Ambition in Action TAFE Datawarehouse How to make it work for you!
Ambition in Action What is TAFE Datawarehouse? (TDW) A large database connected to SIS Data source for all Institutes Performance data used by DET Interfaced by TAFEText and Cube Holds enrolment & finance data Holds student statistics Is sometimes cranky!
Ambition in Action CLAMS / SIS / TDW Enrolment (MEVI....etc) Student Details Course Fund Code Offer Code Statistics Payments CLAMS SIS TAFE Datawarehouse Enrolment Details Units Student Details Course Fund Code Units Statistics
Ambition in Action TDW Cube & TAFEText TAFE Datawarehouse Relational Database Student Details Course Fund Code Units Statistics Table PDF Report Excel TAFEText
Ambition in Action Nothing can go wrong.. go wrong.. go wrong..... TDW opens in All Funds & ‘Current Year’ Back button in IE = kill the cube! Summary levels have funny numbers TDW graphs are Careful with changes, can kill the cube Careful with size of query, can kill the cube Pouts if you don’t pay it enough attention (timeout) Coffee needed for the boring bits Really good when you have it tamed!
Ambition in Action Activities TDW options; TAFEText & Cube Workspace for Cubes Menu & Wrap Click to drill down Click and drag dimensions Zero suppression Delete, Hide or Hide/Show Minimise messes: when to save Formatting for Excel graphics Complex data; save, get data later Dimension Viewer Cube toolbar Excel and PDF export Error messages in Excel Excel tidy up/format for printing