Functionality

Functionality

Following on from the successful roadshows we ran, a detailed roadmap is being drawn for evince, further details of which can be found on our roadmap page.   Below are highlights of the functionality that will be available in the initial release of evince, scheduled for April 2008.

Childcare Provision records

Manage details about both registered and non-registered childcare

People records 

Manage details about all the people used across evince, including enquiry contacts and staff members

Contact records (including Parent Direct contacts, and Brokerage functionality) 

Manage contacts which can be related to other record types in evince. Includes three types of contacts: general contacts, childcare contacts (including brokerage information), and parent direct contacts.

Organisations, School and Children's Centres

Manage details about organisations, including schools (including core offering information) and children's centres (including related childcare provision)

Bulletin board/activity records 

Manage and categorise details about a wide range of 'services' available to families, including events, activities, support groups, and childcare jobs

Provider advanced search 

Allows for more complex searches based on any available field within childcare provider records

Reports and Queries

Run reports and queries based on any data held in the system through the evince website. Reports can be run as basic HTML, run using an advanced report viewer, and viewed as PDFs.

Reports and queries can be designed using the Report Designer click-once application.

Mapping (gis/geocoding) 

Plot the results of searches on a map and carry out radius searches around central points or a route.

Evaluations 

Design questionnaires and store results for contact and training evaluations 

Qualifications 

Manage qualifications used throughout evince in one central location

Administration (admin centre) 

Central administration area, allowing administrators to manage settings, users, security groups and teams

Printing and Exporting

Reports can be printed using the browser's print functionality, from pdf or using the advance report viewer. Queries and all search results can be exported to excel. All other screens in evince can be printed using the browser's print functionality.

Defined Areas 

Define additional management area locations required using postcodes (for example super output areas or any locally defined area) which can then be searched against and used in queries by matching records' postcodes to the defined areas' postcodes.

Actions 

Create, assign and manage actions for individuals or teams.

Campaigns 

Record campaigns and log contacts against them to track their effectiveness.

Training module 

Manage course and course unit details, including requirements, locations, qualifications obtained, follow on courses and trainers. Book people onto courses and manage their statuses (booked, passed, failed etc), attendances and funding and cost details. Includes search functionality.

Recruitment module - jobs and search 

Manage recruitment vacancies, including details about salary, position type, requirements, childcare provider/organisation requiring position, and history of the recruitment's status. Includes search functionality.

Service Directory Module 

Integrates into bulletin board and childcare provision records to add enhanced information required for CSDs. Includes ability to include/exclude records from a feed from evince into a CSD website.

Parent Direct Module 

Extends contacts to allow the capture of extra information around family-related advice and guidance.

 

 

For more information on evince please call (01223) 566522 or email evince@opp-links.org.uk