Instructor: Randall Williams

Randall Williams
 Biography: Randall finished his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science in 2013 and joined Entrinsik shortly thereafter. During that time, he has provided clients with technical support, consulting, plugins, and training. He espcially enjoys face-to-face interaction through trainings and conferences.

Classes by this instructor


Informer 5 - AI for Creators and Power Users (previously called Building AI Assistants)

Informer 5 - AI for Creators and Power Users (previously called Building AI Assistants)
Utilize Informer AI to streamline the process of delivering data. Between jumpstarting JavaScript Flow Steps, rapidly generating new visuals for Dashboards, and creating a customized Assistant that combines query data with documents from a folder to answer questions-learn the ins and outs of this time-saving tool. This class does not require any previous knowledge of AI. The times for these classes are set for Eastern Standard Time (EST). This is a 3-hour class.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, Entrinsik Online University

Informer 5 - Administration and System Setup

Informer 5 - Administration and System Setup
In this class, participants learn how to setup Informer including default settings, email setup, domain repository setup, user fields, codes, and much more. Prerequisites: Needs to have administrator or super-user access. The times for these classes are set for Eastern Standard Time (EST). This is a 2-hour class.
Tuesday, July 15, 2025, Entrinsik Online University

Informer 5 - Advanced Flow Steps and Power Scripts

Informer 5 - Advanced Flow Steps and Power Scripts
In this class, participants learn how to use Flow Steps and create advanced Power Scripts. Flow Steps allow participants to add new Fields and modify existing ones based on results from the Query or user input. Participants learn to create more advanced Power Scripts from what they learned in the JavaScript for Calculated Fields Class. This is a higher-level technical class directed at power users of Informer 5. Prerequisites: JavaScript For Calculated Fields class or experience with JavaScript programming specifically JavaScript Objects. The times for these classes are set for Eastern Standard Time (EST). This is a 2-hour class.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, Entrinsik Online University

Informer 5 - Building Templates

Informer 5 - Building Templates
In this class, participants will learn how to use the Templates feature in Informer 5. Templates allow participants to to create custom forms to output data. Participants will learn how to use Nunjucks to inject data into their HTML file for customized data output. This is a higher-level technical class directed at power users of Informer 5. The times for these classes are set for Eastern Standard Time (EST). This is a 3-hour class.
Monday, June 16, 2025, Entrinsik Online University
Tuesday, December 9, 2025, Entrinsik Online University

Informer 5 - Building Web Queries

Informer 5 - Building Web Queries
In this class, participants will learn how to construct a call to a Web Datasource (for example a REST data provider) and interpret the response. Using JavaScript, learn how to format the response into a table and call for additional pages of data. Prerequisites: Advanced Flow Steps (or solid understanding of JavaScript and JSON) and knowledge of a REST-like data provider. The times for these classes are set for Eastern Standard Time (EST). This is a 2-hour class.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025, Entrinsik Online University
Wednesday, December 10, 2025, Entrinsik Online University

Informer 5 - Configuring Visuals and Reports

Informer 5 - Configuring Visuals and Reports
In this class, participants learn how to build content from Datasets. This includes how to configure the different types of visuals available in Informer 5 and how to create Dashboards, Comparison Boards, and Data Views reports from the content in Datasets. Attendees will not be building Datasets in the class. The times for these classes are set for Eastern Standard Time (EST). This is a 3-hour class.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, Entrinsik Online University
Wednesday, August 13, 2025, Entrinsik Online University

Informer 5 - Designing Queries

Informer 5 - Designing Queries
In this course, participants learn how to design queries, including adding fields, criteria, and flow steps to create a Dataset or Ad hoc Query. Participants learn how to create Jobs to refresh Datasets and share content. This class is strictly for creating queries (Datasets and Ad hoc Queries). We will not be configuring visuals or reports.

Audience: Users who have access to creating Datasets and Ad-hoc Queries. These users should be familiar with the mappings and fields in the Datasource and have the role of Data Designer or above. All attendees will be given access to the sandbox to follow along and take part in the interactive exercises. The times for these classes are set for Eastern Standard Time (EST). This is a 4-hour class.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, Entrinsik Online University

Informer 5 - Interacting with AI (previously called Interacting with AI Assistants and Copilot)

Informer 5 - Interacting with AI (previously called Interacting with AI Assistants and Copilot)
Informer AI, including AI Assistants, is intended to make it easier to understand data and get the answers needed. See how best to utilize this rapidly-evolving software by asking the right questions (called "prompt engineering"), guiding AI through multiple requests, and learning where Informer AI can streamline workflows. This class does not require any previous knowledge of AI. The times for these classes are set for Eastern Standard Time (EST). This is a 3-hour class.
Thursday, May 22, 2025, Entrinsik Online University
Thursday, August 14, 2025, Entrinsik Online University

Informer 5 - Interacting with Query Results

Informer 5 - Interacting with Query Results
In this course, participants learn how to interact with data, once access to the query and/or reports has been granted. This includes actions, filters, column formatting, visuals, and interacting with reports that have been shared with you (Dashboards, Comparison Boards, Data Views).

Audience: Users who have Datasets and/or reports shared to them. This class is strictly for interacting with pre-built Datasets and Reports. We will not be building Datasets in this class. The times for these classes are set for Eastern Standard Time (EST). This is a 2-hour class.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, Entrinsik Online University
Tuesday, August 12, 2025, Entrinsik Online University
Thursday, October 16, 2025, Entrinsik Online University

Informer 5 - JavaScript for Calculated Fields

Informer 5 - JavaScript for Calculated Fields
In this class participants learn basics of JavaScript to extend their reporting capabilities by adding Calculated Fields and Power Scripts. Calculated Fields use query data, literal values, or other data to do calculations but that is not all they do. They are very powerful and can make life much easier when generating Queries. This class helps participants understand how to write Calculated Fields using JavaScript. The times for these classes are set for Eastern Standard Time (EST). This is a 4-hour class.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025, Entrinsik Online University

Informer 5 - Query Performance & Scheduling

Informer 5 - Query Performance & Scheduling
Discover methods to optimize Informer by choosing the best type of Query for a given use case, understanding the performance difference between Criteria and Filters, and pulling only the rows that have changed instead of a Datasource's entire historical record count. The times for these classes are set for Eastern Standard Time (EST). This is a 2-hour class.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, Entrinsik Online University

Informer 5 - Server Administration

Informer 5 - Server Administration
Learn to get the most out of your Informer server with performance tuning, security settings, and even clustering. While learning how the various components of Informer's server interact with each other can be beneficial for anyone, this class is geared towards those customers who host their own Informer and especially those who host Informer for others. Cloud customers will not have access to any of the settings covered in this training. The times for these classes are set for Eastern Standard Time (EST). This is a 3-hour class.
Thursday, July 17, 2025, Entrinsik Online University

Informer 5 - Understanding User Security

Informer 5 - Understanding User Security
In this class, participants learn the intricacies of Informer 5 security and data governance. Learn the best practices of setting up security and understanding the difference between owning and sharing content. The focus is on setting up Teams, Users, Role Permissions, Mapping Sets, Sharing Datasources and Datasets. This class is geared toward Informer Administrators. The times for these classes are set for Eastern Standard Time (EST). This is a 2-hour class.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, Entrinsik Online University
Wednesday, July 16, 2025, Entrinsik Online University

Informer 5 - Utilizing Informer's REST API Server

Informer 5 - Utilizing Informer's REST API Server
Learn how applications outside of Informer can interface with Informer directly, enabling automated tasks such as pushing data from a file, reading data directly, or even managing Users. The times for these classes are set for Eastern Standard Time (EST). This is a 3-hour class.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, Entrinsik Online University
Thursday, December 11, 2025, Entrinsik Online University