Decision Support

Benefit from the Data Warehouse

For colleges and departments looking for a way to provide data support to their unit’s daily business operations, Decision Support and the Data Warehouse can be valuable resources.   

University personnel can access the Data Warehouse and create reports, queries, or data downloads designed to find information about students, financial transactions, employees, and course offerings.  The Data Warehouse is designed to answer business questions like:
  • How can my unit better manage our grant funds?
  • Should my unit offer more, or fewer, class sections next semester?
  • Can we improve our admissions rate by more aggressively recruiting students with certain attributes?
  • What is the general performance of students enrolled in my department’s majors?

It can also be used to answer day-to-day questions and address general needs like:
  • What is my current account balance?
  • What amount of payroll has been charged against my accounts this year?
  • What degrees will my unit award this year, and to whom?
  • What was registration activity as of the 10th day census for my college?
  • How much vacation or sick time do employees in my unit have available?
  • Which students are James Scholars, so I can mail them important information?

In other words, the Data Warehouse is a tool to provide information relative to trending and historical analysis, and to provide information necessary to perform daily business functions for many University units.

Find out how your unit can benefit from the Data Warehouse:
Case Studies
Find out how other University units are using the Data Warehouse to solve their business challenges
Using Data
Information about how to use data assets to make better informed business and strategic decisions 
Resource Investment
Find out what investment of time and human capital your unit might expect to make in order to benefit from the Data Warehouse
Industry Leadership
Information about how the University of Illinois is providing leadership for Data Warehousing in Higher Education