard. All rights reserved.