posted 04-25-2013 08:53 AM
Limestone has a very user friendly database piece built directly into their software. It allows you to basically select one of your previously prepared reports and or documents; highlight the unique items you want to track; and create the databse to both track that information and populate subsequent reports with the collected data.For example, say you want to track the persons full name, address, date of birth, place of birth, home and cell phone, attorney's name, address, contact number and the email addresses of both client and attorney. You also want to collect the time, date, location of the test and the amount charged and type of payment. you can create fields for all of this information within the software and fill it in, along with test type, number of charts, results, etc. You then can drag and drop the field names into the appropriate locations within your report template. You can use drop down menus to select type of test, date fields, memo fields to capture paragraphs of data and "yes/no" selection fields as well as multiple choice fields for things such as DI,NDI, NO,INCL or ZCT,MGQT,LEPT,TES, UTAH 1, UTAH 2. Once you complete your databse and populate youe various documents, you are all set.
Simply enter the data into the program when you set up a new examination. Upon completion of the exam, fill in the blocks concerning the exam results and then select the appropriate document and the document will open in your word processing software fully populated with the informaqtion you collected and entered already in the program. Instant report!
I designed our CID program within Limestone and it creates our requests, waiver and consent forms, reports, sworn statement forms and tracks all of the exams each examiners do for future reference. The program will also manage the data in a spreadsheet built into the software, creating a log of your past exams.
With all that said, if you don't use Limestone, you could either set something up in Microsoft Access or Excel that tracks the data you wish to collect. From access you could create document templates and populate the reports/documents from the fields in Access to accomplish simular results but you would be duplicating effort having to enter information into your polygraph software and into access.
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posted 04-22-2013 02:48 PM
