ALaska Data Enterprise Reporting

References & Resources

• Helpful References
• Training Materials
• Workshops

Helpful References

• ALDER Report Developer User Guide [PDF] - The ALDER Report Developer User Guide provides conceptual and detail information to aid users in building accurate, optimal reports.
• ALDER Report Scheduling [PDF]
• Top 10 ALDER Mistakes [PDF]
• Search & Inquiry in IRIS FIN/PROC [PDF] (SOA Only)

Training Materials

Workshops

Beginning in February of 2020, the Division of Finance started a series of ALDER workshops for Report Developers. Materials and recordings from these workshops will be posted to this webpage for future reference.

• Reporting Foundation Concepts - February 12, 2020
  • Workshop Recording
  • Workshop Materials [PDF] - SOA Only
• Trial Balance - August 18, 2020
  • Workshop Recording

The Division of Finance offered a series of ALDER workshops in Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 to demonstrate reports based on IRIS data. Recordings of these workshops are available by clicking the links below.

The recordings are available as MPEG-4 (MP4) video files and are very large files, runtime (HH:MM:SS) and file size is notated next to each recording for your reference.

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• ALDER Universe Overview for Budget Staff
  • Part I - Runtime 01:57:50 [MP4 158.0 MB]
  • Part II - Runtime 01:57:55 [MP4 168.0 MB]
• ALDER Universe Overview for Financial Staff
  • Part I - Runtime 02:04:47 [MP4 148.0 MB]
  • Part II - Runtime 01:36:55 [MP4 141.0 MB]
• Workshop I - Federal Funding Accountability & Transparency (FFATA) Reports / Federal Draw Reports and Reimbursable Service Agreements (RSA) reports
  • Part I - Runtime 00:53:33 [MP4 14.8 MB]
  • Part II - Runtime 01:09:05 [MP4 20.4 MB]
  • Part III - Runtime 00:46:27 [MP4 13.3 MB]
• Workshop II - Payroll Reports & Audit Trail Reports
  • All Parts - Runtime 03:10:58 [MP4 71.4 MB]
• Workshop III - Trial Balance and Balance Sheet Reports, Budget/ Actual Reports and Capital Asset Reports
  • Part I - Runtime 00:59:38 [MP4 105.0 MB]
  • Part II - Runtime 00:51:40 [MP4 98.8 MB]
  • Part III - Runtime 00:43:53 [MP4 81.7 MB]
• Workshop IV - Workflow and Structure Reports
  • Part I - Runtime 01:07:40 [MP4 26.6 MB]
  • Part II - Runtime 01:51:53 [MP4 44.3 MB]
  • Part III - Runtime 00:27:37 [MP4 7.95 MB]
• ALDER Budget to Actuals - Runtime 01:51:32 [MP4 146.0 MB]
• ALDER Personal Services - Runtime 01:02:40 [MP4 106.0 MB]