An Architecture for Institutional Advancement Reporting Thomas A. Slobko CIO Occidental College

Occidental College - ITS Adages Banner has perfect security. No one can get information out of Banner. Reporting tools make programmers more efficient. They do not make users into programmers.

Occidental College - ITS The Zero Architecture

Occidental College - ITS Symptoms of the problem in IA Reports were not robust Reports were late 80% of their “programming” staff time was spent doing routine, similar, one-off reports.

Occidental College - ITS The IA reporting problem - causes Their data is complex. Their business rules are incredibly complex. The scope of their needs continues to expand All of their personnel now have numerous ad hoc reporting needs Most of their personnel are non technical Even “standard” reports change regularly

Occidental College - ITS The First Architecture

Occidental College - ITS Implementing a datamart The SCT “solution” The Vassar/Wellesley solution –Plan for datamart design process –Much data, few changes Mary Carole Stark consulted on banner data, design process, datamart design Consultant verified design Computing and IA staff produced datamart

Occidental College - ITS The Pink Sheet

Occidental College - ITS The Pink Sheet - functions Eliminate costly miscommunication between non technical users and IA operations “programmers” Force non technical users to include all of their “parameters” Can we do all of this and deliver reports directly with the web?

Occidental College - ITS The Pink Sheet Platform

Occidental College - ITS Demonstrations IA Web Reporting Admission Dashboard

Occidental College - ITS The Pink Sheet Architecture A complete datamart Web Reports whose content and logic is dynamic Have the datamart do the “Heavy Lifting” –Makes web development easier (and faster) –Makes web reports much faster Future directions?