The purpose of this guide is to provide instructions on how to use the features available in Intelligent Evidence Gathering(IEG). IEG is a technology provided as part of the IBM Cúram Application Suite which allows customers to create dynamic scripts for collecting data. Technically, this can be any data you like and can be used for whatever purpose you have in mind, but typically the data in question is required as part of an application for a program or to determine potential eligibility. All such information comes under the general heading of evidence. The dynamic nature of the scripts manifests itself in two ways:
- The IEG Engine interprets the scripts and creates the appropriate screens and screen flows at runtime, which means that new scripts can be created and existing ones modified through an administration interface as part of a live application.
- IEG scripts contain conditional logic (the intelligent bit) which allows you as the script writer to decide whether or not certain pages will be displayed and how many times, and also whether certain questions will be asked, based on answers which the user has already given as part of this script. The intelligent nature of the scripts means that users are only asked the minimum information required based on the answers they have given so far (for example, you may want to find out whether a claimant is pregnant or not, but if you already know that they are male, then there's no need to ask that question).
By combining these features, IEG allows you to create attractive, easy to use screens for capturing evidence in an easily configurable way.