Are you interested in learning more about LG Inform or LG Inform Plus? If so, why not sign up for our online training session. The sessions are quick, direct and easily accessible from the comfort of your own desk. You will have the opportunity to learn more about the system, tools and data.

One of our trusted data analysts will happily help broaden your understanding of the system and answer all of your questions in this 30-minute bite-size training session.

Our sessions are run on the Zoom platform. You will be sent the meeting joining instructions via calendar invite so you will be able to see our computer screen, then in the session, we will work through various sections of the site to show you how it works.

Click on any subject headers on this page, which opens up into useful help guides for each module.

If you are interested in attending any of the online training sessions below please email lginform@local.gov.uk

We also host face to face training days across England for LG Inform and LG Inform Plus, to find out more email lginform@local.gov.uk

LG Inform

Introduction to LG Inform

6 October 11am

4 November 11am

1 December 11am

This webinar provides an overview of LG Inform, including a walkthrough of the public pages, using the headline and standard reports, how to find ready-made reports, and how to use the search function to find data; as well as a brief introduction to the pages for signed-in users.

Report builder – building a report

15 October 11.30am

19 November 11.30am

10 December 11.30am

Our report builder session takes you through the process of building and saving a report in LG Inform. A report can be made up of just one component, a text box, chart, map or table or several components.

Personalisation

8 October 10am

8 November 11am

3 December 11am

This session covers the many areas of LG Inform that can be personalised by registered users such as:

Adding Logos
Personalised Dashboard
Comparison Groups
Areas Of Interest
Personalised profiles

LG Inform Plus

Introduction to LG Inform Plus

4 October 11am

3 November 11am

7 December 11am

This webinar provides an overview on how to navigate across the newly updated LG Inform Plus web site. We show you how to access the various modules and offerings for both subscribed and non-subscribed organisations. This webinar focusses on the new features such as the 'Hub' pages, site navigation and how Help/Support is configured will be demonstrated.

Metrics search and Report building

12 October 2pm

8 November 2pm

13 December 2pm

This session outlines how to use the LG Inform Plus search engine to identify reports and data across a variety of metrics at ward level and below. The data for each metric can be viewed in a prebuilt report, and subscribers can see listings of all reports containing that specific metric. During the session, we also take you through the process of building a basic report as well as covering the additional features available to LG Inform Plus subscribers.

Text Token Editor: adding dynamic text and stats to your reports

13 October 2pm

9 November 2pm

14 December 2pm

In this session we will demonstrate our Text Token Editor to show users how to create dynamic text within a report that can be populated automatically with all the relevant data and information from the LG Inform database when settings such as local authority, date period or geography for the report change. To get the best from this session it's advisable delegates have first done the LG Inform Metrics Search and Report Building sessions.

Power and duties and Records retention

13 October 11am

15 November 11am

8 December 11am

This session talks you through the Powers and duties section of the LG Inform Plus website, which is designed to provide English and Welsh councils with guidance and information on what they have the power to do, and what is required of them by law.

By law, councils are required to keep records for a certain period of time, depending on the category of the record. As the costs of storage, monitoring digital security and version controls, compliance with Freedom of Information (FoI) requests and the possibility of hefty fines can be considerably high, this section of the web site is designed to provide guidance to those dealing with records retention.

Records of Processing Activities (GDPR)

22 October 11am

24 November 11am

16 December 11am

To meet the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) authorities need to maintain a comprehensive log of all data sets that contain personal information and details of the ‘legal basis’ for holding the data, how it is processed, with whom it is shared using the ICO specified details. This session show users how to download and maintain a RoPA for their local authority

My Local Metrics

22 November TBC

My Local Metrics is a data service allowing LG Inform Plus subscribers to add their local data items, or local performance indicators, to the LG Inform database for use alongside the 5,500 publicly available data items it already holds.

This session shows you how to define new metric types and upload their values for use within the LG Inform, LG Inform Plus and the LGI API tools. Once uploaded, these metrics can be used to create anything from simple charts, tables and maps to complex reports which will better reflect local needs and priorities.

Natural Neighbourhoods

20 October 11am

16 November 11am

This session shows you how to create custom areas instead of standard geographies, such as community zones, for more meaningful reporting and greater insight.

API

29 October 11am

26 November 11am

17 December 11am

Hear how to use our direct data feed to access over 5,000 data items for your performance reporting arrangements, or simply export them for analysis or your own reports.

Standards

Please email LGInform@local.gov.uk if you would like to talk through the Standards