1 Introduction

Argus Insight, formerly called Power Reports, is a highly optimized reporting module that compliments Argus Safety.

The Argus Insight Extract Transform and Load (ETL) engine extracts data from the Argus Safety database and populates a data warehouse in a format that allows efficient querying. The various query, drill-down, and output components of Argus Insight let you analyze your safety, workflow, or product data from all angles and produce reports that provide immediate business impact and maximum efficiency in decision-making.

This chapter includes the following topics:

• Overview of Generating Reports in Argus Insight

• Argus Insight Components

• Argus Insight Process Flow

• Product Compatibility and Upgrade Options

Overview of Generating Reports in Argus Insight

With Argus Insight, you can generate a report in any of the following ways:

• Use a query to retrieve a specific set of cases (a case series) from the data mart and then run a predefined report for those cases. Use the following Argus Insight components to retrieve the case series:

  • Query By Example (QBE)

  • Filters

  • Advanced Conditions

• Run one of the following reports on the case series to create and store these in the Reports library:

  • Built-in standard reports

  • Custom reports

• Create custom reports and analyze the data using the Report Writer.

• Use the Report Writer to directly query the data mart.

  Note:

  You primarily use the Report Writer to directly query the data mart and create custom reports. However, you can apply the active case series filter on the reports to reduce the data set and improve report performance. The case series might become obsolete each time the data mart is refreshed by running an ETL. This is because new cases with similar attributes might get added to the data mart.

Argus Insight Components

Argus Insight includes the following components:

• Query by Example (QBE) — Lets you create simple queries by entering specific values in fields on a form that looks substantially like the Argus Safety case form.

• Filters — Lets you create queries by selecting a set of predefined fields and specifying multiple values in a field.

• Advanced Conditions — Lets you create complex queries by selecting any of the various different fields in the data mart, and then applying Boolean and set operations on them.

• Case Series — Provides a listing of all the cases that match the specified query criteria.

• Standard Reports — Lets you run one or more reports on the case series. The standard reports are predefined reports built in to Argus Insight. Reports are grouped into categories such as Case Processing, Compliance, Configuration, General, Management, and Pharmacovigilance.

• Report Writer — Lets you directly query the data mart and create custom reports by selecting any data mart fields as report columns. In the report output, you can apply filters, create nested groupings, and perform operations such as sort, total, count, and drill.

  The custom reports you create can be stored in the Report Writer library or added to the Argus Insight application; you can run the stored reports on a case series.

Argus Insight Process Flow

The flowchart in Figure 1-1 depicts the steps that you typically follow to generate a report in Argus Insight. Refer to your company's guidelines for the exact workflow for generating reports and analyzing data in Argus Insight.

Figure 1-1 Overview of Generating a Report in Argus Insight

Table 1-1 describes the tasks shown in the flowchart.

Table 1-1 Tasks in the Process Flow

Task	Description
Log in to Argus Insight	Log in to the Argus Insight application.
Create a Query	Depending on the complexity of the query, use these Argus Insight components to create a query: Query by Example (QBE) — To create simple queries based on the fields in the Argus case form Filters — To create queries based on multiple values in a set of predefined fields Advanced Conditions — To create complex queries by directly selecting data mart fields and applying Boolean and set operations on them
Execute the Query to Generate a Case Series	Execute the query to have the system search the entire data mart and retrieve a list of cases (case series) that match the criteria you specified while creating the query.
Generate Standard Reports on the Case Series	Select and run a built-in standard report. You can limit this report to only run on the case series.
Generate Custom Reports on the Case Series	Select and run a custom report you created and stored in the Report Writer library. You can limit this report to only run on the case series.
Query the Data Mart	Use the Report Writer to directly query the data mart and generate the required report.

Product Compatibility and Upgrade Options

This section describes the compatibility and upgrade options for Argus Insight 7.0.1.

Compatibility of Argus Insight with Argus Safety

Argus Insight 7.0.1 is compatible with Argus Safety 7.0.1.

Upgrade Paths to Argus Insight 7.0.1

There is no upgrade path from Argus Insight 6.0 to Argus Insight 7.0.1.

For information about installing Argus Insight 7.0.1, see the Oracle Argus Insight Installation Guide.