Archives: Service News

  • Empowering PIs and Grant Managers: New Resources for Grant Reporting

    March 28, 2024

    For many Grant Managers and Principal Investigators, the implementation of Workday Finance marked the beginning of a journey—for answers, efficiencies, and reports, but most importantly, data. Along the way, these folks have come across Office Hours and Webinars, UW Connect articles and wiki pages, seeking answers and sharing gaps and pain points, all of which have supported us as we develop solutions. While there is still more work to do, the Finance DATAGroup, with support from UW-IT Reporting & Analytics,…

  • UWSDBDataStore Reorg on July 20, 2024 (DRAFT)

    February 29, 2024

    UWSDBDataStore Reorg on July 20, 2024  (DRAFT) The student database (SDB) will go through a reorganization on July 20, 2024 which will cause changes in the Enterprise Data Warehouse database, UWSDBDataStore. These changes to the objects will be available in the UWSDBDataStore on July 22, 2024. However, data on the new objects will be available as soon as the Data Custodians submit the security role definitions and the SIS team loads the data. Last Updated – 3.8.24 Columns to be…

  • Streamlining Security for Admissions Reporting in the BI Portal

    February 7, 2024

    Two resources in the BI Portal leverage the same data: UW Admissions Cube and All Applications Report. In an effort to streamline security for this data, we recently deployed security updates to both of these resources. Why was this change necessary? Historically, access to the UW Admissions Cube and All Applications Report was managed separately, meaning that a user could have access to one resource, but not the other. This change allows us to grant user access at the data…

  • Winter 2024 Content Manager Update

    January 31, 2024

    Hello IT Connect Content Managers, Welcome to the Winter 2024 edition of the quarterly IT Connect Content Manager Update. In This Issue  Content Spotlight: I&T Governance Web Content Best Practices: SEO WHAT’S NEW? Content Spotlight: Information & Technology Governance The UW has a new Information & Technology governance model to help guide how we use IT, aimed at enabling transformation and innovation at the UW through strategic investment in information and technology. The governance model is detailed in IT Connect’s…

  • UWSDBDataStore Reorg on January 27, 2024

    January 17, 2024

    UWSDBDataStore Reorg on January 27, 2024 The student database (SDB) will go through a reorganization on January 27, 2024 which will cause changes in the Enterprise Data Warehouse database, UWSDBDataStore. These changes to the objects will be available in the UWSDBDataStore on January 29, 2024. However, data on the new objects will be available as soon as the Data Custodians submit the security role definitions and the SIS team loads the data. Last Updated – 1.23.24 **below additions to SF_Evaluation…

  • Complying with Federal Grant Reporting Requirements: The New SF425 Report

    January 2, 2024

    As of 12/29/23, the BI Portal now includes Release 1 of the SF425 report! This report allows Grant and Contract Accounting (GCA) to pull data from Workday into the SF425 Federal Financial Report, which is required to report on a grant’s cumulative expenses. This report was developed in collaboration between the BI Portal and DATAGroup teams. Check out the SF425 report in the BI Portal to learn more! Why is the SF425 report a big deal? For Release 1, the report pulls…

  • Exploring Non-Numeric Grade Values: A New Academic Dashboard in the BI Portal

    December 12, 2023

    As of 12/5/23, the BI Portal now includes the Non-Numeric Grade Frequency Distribution dashboard! This dashboard allows users to explore trends in grading patterns, missing grades, and other non-numeric grade outliers across UW academic departments. It reflects rolling data from the last 12 quarters and is intended for advisors, registrars and academic service leaders. Check out the Non-Numeric Grade Frequency Distribution dashboard in the BI Portal to learn more! What are non-numeric grade values? These are values assigned to a…

  • IMPORTANT: Budget Planning for UW Google Shared Drives over 100GB limit

    November 28, 2023

    A version of this message was sent to managers of affected UW Shared Drives on November 28, 2023. What is happening? Because your UW Google Shared Drive exceeds the 100GB limit, we want to remind you that you’ll need to purchase additional storage space before June 11, 2024. Our contract with Google now has system limitations that will require deletion of any UW Google Shared Drive that exceeds 100GB starting November 2024.IMPORTANT: UW Google Shared Drives that are over the maximum…

  • What’s Changing in DocuSign

    November 13, 2023

    eSignatures Updates Update: Removal of aging envelopes in DocuSign to begin November 2023 What’s happening? The eSignatures service team has begun implementing procedures to guarantee the removal of aging envelopes in DocuSign. This work is expected to begin the week of November 27th. We will be reaching out to the account Delegated Administrators with more details when we are ready to begin working on each department’s account. For more information about why this change is occurring, see below.  What do…

  • Storage quotas coming to UW Google June 2024

    November 7, 2023

    Users whose UW Google storage currently exceeds 80GB received a version of the following on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. What is happening? As initially announced in June 2021, Google has implemented major changes to their Google Workspace for Education product.Among other changes, Google has moved to a shared storage pool. We are sharing this information to encourage you to prepare and find alternative solutions for data storage. Learn more about Google’s new storage policy.Google’s shift to shared storage for Google Workspace…