Service News Category: Report Prioritization Group
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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…
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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…
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How To: URM Status SQL Function in the EDW
November 6, 2022
Do you get tired of maintaining the same business logic in many data products and spending too much time updating the logic in all those products? Are you looking for one version of the truth across all your academic reports, data cubes, and dashboards? The BI Team has great news for you. The EDW supports the first academic data-related SQL function, URM (Underrepresented Minority) Status, to help you reduce business logic maintenance, improve code readability, and keep one version of…
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RPG New Dashboard Release: Time Schedule Course Enrollment Trends and Details
October 7, 2022
The Enterprise Reporting and Analytics team with the collaboration of the Report Prioritization Group released the newest addition to the BI Portal: Time Schedule Course Enrollment Trends What is the Time Schedule? The UW Time Schedule application lists credit classes offered at the University of Washington. The UW Time Schedule is updated daily and includes the following information and more: Status of courses Times, days, or locations of courses Instructors for all courses Section types (Lecture; Lab; Quiz; etc.) Learning…
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UW Country Names and Codes Report
April 4, 2022
We are happy to announce that you can now access a UW-approved list of country names and codes in a single report! The UW Country Names and Codes report can be accessed on BI Portal. What is the UW Country Names and Codes report? The University of Washington’s impact is broad and truly global, with projects and partnerships in more than 130 countries, as well as students and alumni who engage in nearly 200 countries. Previously, the country names…
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RPG Release: Updated Departmental GPA calculation on several reports
February 4, 2022
Based on this user feedback, the Report Prioritization Group released several important and timely updates to the BI Portal reports: Undergraduates Eligible to Register Student Grade Report by Course Student Grade Report by Major Student Degree Information Current Student Information In this news story, we provide a summary of the changes. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to write help@uw.edu and put “BI Portal Report Question: Departmental GPA” in the subject line. Change Summary This release includes 2…
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BI Portal New Release: Notify Course Section Demand by Student Major
October 28, 2021
Available Now: New Dashboard Helps You Help Students The Notify Course Section Demand by Student Major dashboard is now available on the BI Portal. Built through the collaboration of the Report Prioritization Group (RPG), the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) team, and the Enterprise Reporting Analytics (ERA) team, this new Tableau visualization is where student advisers and coordinators can use data to see which courses are in high demand. What is it? The dashboard for the Notify Course Section Demand…
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RPG Release: Student Grade Reports – Missing “W” Grades Bug Resolved
June 29, 2021
The Report Prioritization Group (RPG) just released bug fixes on these BI Portal reports: Student Grade Report by Curriculum, Course and Section Student Grade Report by Major In this news story we provide a summary of the changes. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to write help@uw.edu and put “BI Portal Report Question: Student Grade report” in the subject line. Change Summary: A user of the student grade report let us know that the two reports were excluding…
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RPG Release: Filter Bug Fix on UG Transcript Course Search by Major
March 31, 2021
The Report Prioritization Group (RPG) just released a bug fix on the BI Portal report Undergraduate Transcript Course Search by Major In this news story we provide a summary of the change. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to write help@uw.edu and put “BI Portal Report Question: UG Transcript Course Search by Major” in the subject line. Change Summary: The report was not working correctly when a user selected more than one course from the Course Number filter….
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RPG New Report Release: Academic Scholarship List
March 26, 2021
The Report Prioritization Group (RPG) just released the newest addition to the BI Portal: Academic Scholarship List In this news story we explain the purpose and benefits of the new report. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to write help@uw.edu and put “BI Portal Report Question: Academic Scholarship List” in the subject line. Meaning and Purpose The new report evolved from a very specific purpose to a more general-use tool for the entire tri-campus academic user community! RPG…