LG Inform PLUS half day training session 2016 - slides simulating live use

LG Inform Plus a half day rapid overview of key features as used in the training sessions run by

the LGA in 2016

Tim Adams: Programme Managerrev: Apr 2016

Objectives for the session

• Explain the background and vision

• Demonstrate the new product

• Encourage you to use it:– to adopt the standards in your own organisation– for viewing prep-prepared material– tailoring and building your own material– sharing the information by a variety of channels

Agenda – 1 (the building blocks)

• Background / objectives / take-up

• The Landing Page

• Tools & content available

• Information Sharing Standards

• Context & performance reporting with drilldown

Agenda – 2 (Light touch use)

• Small Area Reporting - simple components

• Public small area reports

• Small area geographies

• Creating and using natural neighbourhoods

Agenda – 3 (Advanced)

• Report edit mode

• Adding components

• Adding text tokens

• Direct data feed via an API – application programmable interface)







Information Management

• Based upon the esd-toolkit programme which first appeared in 2001

• Sector-led creation of information sharing standards to aid knowledge creation and data sharing

• Local Government Business Model sets out the semantics

• Open Data inventories, schemas and validation tools promote easier data publication

• Performance and context reporting tools• Direct data feed via an Application Interface (API)• Records management tools linked to legislation

@LGInformPlus

Self financing – subscriptions led

• Four subscriptions bands based upon organisation size:– Large Councils - £2260pa – Counties, large unitaries, mets– Medium Councils - £1450pa – Medium unitaries, mets– Small Councils - £735pa - Districts– Fire Authorities - £525pa

• This funds:– Online services and resources– Core small programme team and support service– Events and engagement– New developments– Information standards

@LGInformPlus







http://www.local.gov.uk/lginformplus

http://www.esd.org.uk

http://www.local.gov.uk/lginformplus

http://www.esd.org.uk/

local.gov.uk/lginformplus







standards.esd.org.uk

esd-standards: http://standards.esd.org.uk

esd-standards: Functions List

esd-standards: Functions List

esd-standards: drill down to service

See links to other controlled lists

Metrics related to Functions

esd-standards: “care” related metrics

esd-standards: http://standards.esd.org.uk

esd-standards: links to available tools

Invoke LG Inform large area reporting

Invoke LG inform Plus small area report







local.gov.uk/lginform

Practice break. light small area metrics• Look at the standards pages and small area

metric-types

• Try downloading the list into a spreadsheet

• Choose some of interest and look at what tools are available

• Create and download a map, chart or table, download it and (if you can) paste it into a MS Word document – REMEMBER TO SIGN IN

• Try an LG Inform report and see if you can drilldown – remember to choose a small area metric






Public Access view (signed out)

reports.esd.org.uk

Signed in view

Column Sort

single metric makes intensity map

collection makes predominance map

Practice break. More complex bars• Practise with any of the features we have

covered

OR

• Produce a sorted bar chart of vertical bars for the top 30 wards in you area plotting obesity in adults against binge drinking in adults

• Is there a correlation? Are there any wards that break the trend?

• If you can place this component graphic into MS Word






Signed-in Access view

http://www.local.gov.uk/web/guest/health-and-wellbeing-boards/-/journal_content/56/10180/6111055/ARTICLE

Practice break. Public Reports• Practise with any of the features we have

covered

OR

• Find and view some public reports for your area of interest.

• Create a pdf version or a word version (via rtf)

• Look at different areas or different wards






What does “flexible” mean?

Cheshire East by Local Area Partnership

England by CCG Region

South CCG region by NHS Region

South West NHS Region by CCG

From▼ To▼

Adding an area

• Example of “Adur and Worthing” shared service council

Only the author can change it

Characteristics of an area type

Must be published to be in reports and allow area to be published.. Finalised means it won’t change.

Unique resource identifier

Parent area type(s)

Child area type(s)

Links to documents describe the type. Added by anyone

Raw data

Only the author can change it

Characteristics of an area

Must be published to be in reports. Finalised means it won’t change.

Unique resource identifier

Precise and best fit child areas selected by type

Links to documents describe the area. Added by anyone

Raw data

“Same as” link to official URI , if any

Exploring natural neighbourhoods

• District of Huntingdonshire broken down by ward

• Ward of St Ives East

• District of Huntingdonshire broken down by parish• Country of England by Local authority overlaid with Region

• NHS Region of South West broken down by CCG overlaid with Local authority

• Shared service council of Breckland and South Holland broken down by local authority overlaid with Region

• Neighbourhood plan area of Crystal Palace broken down by LSOA overlaid with local authority

http://neighbourhoods.esd.org.uk/






Exploring reports• Local Authority of Huntingdonshire• Ward of St Ives East• Neighbourhood plan area of Crystal Palace

• Local Authority of Huntingdonshire broken down by Ward

• NHS Region of South West broken down by CCG• Shared services council of Breckland and South

Holland broken down by Ward

neighbourhoods.esd.org.uk

Let’s create a natural neighbourhood

• Council Area: BLACKPOOL

• Subject: Tourist Impact Areas

• Logic: All wards or output areas connecting with the beach area

Practice break. Neighbourhoods

• Practise with any of the features we have covered by exploring results in either the Natural Neighbourhoods area or the Small Area Reporting Area of the system





• Direct data feed via an API – application programmable interface

Save

Create pdfCreate rtf

Get permanent link

Add text

Add table

Add bar

Add map

Add pie

Add location map

Edit title&c

Home pageEdit Mode

cursor hover

STOP EDIT RETURNS TO “SAFE” MODE

ENTER “EDIT” MODE






Lets move legend to the left side

Practice break. Basic report creation

• Practise with any of the features we have covered

OR

• Start up a new report of your own.

• How about adding a bar chart of Life expectancy at birth for males and then for females?

• A pie chart of household tenure?

• A map of population by ward?






A simple text narrative

GEOGRAPHY AND POPULATIONHere is a breakdown of Pendle giving the area, population size and gender split of each Ward.

The total area of Pendle District is 16,936 hectares. The Ward with the largest area is Boulsworth, representing 25.88% of all Wards in the District.

The most densely populated Ward is Walverden with 55.80 persons per hectare, the least densely populated Ward is Higham and Pendleside with 0.60 persons per hectare.

@LGInformPlus

http://bit.ly/1FqNaAS





@LGInformPlus






@LGInformPlus


Types of text token

Practice break. Text Tokens

• Practise with any of the features we have covered

OR

• Start up a new report of your own

OR

• Make a copy of the shared report and try creating text tokens







LG Inform / LG Inform PlusThe technical environment

LA indicator data

Centrally gathered indicator data

esd-toolkitIntermediate

database

Indicator (validated

original and derived) data

Indicator data for validation

Other esd and 3rd party

licensed data

3rd party app

3rd party app

3rd party app

ONS

Open data

Open Linked Data

esd-standards

spend

projects

data.gov.uk

legislation.gov.ukOrdnance

Survey

Web Service methods

Ontology

Original data

Public data used by Inform

Data optimised for Inform

KHub desktop

inform App

Inform user

settings

KHub

Upload

Download

http://stark-fortress-7714.herokuapp.com/



api.esd.org.uk

Other services

• Powers and duties analysis tool

• Records retention guidance tool

• Open data publishing data search & guidance

• Information managers’ networks

Further information

LG Inform Plus: local.gov.uk/lginformplus

Open data: opendata.esd.org.uk

Standards: standards.esd.org.uk

Technical Help: [email protected]

Open data knowledge group:

https://khub.net/group/lginform

[email protected]@[email protected]

Government & Nonprofit

LG Inform PLUS half day training session 2016 - slides simulating live use