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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

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

Dec. 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…

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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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