1. Employee Compensation and Benefits Statement presented by Brad Smith Library and Information Services Institutional Systems

2. Benefit Statement Dickinson College 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. Please feel free to ask questions at any time during the session. Thank you for your cooperation!

3. Benefit Statement Dickinson College When Your Retirement Plans dont fit into your Childs Future

4. Benefit Statement Dickinson College Benefits…. Sweet Benefits…..

5. Benefit Statement Dickinson College Timing is Everything!

6. Benefit Statement Dickinson College Background Went Live with Banner HR January 1, 2006. No prior consolidated Compensation and Benefit Statement. No easy way for employees to see the true value of their employment benefits. (Not happy with Banner Delivered options.) HR Committee formed at the behest of VP of HR to discuss the creation of a Comprehensive Benefits Statement. (June 2007) –Content –Format –Presentation Options –Security

7. Benefit Statement Dickinson College Concerns and Issues Data Security was the Number 1 Issue. Decided against on-line access for the first cut. USPS Chosen for initial delivery. Bypass Staff Associates, Assistants, and Office Mail. Ease of Use for HR Staff and Distribution. Flexibility in Statement Production (Individually or in a Group) Simple, one-page (double-sided), glossy document. Graphs Tables Easy to Understand and Pleasing to the Eye.

8. Benefit Statement Dickinson College Functionally speaking… Salary Valuation Retirement Contributions Health and Wellness Contributions Education Benefits Leave Time Valuation Paid Holidays, Closings, and Other Time Off Other Benefits (Monetary and Non-Monetary) Other Campus Services

9. Benefit Statement Dickinson College Technically speaking… In house development (by Application Support Analyst) Rollout January 2008 Data extracted from PROD instance of INB Real time results. (to prepare for eventual on-line access) Access controlled by Human Resource Services.

10. Benefit Statement Dickinson College Data Sources SPRIDEN SPRADDR FTVORGN PEBEMPL PDRDEDN PTRBDPL PTRBDCA PERLEAV NBRJOBS

11. Benefit Statement Dickinson College SQL Basics 1.Simplified Structure 2.Sub-Queries 3.Linked by PIDM 4.Analytical Functions 5.Dickinson Rules Built-in where Possible Age-banded Life Insurance Leave Time for Administrators

12. Benefit Statement Dickinson College Putting the Pieces Together 1.Decided to use COGNOS to Format the Statement Presentation. 2.Conditional Variables to format Table Rows 3.Master-Detail Relationship for Graphs 4.Flexible Parameters 5.Many calculations built into COGNOS rather than SQL 6.Raw data extracted in SQL, manipulation done in COGNOS

13. Benefit Statement Dickinson College A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

14. Benefit Statement Dickinson College

15. Benefit Statement Dickinson College

16. Benefit Statement Dickinson College Dynamic Boxes. (Grow or Shrink depending on the content) Administrator Leave Time in Days rather than Hours.

17. Benefit Statement Dickinson College And now….. Heres Katie!