We now offer a great component to allow customers to produce a range of graphs of information in any process coded using InfoCapture – our Process Manager Application!

The component is so configurable that it can graph data on anything in the Intranet – News items, any table at all!

Here are some examples :

News Items per Channel

Reported Tickets by Status in a Process

Features

• Supported chart types; Bar, Column, Spline and Pie (more to come!)
• Can query any table/column.
• Can handle multiple series (from the same table).
• Automatic timeline creation, with custom intervals (year, month, day and hour)
• Custom ‘where’ clause.
• Custom height and width.
• Display legend toggle.
• Customer labels (title, subtitle and each axis)

Upcoming Developments

• Custom date range.
• Exporting data.
• Live data.
• Negative axis.
• Multiple ‘where’ clauses.
• Mixed charts!
• More chart types!

In the new Claromentis 6.0 framework, modules and components are creating a truly flexible system that no longer requires core software upgrades to obtain features like these graphical dashboards.

Intranet-Extranet, Prod-Process dashboards, e-forms, process manager

I use Twitter within the context of my work to of course build up a network of inspirational people who are like minded about web based corporate software. Already the amount of focused and relevant  information I am discovering greatly exceeds the value of all my conventional RSS feeds and general browsing activities combined.

The way that I use Twitter is almost exclusively to point at, and to be guided towards – more substantive information on the internet – generally recent and relevant Blog posts.

What is exciting me greatly with Claromentis is that the new Innovate application ( customers can localize the name of course ) can be used in exactly the same way.

Tweeting about Intranet Information

As the screen shot illustrates I am dropping into the support stream a reference to a new document in the corporate document management system.

In fact I can reference anything at all in the intranet as they all have unique URLs – for example a persons profile, a News article, a sales opportunity, a task in a project  or a content managed page – to name just a few – can all be commented on in any of my streams and so draw the attention of my corporate followers to the source that contains significantly more information – if they are interested.

It is great to see the excitement that this generates in those customers that have been involved in our review and beta programs.  Certainly I absolutely know the value of working like this – it is exactly a corporate extension of the way I get so much value from my personal use of Twitter and Blogs.

Intranet-Extranet, Prod-Intranet corporate social networking, innovate, social media, twitter

Background

The United Bible Societies is a fellowship of 146 national Bible Societies (NBS).  This fellowship is served by the UBS Service Organisation (UBSSO) that operates from the World Service Centre in Reading, UK and has four area offices across the world.  From time to time the fellowship meets as a World Assembly.  At the last one of these in 2004, it was felt that it would be helpful to have a worldwide picture of the combined resources and work of the whole fellowship.  The Global Stewardship Report (GSR) was developed to meet this need.

Report History

A small trial of collecting the report data started in 2008, followed by the first full exercise in 2009, in which all Bible Societies were asked to participate. Almost all have now sent in their return.

Data collection was in an excel spreadsheet that could print on one A4 page. The form used is included as Appendix 1 and the accompanying notes to explain the data required are in Appendix 2.  Experience from the first round of collection is that not all Bible Societies read the notes carefully and that some information is still missing or obviously incorrect.

The Way Forward

Working together with UBS Service Organisation, Claromentis develop a bespoke Global Stewardship Web-Application within UBS Intranet/Extranet allowing member of the National Bible Societies to fill in the information online on the web.

Using a wizard-style approach, built-in checking, and dynamic currency conversion, users can simply guided through the forms, minimize mistakes and no training is required

All the details are kept in a secure central database from which, at any time, the most updated consolidated stewardship report can be easily be generated online and a hard copy can be printed from a print-friendly view of the report.

Solutions bespoke development, intranet 2.0, online collaboration, web 2.0

One of the most powerful aspects of Claromentis is the combination of Visual Interfaces with the business application requirement of the users concerned.

I find this hard to clarify without simply referring to images. People are used to interfaces being ‘branded’ – by which they mean the application of a logo and adherence to a style guide – and permissions controlling access to information.

It is quite a leap for clients who have not experienced it to understand that the ability to make available applications, change the interface and also of course access to data creates an extremely powerful web based framework for any business – large or small.

How can the same system provide integrated corporate social networking as well as formal project management? How can users benefit from a comprehensive collaboration framework when in the office, and fast access to prioritized information from a mobile device? How can extranet users have a totally different experience from intranet users in the main office?

Corporate Social Networking

Corporate social networking belongs in the intranet – enabling single sign on, following of corporate information and engagement with the content within the platform.

Formal Project Management

Project management is the next step up from ideas – the act of turning them into reality.

Corporate Home Page

Corporate home pages vary significantly but the general concept is similar from client to client.

Fast Access from a Mobile Device

Staff View

Users from the main company have one view, extranet clients are normally focused on understanding data and KPIs concerned with their own projects.

These images might help to understand that a powerful system like Claromentis can indeed match these requirements – by using permissions, interfaces and applications in the holistic way they deserve.

Client View

Intranet-Extranet, Prod-Intranet, Products intranet software, visual interfaces