User Documentation

Resources on getting started with the EVAMOSC system, including user guides and more technical documentation, are available to all EVAMOSC users inside the Portal. Currently available documentation includes:

User Interface Guide

  • Instructs users on use of the O&S Data Workbooks & associated worksheets
  • Topics covered: a primer on O&S costs, discussion of current data availability, accessing EVAMOSC data, workbook content, how to navigate workbooks/worksheets, using worksheet filters and search parameters and viewing the results, detailed data definitions, and a data dictionary for reference tables located within the UI

Data Pipeline Guides

  • An examination of the measures EVAMOSC employs to curate and transform each Service-specific cost and non-cost data set in a way that maintains its integrity and uniqueness in a cross-Service data analytics environment
  • Explains where and how data enters EVAMOSC and the steps taken to transform and normalize it (without getting into technical detail such as table joins or filters)

Data Transformation Documents

  • Technical processes involved in identifying, collecting, exporting, ingesting, transforming, and otherwise normalizing source O&S data for presentation and use in analysis in the UI
  • Identifies specific tables, fields, table joins, and business logic used in each data transformation process