APIS is a feature rich application
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There are hundreds of special features and configurable system options within APIS - here are just a few:
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| APISdashboard |
- Use specific reports
- Announcements by location (meetings, reminders)
- BOLO - Be On The Lookout Alerts
- Scrolling Message Center
- Serious Incident Messages for your area of responsibility
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| APISdataweb |
- Displays relationships between all related records
- Look up a person’s name in the system and with one click you see every case, every investigation, every incident, every restitution/recovery, etc. associated with that person
- Facilitates research and investigation
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| APISevidence |
- Allows for the attachment of any digital / PC file(s) to any APIS record
- Maintain all aspects of the case electronically
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| APISflash |
- Provides workflow management
- See an instant summary of all records pending for your approval, assigned to you for follow up and open / in progress for your area of responsibility and click through from the summary information on the dashboard, directly to the related records
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| APIShelp |
- Enhanced online help feature is a virtual system within a system!
- Open the APIS Help system then navigate the controls to get on screen help and access to instruction on operation.
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| APISmail |
- Allows Users to send and receive messages within the APIS user group
- Optional external mail capabilities
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| APISsearch |
- A comprehensive “google-like” search process that allows for easy look-up by nearly any criteria: name, number, social
- Detailed search also allows for other fields / search criteria· Custom or partial searches are also possible
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| APISsummary |
- From the dashboard you will see a snapshot of critical statistics for your area of responsibility
- See week-to-date, month-to-date and year-to-date summaries of each module - Cases, Investigations, Incidents and more!
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| APISsuperweb |
- Enhanced link analysis identifies non-obvious relationships
- Identifies potential fraud related patterns between seemingly unrelated records
- Identifies related records by same name, same address, same social, same phone, same vehicle and more
- Relationship link parameters are configurable by the client
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| APIStips |
- On-screen help tips to describe data entry for each input field
- Enhances consistency and increase ease of data entry
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| APIStask |
- Ability to schedule specific assignments or tasks to self or others
- Calendar feature with all the tasks listed
- Reminder notices sent via email
- Overdue tasks are highlighted and displayed as priority
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| Barcode Printing and Scanning |
- Scan in barcodes to capture merchandise information and retrieve merchandise description and pricing
- Print barcodes on civil demand or restitution letters to facilitate payment management using the recovery system
- Also used to create fax cover pages to allow evidence to be faxed and attached directly to a particular record (ex: fax a handwritten statement and have the scanned image attached automatically to the case or investigation record)
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| Geo-Spatial Information System |
- Display cases, investigations, incidents and other key information on a map view
- Visually identify trends and patterns with plotted map points relating to incidents that have occurred
- National, regional or local views
- Drill down to street level detail
- View in Map or Aerial (satellite) view or a hybrid of both views
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| Data Entry Wizard |
- Simplified data input
- Effective and efficient method to search the database to prevent double data entry
- Improved speed and integrity for data entry
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| Smart Fields and Dates |
- Smart fields are used as a trigger to keep additional fields hidden unless a particular option is chosen, requiring additional detail / fields to be displayed and completed
- Fields that are not used often by most users remain hidden until the user calls them
- An error message will be displayed in the status bar when a wrong date is entered both in invalid format or invalid based on the date
- Date Pickers and Time Pickers are provided to simplify data entry and ensure consistency in data capture
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| Spell Checker, Thesaurus and Dictionary |
- Checks narrative entries for misspelled words
- Saves time and enhances accuracy in reports
- Custom dictionary settings
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