Enterprise Data Warehouse News
May 3, 2020
UWSDBDataStore Reorg on June 6, 2020
The student database (SDB) will go through a reorganization on June 6, 2020 which will cause changes in the Enterprise Data Warehouse database, UWSDBDataStore. These changes to the objects will be available in the UWSDBDataStore on Monday, June 8, 2020. However, data on the new objects will be available as soon as the Data Custodians submit the security role definitions and the SIS team loads the data. (last modified: 6.04.2020) *Please Note:The scope listed below isn't final until 1 week before the reorg. Please continuously monitor this site for the most current update. New columns to be added Table Name...
April 15, 2020
The Newest Addition to the EDW: Time Travel with dimTime
If you work with time data, a new reference table in the EDW makes it easier than ever to manipulate time in your SQL query. What is it? The new dimTime table has a row for each minute of the day for a total of 1,440 records. Each "minute record" has details including: a minute key a cleaned up and normalized minute field the minute record rounded up or down the quarter-hour, half-hour, and hour AM/PM Indicators See for yourself: --Server: edwpub.s.uw.edu DECLARE @startTime time = '11:19' SELECT timekey , StandardTime , RoundDownQtrHour , RoundUpQtrHour , RoundDownHalfHour , RoundUpHalfHour ,...
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January 17, 2020
EDW Payroll data will include NWH and UWP employees
As part of the Enterprise Data Warehouse's support for the Northwest Hospital Integration effort, beginning with the next payroll, pay period Jan 1-15, the EDW payroll data will include the Northwest Hospital (NWH) and UW Physicians (UWP) employees who are all now UW employees as of the beginning of 2020. If you have any questions or concerns, please email help@uw.edu with the subject line "EDW question regarding NWH cutover" so we can promptly assist you.
January 7, 2020
Column Change: EarnType in BudgetActivityDetail
The Change The length for column EarnType (description) in the BudgetActivityDetail table has been increased from a varchar(25) to a varchar(255). This change will occur in the following ODS tables: BudgetActivityDetail BudgetActivityDetail2Bien BudgetActivityDetailCurrentBiennium BudgetActivityDetailCurrentBienniumMinus1 BudgetActivityDetailCurrentBienniumMinus2 BudgetActivityDetailCurrentBienniumMinus3 BudgetActivityDetailCurrentBienniumMinus4 BudgetActivityDetailCurrentBienniumMinus5 BudgetActivityDetailCurrentBienniumMinus6 BudgetActivityDetailCurrentBienniumMinus7 How will this affect me? If you query the tables directly, you may be affected. If you use the BI Portal, you will not be affected. This change will appear in the ODS on Monday, February 4th. Questions and Concerns If you have any questions or concerns, please write help@uw.edu and put “Column Change: EarnType in BudgetActivityDetail” in the subject...
January 7, 2020
UWSDBDataStore Reorg on February 1, 2020
Hello, The student database (SDB) will go through a reorganization on February 1, 2020 which will cause changes in the Enterprise Data Warehouse database, UWSDBDataStore. These changes to the objects will be available in the UWSDBDataStore on Monday, February 3, 2020. (However, data on the new objects will be available as soon as the Data Custodians submit the security role definitions and the SIS team loads the data.) * (last modified: 2.1.2020) New columns to be added: Table Name Column Name Data Type Description budget_resources br_bgt_code_calc char(2) Budget code calculated by budget calc library, P404 dl_origination dl_ibc_comp_flg char(1) Informed Borrower...
December 23, 2019
EDW HR/Payroll data will be paused 12/27-12/28 to support Northwest Hospital Cutover
Between December 26-29, 2019, Northwest Hospital and UW Physicians employees will be integrated into Workday. During this transition period, employee data from Workday may not be complete. Therefore the EDW will proactively pause daily HR/Payroll data updates until the fully integrated employee data is available. The last EDW HR/P daily load before the pause will be on the morning of Thursday, December 26, 2019. We plan to resume daily updates the morning of Sunday, December 29, 2019. HR/P data will continue to be available from the EDW during this timeframe; it will just remain static. Affected databases are: HumanResources ODS...
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November 25, 2019
Table Reorg for the UWSDBDataStore Curriculum Management objects on December 16, 2019
Hello, The Curriculum Management tables in UWSDBDataStore will have some changes on Dec. 16, 2019. These changes to the objects (listed below) will be available in the UWSDBDataStore on Dec 17, 2019 . However, data on the new objects will be visible as soon as the Data Custodians submit the security role definitions. (last updated: 11.25.2019) New columns to be added: Table Name Column Name Data Type CM_Programs CIPCode_title nvarchar(300) program_dateEndLabel varchar(25) CM_Credentials credential_dateEndLabel varchar(25) CIPCode_title nvarchar(300) stemCIP varchar(10) alt_thesis_requirement varchar(100) Existing columns to be deleted: Table Name Column Name CM_Programs Program_Status CM_Credentials credential_Status Please Note: The scope of...
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October 28, 2019
EDW & EWS Data Changes Coming to Support Northwest Hospital (NWH) and UW Physicians (UWP)
This is a heads up on upcoming changes to both the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) and Enterprise Web Services (EWS). As you may be aware, UW Medicine is currently in the process of consolidating activities across two of its major entities: Northwest Hospital (NWH) will become a second campus of the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) UW Physicians (UWP) staff will become part of the UW Medicine Health System (UWMHS) supervisory org structure in Workday and part of the School of Medicine otherwise A major component of this consolidation effort includes integration of ~2600 NWH and UWP employees...
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October 16, 2019
EDWPresentation – UWProfilesStudent Reorg 11/4/2019
This table is scheduled to be updated on Monday, November 4th, 2019. Logic changes: Table Name Column New Logic UWProfilesStudent VisaType Blank values will show as NULL RunningStart Blank values will show as NULL Columns to be deleted: Table Name Column Name Notes UWProfilesStudent ToalUpdTransfer There was a typo in the original column name. There is another column in the table, “TotalUpdTransfer”, that should be used instead. Please send all questions and concerns to help@uw.edu, with the subject line “UWProfilesStudent Update 11/4/2019”.
October 16, 2019
EDW Disaster Recovery Exercise on October 23, 2019
On Wednesday, October 23, 2019 from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. the Enterprise Data Warehouse team will complete our Annual Disaster Recovery Exercise. Because this exercise affects the EDWPUB SQL Server as well as Reporting Services Reports hosted on the BI Portal, your user experience may be impacted in the following ways: System performance issues may occur during this time Potential service disruptions Potential delayed data This exercise has been rescheduled from its original date of October 9, 2019. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at help@uw.edu. Update October 23, 9:22 a.m.: The EDW Annual DR...