Course Code: ANUP001
Course Name: Analyst’s Notebook Upgrade
Duration: 1 day
Prerequisites: It is highly desirable that delegates have completed an Analyst’s Notebook v6 Standard Course prior to attending the course.

This course is designed for existing users of Analyst’s Notebook 6 who would like to update their skills and learn how to apply the new features of Analyst’s Notebook 7. Delegates completing this course will learn how to use the new and enhanced Importing Specification Wizard to create association and / or timeline charts and use the enhanced functionality within List Items. In previous versions, the import specification would allow a user to import details of a single entity or details linking one entity to another and would often require multiple import specifications for complex imports. The new import wizard allows users to visualise the import specification in a more user friendly (GUI) interface and import multiple entities, event frames, theme lines or customized imports that allow the user to combine all representations in a single import specification.

The Analyst’s Notebook Course is designed for new users and focuses on the fundamental concepts of visual investigative analysis. This includes (but is not limited to) learning how to:

• Create association and timeline charts for presentation and analysis using a consistent approach and establish correct naming protocols.
• Incorporate images such as maps, video files and photographs into their charts.
• Use the new enhanced Import Specification Wizard to import large volumes of data to create association and/or timeline charts.
• Use the analytical tools and layouts to query and locate data on charts.
• Use the Find Matching Entities function to find potential duplicates on a chart.
• Prepare charts for professional reporting using titles and legends.
• Using and creating templates to customise the user palettes, entities, links and attributes used in Analyst’s Notebook.

The Analyst’s Notebook Advanced Course is designed for experienced users of Analyst’s Notebook and focuses on more complex functionality and advanced analytical techniques. This includes (but is not limited to) learning how to:

• Use Snap Shots to present charts for verbal briefings.
• Use the advanced transformation functions in the Import Specification Wizard.
• Use the Browse Bar and Selection Sets.
• Use the advanced Find Path, Find Linked and Find Cluster analytical functions.
• Create and run Reports.
• Use the Series Import.

Those completing the course will learn the following advanced analytical techniques:

• Behavioural profiling of telephone calls.
• Risk Assessment profiling using Scored Matching and Risk Ratings.

This course is developed for those who will be using, creating, and administering/maintaining iBase databases. The course structure encompasses a User component first followed by a Designer and Administration/Maintenance component.

The User component includes (but is not limited to) learning how to:

• Find, edit, create and delete entity and link records in iBase via iBase and/or through the Analyst’s Notebook interface.
• Use labeling schemes to display information.
• Use the Find dialog, Queries, Browse, Sets, Word Search and Scored Matching functions to find records and analyse/visualise the results in iBase and/or Analyst’s Notebook using different methods.
• Import and/or export data using the iBase wizards.
• Use Charting Schemes and the Timeline Assistant to chart iBase records in Analyst’s Notebook to create timeline charts.
• Use Mapping configurations to map iBase records in selected mapping applications for geo-spatial analysis.
• Create and run iBase reports.

The Designer component includes (but is not limited to):

• Learning the process of designing and implementing a database (including the consultation process and planning phase).
• Creating a database design model and plan.
• Creating a database security file and a database file and assigning security groups and restricted access control privileges to the iBase users.
• Creating entity types and link types and adding fields to the entities and links and testing the database functionality in user mode.
• Importing and exporting code lists, synonyms lists, exclusion lists from other databases.
• Creating customised datasheets.
• Creating and maintaining the Word Index Synonyms list and Excluded Words list and incrementing the index.
• Creating and using database templates.
• Creating database design reports.

The Administration/Maintenance component includes (but is not limited to) learning how to:

• Maintain database integrity of the records.
• Use the iBase Scheduler Configuration to perform scheduled batch imports/exports.
• Use the Audit Viewer to audit actions performed by the database users in regards to the record manipulation and security access.
• Ensure the database is compacted to run more efficiently.

Designed for new users of iBridge, the course provides an introduction to working with databases in Analyst’s Notebook. This includes (but is not limited to) learning how to:

• Find records using the find dialog or a query and analyse sets and display the information in an association chart and/or a timeline chart.
• Populating iBridge data as cards.
• Visualise and expand the records in Analyst’s Notebook using different methods.
• Use the iBridge filters to customise what is displayed.
• Find iBridge connections and paths between entities.
• Create and run an iBridge report.
• Analyse the information using the Analyst’s Notebook analytical functions.

Designed for new users of Pattern Tracer, the course provides an introduction to identifying potential patterns / clusters in telephone calls. This includes (but is not limited to) learning how to:

• Create and populate Pattern Tracer databases.
• Importing telephone call data into the Pattern Tracer database.
• Finding patterns/clusters in the Pattern Tracer database using different methods
• Visualising the patterns/clusters that are found using association and/or timeline charting views.

Designed for new users of TextChart, the course provides an introduction to working with unstructured data to create a TextChart workspace. This includes (but is not limited to) learning how to:

• Work with documents in Textchart that are being analysed.
• Adding entities, links and attributes to the TextChart workspace using different methods to create an association and/or timeline chart.
• Searching for entities, links and/or attributes in the TextChart workspace and/or the documents.
• Uploading the TextChart workspace into a valid iBase database.

The units covered during the AIM course include:

• Analytical Process
• Link Analysis
• Development and Assessment of Inferences
• Analytical Charting
• Concealed Income Analysis

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The units covered during the CIA course include:

• The Intelligence Process
• Link Analysis
• Development of Inferences
• Assessment of Inferences
• Logical Briefings and Written Reports
• Flow and Transaction Charting
• Other Charting Techniques
• Analysis of Patterns and Relationships
• Analysis of Trends
• Concealed Income Analysis
• Concepts and Strategies of Computer-Aided Analysis
• Pyschology of Intelligence Analysis

Anacapa Science Courses are now Articulated with Australian Universities