1. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au TAFE Datawarehouse How to make it work for you!

2. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au 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!

3. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au 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

4. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au TDW Cube & TAFEText TAFE Datawarehouse Relational Database Student Details Course Fund Code Units Statistics Table PDF Report Excel TAFEText

5. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au 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!

6. Ambition in Action www.sit.nsw.edu.au 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