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Pennsylvania BANNER Users Group 2007. Duquesne University Data warehouse Greg Jerry Jill Spitznagel Chad Painter. General Announcements:. Please turn off all cell phones/pagers If you must leave the session early, please do so as discreetly as possible
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Pennsylvania BANNER Users Group2007 Duquesne UniversityData warehouse Greg Jerry Jill Spitznagel Chad Painter
General Announcements: Please turn off all cell phones/pagers If you must leave the session early, please do so as discreetly as possible Please avoid side conversations during the session Questions will be answered at the end of the session Thank you for your cooperation
Resources • Staffing • Reporting Team resides in CTS • Current head count is 4 fulltime and 1 consultant • Experienced new hires • Responsibility • BI Administrator • Trainer • ODS Administrator
University Strategy • Current • Centralized report writing within CTS • Proposed • De-centralized report writing to functional teams • Reality vs. Actual abilities • Lessoned Learned
Architecture • Banner 7.4 / ODS 3.0 • Oracle 9.2.0.6 / Oracle 10.2.1 • Cognos 8.1 MR2 • Refresh and data loads • Refresh twice daily ( 2:00AM and 11:30AM) • Loads – ( Once a month – 36 hours) • ODS Freezes
ODS Procedures • Refresh and data loads • Refresh twice daily ( 2:00AM and 11:30AM) • Loads – ( Once a month – 36 hours) • ODS Freezes • Institutional Research • Finance Quarterlies
Duquesne Customizations' • ODS Field Customization • ~50 custom views • Cognos Package Customization • Customized for each school • Create new packages from delivered ODS Cognos packages
Policies / Procedures • Request and Approval Process for Standard Cognos Reports • The functional user completes report request form and submits to functional team lead • Functional team lead submits approved request form to Reporting team • Report request is placed in a queue that is prioritized weekly by the University VP • Functional team lead approves final output
Policies / Procedures • Label Process • Follows same process as report request • Reporting team completes report in an excel format and merges with word • Functional team lead validates output and sends to mailing services to be printed • Mailing service sends label to requestor • Charge back to requestor
Security • Authenticates off campus LDAP • Future SSO • Package based • View and author abilities
Security Request Form
Report Studio Speed of building report More advanced report possible Greater calculation functionality Better filter functionality Query Studio Easier Less training required Advantages of Report Studio vs Query Studio
Training Strategy Classroom/one-on-one Format / content Cognos Connection/Query Studio Report Studio Teach to fish
Training (cont) Cognos Connection/Query Studio Run Reports Schedule Reports Create Multiple Outputs for Single Report Create Report in Query Studio Group Sort Add Calculation Filter Prompt
Training (cont) Cognos Report Studio Create a new Report Add Calculations to Report Format the Report Group, Summarize, and Sort Data Manipulate the pages of the report Add filters to a report Create a parameter Create a Prompt Page Add a drill through to a report
Open to the Floor • Any Questions?