field based reporting

The Optimum Technology Field-Based Reporting is a solution that helps agencies build customized field-based reports that meet their unique needs. Our "Forms Assistant" provides a simple, intuitive interface on a Tablet PC, Laptop Computer, Mobile Data Computer, or even a desktop computer that officers can use in the field or in the office with little or no training. Forms Assistant is a field-based reporting module that helps organize the data-collection process into a simple interview that is generated using a sophisticated rules-engine.

Forms Assistant provides the following significant benefits over traditional, form-based field reporting applications:

• The simple user interface helps minimize training costs - simple interviews make for an efficient, non-threatening data collection mechanism
• The user is guided through the required data collection and reporting practices based on the offense they are investigating - no need to remember complex data specifications and validation rules
• Touch-screen support (and ink support on Tablet-PC) enables convenient operation (including free hand data entry on Tablet-PC with pen) for maximum comfort and efficiency
• Data can be captured without the need for an "always on" wireless network connection
• System administrator can quickly define and deploy new interviews into the field with the sophisticated administrator's console
• Output flat file or XML for easy integration with most back-end application systems such as records management systems (RMS) or an information sharing repository