Argos Reviews

Argos is exceptionally easy to use for creating both simple csv data extracts as well as more complex, structured reports with customization of formatting, images and more. Argos helps our institution by allowing users to be less dependent on IT to access their data and more efficient in how they use that data in their business processes.

The responsiveness of the banded report tool can be tricky when trying to develop reports. I've found that it tends to lock up or render slowly (sometimes the graphics flash/jump around on the page). When previewing reports sometimes the data rendered isn't right.

I like the ease of use. A nontechnical user can go in and use a datablock and build reports and dashboards. Other institutions are able to share there schema and our report devolpers can easily configure and use this to build reports. The new graphics pie charts, bar charts, email bursts would be a useful feature for my institution. Evisions is investing time and effort for n making this tool better. I am excited to see the roadmap in the near future.

Would like to start to see integration in Banner.
I would like to see more canned reports
I would like to see more BI to be on dashboard, There may be some available on the coop
I would like to see feature like email, drill down options (may be delivered already)
Customer support and training available on web
Security based on banner roles or departments

One of the biggest advantages of Argos is the ability to combine different data sources into a single report. This enable us to create reports that marries data from different sources like Oracle, SQL, mySQL, mariaDB etc.

There's not much to say about things I don't like too much about Argos. There's always room for improvement in all areas. Probably charting was the one where they were not making too much progress but the latest updates updated the charting in Argos and now it looks more modern.

The ease of use and the flexibility. We are able to provide our end users a "one-stop shop" for many of their data needs by pulling multiple facets of the data into one datablock that they can manipulate as they need. Not only that, but select end users can also build communications (email) and send adhoc or on a schedule without assistance from IT. Our users love it and we love it.

Not being able to connect to more than one datasource in one datablock.
This is not something we would need often, but occasionally the need does arise.

Argos makes it fairly easy to access the information you want. It can quickly access tables, give you previews, and set up a basic form very quickly. For simple stuff, it is really good.

Where Argos is lacking is it's polish and ease of use. It can be difficult and finnicky to set up complicated reports. The charting functionality isn't great. There are also differences between the client and web viewer versions of the products, which makes access different from some users.

The most impressive aspect of Argos is the turnaround of tech support. The submission to respond ratio is fairly high. Also, Argos is building an evolving platform that include new and exciting features and functions.

I am still waiting on Argos to implement two-factor authentication. We place high emphasis on establishing a secure platform and the two-factor authentication will help in accomplishing that goal.

This software has incredible power with very few limitations

The software has become very expensive over the last 2 years.

It has made pulling information from Banner easier and has helped us to improve/automate many of our processes!

There isn't really anything that I dislike about the software itself...just wish I had more time to get datablocks designed by IT that I need to make things work more efficiently in my office.

We use Argos to do daily, weekly, monthly, annual reportings. It has been very beneficial for SACSCOC reports.

For some reason, there seemed to be an issue with how to set up different reports in the IT department. I don't know if this was a software issue or user error.

Fairly flexible when you know what you're doing. Reporting is good. Using it as an application front end takes imagination.

"Data aware" checkboxes and radio buttons that aren't really data-aware.
Report design is tedious.
Online help system is almost useless.

People working at Evisions are extraordinarily experienced in reporting and educational use cases. This knowledge is incredibly valuable as we can dive right into the use case. So far, each of our questions have been asked by others and there is always an easy solution.

The software is still evolving and lacks some modern day features like Web Accessibility and the ability to code once and be able to render to any size monitor with a similar look and feel.

I like scheduling jobs, generating CSV outputs. I wish to utilize all other sophisticated features which updates/inserts records.
Also I really like the customer service, when I need help they are always very helpful and kind!

I don't like using tables to genrate a data block, I prefer free SQL instead. And there are some minor differences in Argos SQL.

The ability to customize reports. The ability to use other reports generated by others in higher education.

None at this time. We plan to use reports on the academic side of the university.

Argos is great at populating student data as well as faculty data for reporting of accreditation, etc. It does the job!

It can be a tad bit cumbersome to use at times. However, once you get the hang of it - it is a piece of cake to use!

Good report formatting options with easy subtotaling and bursting features.

GUI is very limited and frustrating
Does not fully support SQL
Uses insecure JAVA that is not supported in most modern browser (IE only still allows this vulnerability prone language)
No ability to use JavaScript to enhance user assistance in request GUI

I have use this software as a part of my Lead Support role at Lansing Community College. It is very handy to have access to information that pulled real-time from our college's student information system, and it has a LOT of flexibility in the way that you can set up and run reports to meet your statistical needs.

I am a second-level user in the fact that I can run reports, but I do not have administrative access to the software. For me, it tends to get a bit frustrating when I want more advanced information and I have to get a response from elsewhere in the organization to create a report that fits my needs. I don't think this software is particularly intuitive either. I am really adept at learning software, so I caught on quickly, but I often find myself training other people in our office, especially at ways to manipulate the reports to generate the information that you want. It sometimes takes a few tries to find and generate things in a format that works well!

Argos allows me to respond quickly to the numerous requests for data I get each day, as well as giving me a tool with which to address more complicated projects.

Banded reports can be difficult to format. Lining everything up just right is tricky, and spacing gets weird when I use a lot of conditional bands.

It is fairly easy to convert an sql script to a pool of data where you can create reports of all types for the end user to run on demand. You can select variables to create the pool or you can filter within the reports to get only the data the end user should have. You like spreadsheets, it can do that. You need to fill in forms, it can do that.

Variable functionality on some browsers. You can always get to where you want to be but sometimes you have to take detours with some versions of some browsers. sometimes it is a right click and other times you have to click on the tool button. Sometimes it doesn't show the whole list but you can type something in the search box and it will find it.

*Ease of use
*Security permissions are very clear and easy to maintain
*You can develop charts and dashboards with a good SQL background
*Through the use of filters, you can create generic reports that are usable for several different business groups

*Charts and graphs can look a little dated, and the filtering logic is not inherent, as compared to Tableau or Qlik
*If using a lot of filters, you must code the cascading filter logic yourself, which makes it a pain if you have changes later on (adding or subtracting filters)

I like that we (ITS) can now saw 'Yes' to our end users more often than 'No.' Our functional users have taken on more of the report writing function than they could with our previous tool.

I'd like Argos better if there were seamless integration with Active Directory. Managing security at the user level and at the folder level is cumbersome.

Speedy and friendly moreover very accurate as I can get the information you to date! I am so excited because it helps me a lot and facilating my job as it the best tool I deal it with.

Nothing at all! Argos is the best way for any type of users it can be more than successful method to get what we need in 2 minutes only.

They go above and beyond to be helpful. ARGOS has enabled us to streamline many of our data requests and processes.

It would be nice if there was some better error checking when using free type. The ability to check parenthesizes, that sort of thing.

I would have to say that I like that has a lot of useful features. I feel like creating reports is easier than using SSRS. I like the ease of setting up automatic emails as well.

I feel like the statistical charts and graphs are clunkier than tableau. I would like to see better analytics overall.

Argos is able to handle large amount of data from variety of sources. It is flexible and end-user friendly.

Visualization of data is limited, and formatting documents for printing is time consuming. In order to take full advantage of it, proficiencies in SQL is a must.

The process of report writing is easy and simple, once your data block is created. The process is pretty pain free, provided you know a SQL and where your data is at. There is a lot of help available from the company as well as other users.

Even with help, the learning curve for this software may be steep, depending of what you want to accomplish in the end.