Tyler Technologies, Inc. launched Assessment Connect, a solution that provides county, municipal and state assessing offices with data access and analysis tools to help ensure fair and equitable property valuations throughout their jurisdictions, the company announced in a release.
“We know that assessors spend a lot of time working with data – combining datasets, searching for third-party data, and trying to generate insights,” Mark Hawkins, president of Tyler’s Appraisal & Tax Division, said in the release. “Tyler’s Assessment Connect reduces this workload by creating connections to data sources across a variety of networks and eliminating data silos so that information is easily accessible and always current. Assessment Connect is the single source of truth for all data sources, improving accuracy and efficiency for assessors.”
Assessment Connect allows assessing offices to view actionable insights quickly and easily from a shared network of data, simplifying reporting and enhancing decision making. Additional solution features include:
- Real-time data, which eliminates compartmentalized information and streamlines reporting;
- Data aggregation, which improves appraisal accuracy, reduces appeals, and reduces data storage costs;
- Real-time contextual maps, charts, reports, and dashboards; and
- Evidence-based metrics to improve oversight.
In addition, Assessment Connect gives assessing offices access to a peer-to-peer network, which offers a secure, private way for them to share data with other jurisdictions.
Counties often have unique commercial or residential properties which can be difficult to value, the company stated, and county boundaries frequently intersect cities and school districts, making the analysis and aggregation of datasets challenging.
Assessment Collect allows data to be shared without the need for manual intervention. As a result, Tyler said the data can make appraisals more reliable, reduce the possibility of appeals, and enhance decision making.