LG Inform A series of screen images to

simulate the interactive Learning Days run during 2014 & 2015

Tim Adams: Programme Manager LG Inform Plus

Objectives for the session

• Explain the background and vision

• Demonstrate the new product

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

• Early sight of further tools & services to come

Agenda – part 1 (light touch use)

• Background / vision / next steps timetable

• Public access – landing page / standard reports

• Signed in access

• Content search

• Landing Page and its tailoring

Agenda – 2 (Your own reporting)

• Report builder – simple component

• Report builder – adding / layout / editing components

• Report saving / auto-saving / versioning

• Report previewing / exporting

• Report printing and sharing

Agenda – 3 & 4 (personalisation & more detailed deployment)• Advanced component collections, grouping

and layout changes

• Web site personalisation

• LG inform Plus for data drilldown

• Small Area report generation

• esd-standards

• Conclusions & other questions

Agenda – 1 (light touch use)

• Background / vision / next steps timetable

• Public access – landing page / standard reports

• Signed in access

• Content search

• Landing Page and its tailoring

Why have we done this?

• Severe financial pressures– Productivity through deconstruction of performance– More sophisticated techniques than the past

• Dismantling of previous infrastructures– the demise of the Audit Commission– sector move to self regulation & re-wiring public services– look at industry standards and methods– offer coordinated facilitation not an imposition

• Transparency Agenda– legislation advnacing on public right of access to data– reduce freedom of information work loads– how do we make data transparent

LG Inform is……..

• ‘The LGA’s free data service which presents you with up-to-date published data about your local area and the performance of your council.

• Whether you’re interested in scrutiny, a portfolio area or simply need an overview, LG Inform can help you review and compare performance with other authorities’.

Timetable & Outreach

• Live Release– Made available to Learning Councils 31st July 2013– Open to the Public 29th Nov 2013– Ongoing updates through 2014 (re-procuring)

• Sector-led– Currently 92pc of councils are registered– 2300 registered users– Approaching 2500 – 3000 metrics– Working with regional performance networks

LG Inform: current learning groupLearning Group of Authorities

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council London Borough of Lewisham

Blaby District Council London Borough of Southwark

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council London Borough of Wandsworth

Darlington Borough Council Northamptonshire County Council

Devon County Council Oxford City Council

Dorset County Council Reading Borough Council

Durham County Council Royal Borough Kensington and Chelsea

East Northamptonshire Council St Albans City and District Council

Essex County Council Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Hampshire County Council Somerset County Council

Harlow District Council Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

Horsham District Council Sunderland City Council

Kent County Council Thurrock Council

Kettering Borough Council Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council

Lancashire County Council West Sussex County Council

Lewes District Council Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

London Borough of Barnet

Objectives of LG Inform

• A highly responsive and intuitive system• Performing in all modern browsers• Chiefly deploying data already in public domain • Increased customisation• High-quality visualisations (charts, maps, tables)• Sharing outside LG Inform (including embedding)• Displaying data according to user access rights• Open to the public• Ability to collect in-year and ‘early sight’ data

Key Information – LG Inform

• About us: www.local.gov.uk/about-lginform

• LG Inform: www.lginform.local.gov.uk

• Help and support: – Log-in assistance: lginform@esd.org.uk– Support: lginform@esd.org.uk– General enquiries: LGInform@local.gov.uk

• LG Inform Knowledge Hub Group– https://knowledgehub.local.gov.uk/group/lginform

Agenda – 1 (light touch use)

• Background / vision / next steps timetable

• Public access – landing page / standard reports

• Signed in access

• Content search

• Landing Page and its tailoring

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

http://lginform.local.gov.uk

The carousel displays up to datenews stories from the LGA

Agenda – 1 (light touch use)

• Background / vision / next steps timetable

• Public access – landing page / standard reports

• Signed in access

• Content search

• Landing Page and its tailoring

Agenda – 1 (light touch use)

• Background / vision / next steps timetable

• Public access – landing page / standard reports

• Signed in access

• Content search

• Landing Page and its tailoring

Practice break. Search/Dashboard• Try searching and viewing standard reports

– Adult obesity in East region– Adult obesity compared with all regions– Recycling in your council compared with core cities– Planning performance improvements over time

• Try editing your dashboard– Change a dial to include highway running expenses– Re-order the dials– Change the comparison group or lead authority– Reset back to defaults

Agenda – 1 (light touch use)

• Background / vision / next steps timetable

• Public access – landing page / standard reports

• Signed in access

• Content search

• Landing Page and its tailoring

Practice break. Search/Dashboard• Try searching and viewing standard reports

– Adult obesity in East region– Adult obesity compared with all regions– Recycling in your council compared with core cities– Planning performance improvements over time

• Try editing your dashboard– Change a dial to include highway running expenses– Re-order the dials– Change the comparison group or lead authority– Reset back to defaults

Agenda – 2 (Your own reporting)

• Report builder – simple component

• Report builder – adding / layout / editing components

• Report saving / auto-saving / versioning

• Report previewing / exporting

• Report printing and sharing

Practice break. Create a simple bar• Try creating a simple bar chart for your

organisation– Chose a metric that will match your lead authority

and comparison group < keep simple• for Counties/Mets/Unitaries – try GCSEs ?• for Districts – try Planning ?• for Fire – try Primary Dwelling Fires ?

– Save it– Tailor its layout– Save it

Agenda – 2 (Your own reporting)

• Report builder – simple component

• Report builder – adding / layout / editing components

• Report saving / auto-saving / versioning

• Report previewing / exporting

• Report printing and sharing

Perhaps shorten title ?

Practice break. Add more components• Try adding more components of your choice and

laying them on the canvas as you wish– Try adding a map– Try adding a pie chart– Save it– Tailor its layout– Save it

Agenda – 2 (Your own reporting)

• Report builder – simple component

• Report builder – adding / layout / editing components

• Report saving / auto-saving / versioning

• Report previewing / exporting

• Report printing and sharing

Generates a pdf file

Agenda – 3 & 4 (personalisation & more detailed deployment)• Advanced component collections, grouping

and layout changes

• Web site personalisation

• LG inform Plus for data drilldown

• Small Area report generation

• esd-standards

• Conclusions & other questions

A collection Breakdown collection by Function

For pie leave blank

Group-by Function

1x metric (GCSE) for two periods for four areas: Doncaster, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull

Second metric added – latest period only

Agenda – 3 & 4 (personalisation & more detailed deployment)• Advanced component collections, grouping

and layout changes

• Web site personalisation

• LG inform Plus for data drilldown

• Small Area report generation

• esd-standards

• Conclusions & other questions

Agenda – 3 & 4 (personalisation & more detailed deployment)• Advanced component collections, grouping

and layout changes

• Web site personalisation

• LG inform Plus for data drilldown

• Small Area report generation

• esd-standards

• Conclusions & other questions

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

http://www.esd.org.uk

Agenda – 3 & 4 (personalisation & more detailed deployment)• Advanced component grouping and layout

changes

• Web site personalisation

• LG inform Plus for data drilldown

• Small Area report generation

• esd-standards

• Conclusions & other questions

Agenda – 3 & 4 (personalisation & more detailed deployment)• Advanced component collections, grouping

and layout changes

• Web site personalisation

• LG inform Plus for data drilldown

• Small Area report generation

• esd-standards

• Conclusions & other questions

Access via esd-standardseffective service delivery

information sharingat

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

http://www.esd.org.uk

esd-standards: http://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: links to available tools

Invoke LG Inform large area reporting

Invoke LG inform Plus small area report

Drill down to greater detail

Information Management Tools

in LG Inform Plus

Records Retention Guidance

www.local.gov.uk/lginformplusOR

http://retention.esd.org.uk

LG Inform Plus Records Retention

Drill down to detailed records guidance

Link to source legislation if needed

LG Inform Plus

Direct Data Feed (API)

www.local.gov.uk/lginformplusOR

http://about.esd.org.uk/api

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

Agenda – 3 & 4 (personalisation & more detailed deployment)• Advanced component collections, grouping

and layout changes

• Web site personalisation

• LG inform Plus for data drilldown

• Small Area report generation

• esd-standards

• Conclusions & other questions

Key Information – LG Inform / Plus

• General Info: www.local.gov.uk/about-lginform

• LG Inform: www.local.gov.uk/lginform

• LG Inform Plus: www.local.gov.uk/lginformplus

• Help and support: lginform@esd.org.uk

• LG Inform Knowledge Hub Group– https://knowledgehub.local.gov.uk/group/lginform

Thank you…The End