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Enterprise Data at the UW

Last updated: August 7, 2025
Audience: All UW

Enterprise data is the shared, secure, and structured information that powers operations, decision-making, and strategic initiatives at the UW. UW-IT manages, integrates, and delivers this data to support research, learning, and administrative work. This data is accessible through tools and services such as the BI Portal (reports, dashboards, cubes), Workday Reporting, the Enterprise Data Warehouse (databases), and Enterprise Web Services (APIs), along with other home-grown analytics solutions that enhance the student and instructor experience.

UW Enterprise Data News

HR Hierarchy data now in UWODS

Oct. 26, 2023

Introducing HR Hierarchy Historically, UW relied on financial org code (fin org) for HR reporting. With the introduction of Workday Finance, fin org was retired and a replacement was needed to support HR reporting going forward. A new HR Hierarchy structure that…

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Bridging the Divide: Three New Finance Reports in the BI Portal

Oct. 23, 2023

It’s been three months since the UW went live with Workday Finance and as the dust settles across the financial ecosystem, bumps and crevices, once hazy and undefined, are coming into focus. As users adapt to the tools and processes of the…

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Workday HCM Reports: Continuing the BI Portal Catalog Expansion

Oct. 17, 2023

The BI Portal report catalog now includes Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) reports! These updates were deployed to the BI Portal on 11/1/23. Finding Workday HCM Reports Today Historically, the Workday HCM Report Catalog was stored in Knowledge Navigator and supported by…

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