What are Report Library reports and who created them?

What are Report Library reports and who created them?

• A. They are reports created exclusively by external vendors and are not part of the HMIS package
• B. They are HMIS reports built by the software vendor and are part of the software package (canned reports)
• C. They are custom reports saved by agency administrators
• D. They are ad-hoc reports that vanish after use

Answer: (B)

Report Library reports are pre-built, standardized reports included with the HMIS software package, created by the software vendor. They arrive ready-to-use as canned reports, designed to meet common reporting needs and HUD requirements, and are part of the system rather than something created ad hoc by each agency. Agencies can run these reports directly from the library and rely on their definitions and formatting being consistent across the software. This is why the other options don’t fit: reports created exclusively by external vendors aren’t the norm because these are bundled with the HMIS package; custom reports saved by agency administrators are user-made, not vendor-built Library reports; and ad-hoc reports that vanish after use don’t describe the persistent, vendor-provided Library collection.

Report Library reports are pre-built, standardized reports included with the HMIS software package, created by the software vendor. They arrive ready-to-use as canned reports, designed to meet common reporting needs and HUD requirements, and are part of the system rather than something created ad hoc by each agency. Agencies can run these reports directly from the library and rely on their definitions and formatting being consistent across the software.

This is why the other options don’t fit: reports created exclusively by external vendors aren’t the norm because these are bundled with the HMIS package; custom reports saved by agency administrators are user-made, not vendor-built Library reports; and ad-hoc reports that vanish after use don’t describe the persistent, vendor-provided Library collection.