Help & Support
Need help with student and course reporting?
Are you specifically working with student or course reports in BOXI? Registry SACS have some great support resources to assist you. There are also SACS-appointed 'Local Advanced Users' who can offer some help with reports - click below to find your nearest one. Queries to sacs@ed.ac.uk, 0131 (6)502 224.
Training Courses
Suitable for new users - and those wishing to update their skills - the "Getting Started with BOXI" course is a practical hands-on course that introduces the key features of the BOXI reporting platform, using a generic dataset. Book your place through MyEd.
Online Guides
The following online training materials will help you get started and master the BOXI reporting tool.
A beginners' slimline guide to the absolute basics of accessing, running, and sharing reports.
Offering more depth than the slimline guide, this course takes users further by covering key BOXI concepts, how to build reports from scratch, and formatting basics.
Ready to move beyond the basics? This course is a step-by-step guide to using the advanced reporting features in BOXI, including: restricting data returned by a query, enhancing the presentation (breaks, calculations, sorts, alerters), creating formulas and variables, and including data in your report from multiple sources.
User Group
Whether new to BOXI or a seasoned user, join the group to learn about best practice and to share problems, reports and ideas.
KnowledgeBase
Solutions to frequently asked BOXI questions and problems. Feel free to add in your own questions, or contribute an answer to someone else's.
Devolved Administrators
This guidance document is for devolved administrators within IS Apps and other areas who use the BOXI Cental Management Console. It explains how to manage users, groups and folders.
This article was published on Feb 12, 2013