• When download has completed, double-click the downloaded icon. Follow the instructions provided as the setup program does its work. After setup has completed, restart your system.

• If you are running Windows NT or Windows 2000, you will need to follow the extra configuration step for Desktop Reporting on Windows NT.

• After restarting your system (and following the extra configuration step if you are using Windows NT or Windows 2000), you will find a new folder on your desktop labeled "SIS Desktop Reporting". Double-click this folder to view its contents.

• Inside the new folder, double-click on the "Update SIS Desktop Reporting" folder and then the "Update SIS Desktop Reporting" icon. This will start an automated FTP session which will retrieve for you the latest SIS reports and place them in the "SIS Desktop Reporting" folder found on your desktop. This icon can be used any time you need to update all the reports in all the sub-directories. Each sub-directory also has its own update icon that will only update its own group of reports.

• There is also a "Recycle Files" icon in the c:\sis folder. This icon will erase all the reports files in all the sub-directories. You should use this if the FTP process gets interrupted to clean out the directories before reusing the "Update SIS Desktop Reporting" icon.

admissions addresses: Contains address labels for applicants and matriculants.
admissions main: Contains broad-range profiles of applicants as well as reference reports for SIS admissions code tables.
credential tracking: Contains reports listing missing credentials for applicants and reference reports for SIS credential code tables.
demographics: Produces gender and ethnicity counts for applicants.
embark: Contains reports for admissions offices who receive applications via the Embark web site.
test scores: Provides test score information for applicants.

debt management: Contains reports to aid in the advising of financial aid recipients.
financial aid main: Contains a variety of reports to be run by financial aid offices.

housing: Contains reports for use by Undergraduate Residence Halls.

addresses: Contains programs to produce labels by graduation term, school, department, program and other criteria.
alumni: Produces lists and counts of alumni by graduation date.
course info: Contains print rosters for an individual class or for all classes for a school, department, subject, or professor.
grades: Contains reports on grades and GPA's for students in a school or department.
reference: Contains reports listing SIS codes which may assist you in entering correct retrieval arguments.
student lists: Contains contact lists for undergraduate majors & concentrators and for graduate students; provides school enrollment reports.

utilities: RSS users may access this library to change their password.

Other exe files which are used by one specific department or school.

To run an SIS Desktop Reporting report, simply double-click on the .exe file's icon.  The following box should appear:

In the UserID field enter your Report Server ID. Then tab down to the Password field and enter your password. It will not appear as you typed it. Then click on the "OK" box. You should then see a screen similar to the following one, from the alumni.exe:

Click on the "Reports button.  A box similar to that below will be displayed, and you will see a list of programs available in that directory:

Please note, also, that there is also a brief description of the report to the right of its name.  You may need to use the scroll bar a the bottom to see all of the contents of the description.  Select the report you want to run.  Double-click on the report name.  At this point you will be asked for "retrieval arguments" in a run time parameter box that will look like the following:

Formats for the argument values are in the Word documents that accompany each directory.  Enter your selection criteria, and then click "OK".  The main program box will then look like the following:

You will notice that at the top left corner there is now a box with a little red hand and the word "Cancel" in it.

This is the button to press to cancel the report request.  You would use this button if you started to run a report and then realized you made a mistake in entering one of the retrieval arguments.  You will also notice that on the lower left hand corner there is an informational message that will tell you how many rows of information the report has returned to your PC during and at the conclusion of retrieval process.

It is a good idea to keep an eye on this number.  If the report is retrieving many more rows than expected you can cancel it by hitting the "Cancel" button, and then checking your retrieval arguments.  When the report is finished running the button with a red hand and the word "Cancel" will change to a "Retrieve" button.

You can now print, save the report, or rerun with different retrieval arguments.  To print the report just hit the print button

and follow the print dialog box.  If you wish to save the data, you have a choice of more than one format to save the file in.  To do this you need to click on the file item at the top.  When you do you will get a sub-menu of items to select from.  Select the "Save Rows as ..." Item.  A new box opens up.

You will first need to select in what format you want to save the data.  After you have selected the format you can then enter a file name.  Then click the save button and your file saved.  When you are done you can exit the program by clicking on the "Exit: button.