Cognos Report Studio Training

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Dava Clark, Programmer AnalystPosted by August 4, 2017

On August 2nd and 3rd, Donna Vanhooser, Son Nguyen, Richard Hoffman, and Dava Clark attended a

PowerSchool Advanced Report Studio training course led by Capitalize Analytics. We learned advanced

techniques to enhance our current reports and build better future reports. We are excited to bring back all we

learned and implement our new knowledge base into more efficient reporting!

Business Services

Neetha Chada

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Neetha Chada, Senior Programmer AnalystPosted by August 4, 2017

Working with Janett Tapia- Gonzalez to

integrate an internal audit email into the

disclosure submission and also on some

changes to the program.

Working with Mary Hestand, Coordinator for

elementary counselors guidance

and counseling on issues she had in modifying

and updating the activity descriptions for the

elementary counselor activities.

Neetha Chada

Neetha Chada Mary Hestand

Business Services

Rich Crishock

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Eric May, Assistant Director of Information Services and ApplicationsPosted by August 4, 2017

Rich Crishock

We had a great training class on how to use the tablets for “Paperless

Attendance”. Curriculum and Staff Development they are so talented. They

adapted to the new technology flawlessly! Rich Crishock began with a

demonstration of the proper setup of the stand to insure that the tablet is stable.

He walked everyone through the complete process, start to finish. Everyone was

so excited about the new technology and the amount of time it will save them.

Rich’s additional successes this week include:

• Research SchoolNet/ iXplore withdrawal dates and permission override flags

• Research / develop Android code for the campus login app

• Modify / Test Hayes Tip Web changes to write teacher info to both teacher

and staff extract files

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Son Nguyen

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Son Nguyen, Senior Programmer AnalystPosted by

Accomplishments:

eFinance Supports• Reset Employees' Override Accesses for new fiscal year processes IXPlore (Todd

S.). Load new Teachers Assignments and Codes for testing new fiscal year processes

(Lisa N., Donna V.). Develop Opened POs against Encumbered Accounts for Financial

Reports (Amy G., Annette P.). Troubleshoot the GT Employees Certificate Report

processes (Sandra B.). EOM 7/31 Backup & Archival. Activate-Download-Install &

Configure the Visual Studio VS2017 Enterprise IDE Integrated Development

Environment. Attend Capitalize Analytics Business Intelligence (BI) Cognos Reporting

training

Music School Private Lesson .NET & Progress Telerik Application

Development Project• Review Telerik UI Architecture & Frameworks for Desktop, Web, Mobile App Dev

• Review Logical Database Design & Create Database & Security Database Tables

• Activated & Registered Developer Accounts with Progress. Downloaded all three

development platforms products, documents, sample source codes

• .Net and .Net Core Frameworks – Downloaded VS 2017 Enterprise 30-Days Trial to test

the Installation, Configuration and the Development of the VS 2017 Enterprise IDE with

Progress Telerik UIs Extensions

• Prototyping the Application Framework … Let's the fun begin! ...

CFISD IAS Application Development Platforms & Architecture• With Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise IDE, Progress/Telerik UI, IBM Cognos

Business Intelligence Analytics and Reporting IDEs, IAS offers the Best-in-Class

Application Development platforms & technologies that Architect and Built Commercial-

Grade applications for all Platforms (Desktop, Web, and Mobile apps) and Devices – A

Dream Development Environment & Technologies for all Developers

Aug 4, 2017

Son Nguyen

Dorothy Tong

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Dorothy Tong

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Posted by August 4, 2017

This week Dorothy very busy posting scores !

• Posted SAT 06/20/2017 results. (260 records)

• Posted SAT 06/30/2017 results. (1075 records)

• Posted SAT 07/18/2017 results. (12 records)

• Posted SAT 07/31/2017 results. (3 records)

• Posted 2017 school year Advanced Placements exams (5969 records)

• Posted June 2017 ACT test results (569 records)

• Analyzed PSAT formats for PSAT10 and PSAT 8/9P Part of EOC substitute

assessments starting in July 2017.

• Analyzed new TREX STAAR Performance Level codes to print on in-house

transcripts.

Eric May, Assistant Director of Information Services and Applications

Dropout project

• Completed the program that will allow admin to enter campus secretary

information

• Revisions to Mass Emails to guardians with attached unexcused absence

notices

• Revisions to unexcused absence notices

Documentation

• AP posting instructions completed.

• PSAT posting instructions in the works.

Summer School

Information Services and Applications (ISA)

Donna Van Hooser, Senior Programmer/AnalystPosted by August 4, 2017

Donna Van Hooser pulled attendance information for English as a

Second Language (ESL) and Bilingual Pre-K and Kindergarten

summer school programs and for the Camp Summit extended

summer program. This data was requested by Maria Trejo, Director

Curriculum & Instruction For Special Populations.

This data is also necessary for the extended year submission for

TSDS/PEIMS.

Donna Van Hooser

ISA T4 Leadership Meeting

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John Crumbley, Director of Information Services and ApplicationsPosted by

The ISA Leadership Team held their T4 Leadership meeting this week on Thursday, August 3, 2017.

The team continues to focus the ISA leadership improvement.

You can view the agenda here.

2018 Leadership Team

August 3, 2017

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Wrap Up

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Posted by August 4, 2017Eric May, Assistant Director of Information Services and Applications

Eric May

This week I have reflected on my team

and how well they work together. I want

to continue to grow as a leader and learn

how to advance my team to excellence.

The better we are as a team the better

we are for Cy-Fair and the students.

- Eric May

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Wrap Up

Information Services and Applications (ISA)

Posted by August 4, 2017Dava Clark, Programmer Analyst

Dava Clark

This week I got the opportunity to assist users with our

wireless upgrades. I am amazed at the efficiency of the

implementation of the new wireless network. I had no

issues with any of my users and everything was well

received!

Our Operation Onboard team got the amazing

opportunity to be published in an article on Laserfiche’s

website. I am so lucky to be a part of such a wonderful

team! It is incredible to see what we have accomplished

for our district and how well it is being received.