from the enterprise data warehouse (EDW) to the new FDM. The EDW is a repository
that stores and manages much of UVA's current and historical enterprise data from
the Integrated System/Oracle , PeopleSoft, and Workday HCM so that it can be used
by various reporting systems across grounds or provide curated data to other Data
Marts. The EDW will continue to serve this purpose in the future state with the
addition of Workday Financial Data.
What does this mean for accessing data in the future? The EDW is not the same
as University Business Intelligence (UBI): EDW stores data and UBI is a reporting and
analytics tool used to access that data. UBI will continue to serve this purpose for
historical (pre-Workday) finance and SIS/student reporting and analytics. Also, the
Reporting & Analytics FST team, along with others from across grounds, is currently
working on designing, building, and testing a reporting and analytics model for the
future that will be useful for accessing data.
How was this decision made? The FST team brought the following questions to
governance groups: What are the current use cases for access to 3-5 years of data? If
the decision is made to convert 3-5 years of data, do you have the resources to
complete that exercise?
Once the governance groups had a chance to give their feedback the
Reporting/Data Warehouse, FDM and Conversion teams continued to solicit
feedback and worked on finding other potential solutions to meet needs without
burdening both the project team and end-users. This feedback and information was
then brought to the Executive Committee and Leadership Council for the final
decision.
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For information on other decisions the FST team is working on, check out the Decision Log on the FST website. You can visit this blog post for a quick explanation of the RAPID process.
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