Accela Analytics ... iPad Edition

iPads are changing the technology landscape …

Apple announced last week that more than 7.3 million iPads were sold in the last quarter of 2010, for a total of more than 14.7 million in its first three quarters on the market. "The demand has just been amazing and this is off to an incredible start," Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's chief financial offer, said in the quarterly earnings conference call.

There is no doubt that the iPad is dramatically changing the technology landscape, revolutionizing the tablet computer market and causing many people to rethink PCs.  Although initial momentum has been driven largely by consumers, business use is on the rise and government agencies that are progressive and forward thinking are starting to distribute iPads within their organizations.

Government workers are being asked to do more with less …

Evidence is overwhelming … Cash strapped agencies are being asked to do more with less.  Enterprise systems are capable of collecting and processing more information than ever before and decision makers from understaffed agencies must wade through a sea of information to get to the right data to make informed decisions.  Citizens, politicians, business owners, and even agency staff expect immediate answers to questions ranging from the status of a particular business license to trends in building permits for the local redevelopment district.  Whether from your office, a city council meeting, a construction site, or even the corner coffee shop, key government officials need …

Access to the right information from anywhere on the device of your choice.

Enter Accela Analytics … iPad Edition …

Accela’s new iPad app – Accela Analytics – is the first iPad app for government professionals that provides intuitive and informative visualization of key enterprise data residing in an agency’s back-end system. 

Accela Analytics gives government professionals a dashboard of key performance indicators and provides them with the capability to track important or high profile projects within their agencies.  Accela Analytics leverages information from an agency’s Accela Automation enterprise system – which is used by hundreds of government agencies across the country to automate critical tasks affecting the lives of almost 80 million people in the US alone. 

Accela Analytics delivers this key information from four screens …Home, Watch Lists, Charts and Maps. 

Home … The Home screen provides an integrated dashboard of key performance indicators including charts of activity over designated time periods, display of average and daily total values, and a map view showing the locations of permits, licenses and other records using color-coded push pins. 

In a planning commission meeting where permit application trends over the past 30 days is needed? … The Home screen provides quick access to a chart containing the necessary information.

Watch Lists … The Watch Lists screen allows creation of a customized list of specific items of interest and enables drill down into details of each record such as status, fees, conditions, etc. 

On a call with a business owner who wants to know the status of their application for a business license? … The Watch Lists screen provides the latest status and other important information about the business license application.

Charts … The Charts screen includes large, easy to read charts that display application and inspection trends.  Choose time frame of interest or other selection criteria to customize the display.

In a staff meeting where information on recent trends for building inspections is needed? … The Charts screen provides quick access to the number of building inspections over the time frame of interest.

Maps …The Maps screen displays locations of records on a map using color-coded push pins to differentiate building permits from code enforcement cases from service requests from business licenses.  Map markers linked to the push pins provide additional high-level record information.  Slice and dice the information according to record types, addresses, time frames, or other criteria of interest.

In a city council meeting where the city manager would like to quickly view recent activity on a street that is part of a redevelopment district? … Enter the name of the street and time frame of interest and color-coded push pins representing all of the activity on that street within the designated time period display on the map.

In Short …

Accela Analytics is the first iPad app that lets agency decision makers easily access and leverage Accela Automation enterprise data in order to make informed decisions that directly affect their communities.  The app’s dashboard highlights trends and activity, such as permits, licenses, code enforcement cases and more.  Watch lists can be used to track records of interest, and record details display important information such as status and fees.  Maps with color coded push pins and map markers containing record information provide a spatial display of information.  Accela Analytics is the right app for today’s smart government executive.

Accela Analytics is available as a no-charge value-add to Accela Automation named-user or site license customers using Accela Automation 7.0.5 Service Pack 3 or newer … iPad not included!