Latest data updates in Local Insight

A roundup of the May data updates in Local Insight

All of the monthly unemployment data from the Department for Work and Pensions has been updated in Local Insight. Listed below are all the updated datasets:

  • Youth unemployment (18-24 receiving JSA and Universal Credit)
  • Unemployment benefit (JSA and Universal Credit)
  • Unemployment benefit
  • Jobseekers Allowance claimants, claiming for over 12 months
  • Jobseekers Allowance claimants, female
  • Jobseekers Allowance claimants, male

Time to update your reports

To see this latest unemployment data in your reports you must generate new reports for your custom areas. To do this, simply click Request Report on the Manage Custom Areas page. For more information about the Reports in Local Insight, check out the Report section in our Knowledge Base.

Indicators available within Local Insight

To see a list of all of the indicators available in Local Insight and also a full list of the new updates check out this Knowledge Base article.

If you have any questions about the new data updates, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us on support@ocsi.co.uk or give us a call on 01273 810270.

Improving user experience: New updates in Local Insight

The development team here at OCSI are always working on a number of different projects. And looking for ways in which work from one project can be used to improve another and make your user experience even better. Today we are rolling out a collection of these improvements.

We noticed that people are creating more and more custom areas in Local Insight and it is great to see people making the most out of the custom areas feature! As a result we have adapted the way you can search for your custom areas, on the Map and on the Manage custom areas pages, to make it easier for you to find specific areas within a long list. We’ve also made some minor improvements to help people understand and effectively use the Dashboard.

What’s changed?

Maps page

Previously when you wanted to view a custom area on the map, you would click on the services icon and select the area from the drop down box. We have now created a specific button for custom areas. This new Areas button can be found nestled between the reports and settings button on the map page. Click the button and a list of all the custom areas on Local Insight with a filtering option appears.

Use the filtering box to type in the name of a particular custom area and then select that area to view on the map. Next to each custom area is a little information icon. Click on this icon to open up a popup detailing information about that custom area. Information includes; a list of services within the area, how the area was created, when it was created, who created it and which constituent regions are contained within the area.

NEW button for custom areas

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Manage custom areas page
If you are a group admin or power user who creates custom areas for your group, you will also see improvements on the Manage custom areas page. We have added a filter box so you can easily zoom to a custom area within a long list.

Filter bar on manage custom areas page

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To refresh your knowledge on the different ways of creating custom areas in Local Insight, check out the custom area section in the Knowledge Base.

 

Dashboard 

The Dashboard is a great way of visualising how your custom areas compare to one and another on multiple indicators. To ensure that everyone understand how the dashboard works and what it is showing, we have added a link to a detailed Knowledge Base article. Hover your cursor over the colour key in the top left hand corner to find the link to the Knowledge Base article.

 

 

If you haven’t used the Knowledge Base before, it is full of bite sized articles which help you get the most out of Local Insight. It can be found on the Support tab in the top right hand corner of Local Insight.

If you have any questions about the recent improvements to Local Insight then please contact us on support@ocsi.co.uk.

Big Lottery data now available in Local Insight

We are always looking to add new datasets into Local Insight. So, we are really excited to announce that we have now added Big Lottery grant data to the tool. If you’ve ever bought a lottery ticket,  you can now use Local Insight to see where that money has been spent!

The Big Lottery data

We have added three datasets from the Big Lottery. The datasets span different time periods in order to provide both a snapshot of how recent grant funding has been spent whilst also allowing for the study of more longitudinal data.The datasets available are:

  • Big Lottery grant funding per head (£) 2004-2010
  • Big Lottery grant funding per head (£) 2004-2015
  • Big Lottery grant funding per head (£) 2011-2015

The data is published by the Big Lottery at Ward level and we have apportioned it down using population weighting at Output Area level to provide data for your custom areas. To find out more about the raw data see the Big Lottery website

Big Lottery grant funding per head (3) 2004-2015

Big Lottery grant funding per head (£) 2004-2015

Use the Big Lottery data to…

  • Explore how much Big Lottery grant funding your local areas receive compared to areas around the country
  • Question assumptions made about how grant money has been spent across the areas you work in.
  • Build up a picture of how grant funding has affected your communities over the past 13 years and see whether there are any areas which have received little to no funding.
  • Measure if there is a correlation between levels of grant funding and areas of deprivation.

Explore the new data in Local Insight

To find these new indicators in Local Insight click on the Group Admin tab and go onto the Manage Indicators page, search within the Unassigned theme for the full names of the indicators (see above). If you need a reminder of how to add new indicators to your maps and dashboards, check out this article in our Knowledge Base.

To see a full list of all the datasets available in Local Insight and also a full list of the new updates check out this Knowledge Base article.

If you have any questions about these new indicators, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us on support@ocsi.co.uk or give us a call on 01273 810270.