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Florida Atlantic University’s BI Dashboard for Multiple Departments. Tim Beckett, Higher Education Solutions Manager Michael Heiser, Sr. Systems Engineer June, 2008. Session Rules of Etiquette. Please turn off your cell phone/beeper
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Florida Atlantic University’s BI Dashboard for Multiple Departments Tim Beckett, Higher Education Solutions Manager Michael Heiser, Sr. Systems Engineer June, 2008
Session Rules of Etiquette • Please turn off your cell phone/beeper • If you must leave the session early, please do so as discretely as possible • Please avoid side conversation during the presentation Thank you for your cooperation!
Information Builders Corporate OverviewAgenda • Challenges of Banner Reporting • The WebFOCUS Banner Reporting Foundations • Demonstration • Q & A
BI Center of Excellence: A partnership between IBI and FAU Benefits: • Establishing a COE that defines BI standards to support FAU’s goals for information management • Beta test site for new WebFOCUS releases • Input on new product development for higher education solutions • Common user interface • Best practices model that will pay dividends in future BI projects by FAU departmental and technical staff • Integrated business intelligence throughout all departments
Information Builders Corporate OverviewAgenda • Challenges of Banner Reporting • The WebFOCUS Reporting Foundations • Demonstration • Summary
Key reporting challenges for Banner customers • Banner has the data, but how do we leverage it? • How do we get answers for all our ad hoc questions? • May we create our own web-based reports? How do we reduce the burden on IT? • May we access existing data stores outside of Banner, and multiple data sources concurrently? • Are charts and graphs available? • How will we leverage our existing security?
Information Builders Corporate OverviewAgenda • Company Background and Customer Experience • Challenges of Banner Reporting • WebFOCUS Reporting Foundations • Demonstration • Summary
Approaches to Data Access Management Employees Partners Zero Latency, Real Time Access Customers Student ID Card system Object Access EDW Direct Drill-Throughfor Detail ODS CRM Systems Legacy Data Banner Banner Tables
Banner Reporting Foundations • The WebFOCUS Reporting Foundations for ODS & Banner give you a jumpstart for these modules: • Student • Finance • Human Resources • A complete end user reporting solution • A dynamic dashboard for all departments • Customizable tabs with reporting templates • Security that leverages the Banner ID
Student The Reporting Foundation for Banner Student includes these reporting templates such as: • Admissions statistics • Enrollment reports • Registration details • Publication-quality enrollment summary • Non-zero balance report for accounts receivable
Finance The Reporting Foundation for Banner Finance includes these five reporting templates: • Budget reports • General ledger • Operating ledger • Balance Sheet • Grants
Human Resources The Reporting Foundation for Banner HR includes these five reporting templates: • Employee Position Statistics • Benefit Deductions • Terminations • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) report • Appraisals
Information Builders Corporate OverviewAgenda • Company Background and Customer Experience • Challenges of Banner Reporting • The WebFOCUS Reporting Foundations • Demonstration • Summary
WebFOCUS7Summary • Frank N. Magid Associates, Inc. an independent market research firm, conducted a survey of companies with experience with 4 leading Enterprise Business Intelligence Tools. • WebFOCUS… • Is Considered To Be More Critical By Its Users • Has 2 1/2 Times the number of users (on average) • Requires less development and support resources to implement • Requires little or no training for Users (as compared to other products) • Is more likely to access existing data • Is used to build more new applications after initial implementation than with competing vendors products • Requires Fewer machines and CPUs to run • Has a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) Including • Cost of Software • Cost of Development/Consulting • Cost of Hardware
Summary • The WebFOCUS Reporting Foundations for ODS & Banner give you a jumpstart for these modules: • Student • Finance • Human Resources • Dynamic dashboard reporting, featuring templates that leverage Banner security • The equation for success: Dynamic sorts Drilldown reporting Easy navigation Quick installation + Zero training --------------------------------------------------------------- TIME SAVINGS FOR FUNCTIONAL USERS!
Thank you! Contact Information: Tim Beckett, Higher Education Solutions Manager Tim_Beckett@ibi.com 832-251-5702 Michael Heiser, Sr. System Engineer Michael_Heiser@ibi.com 832-251-5703