Enterprise Data Warehouse News
October 15, 2020
Knowledge Navigator Expands Meta Tag Feature
The meta tag feature in Knowledge Navigator (KN) https://metadata.uw.edu has been expanded to provide one more tool to help you search for categorized metadata objects. What are meta tags? Just like the categories on a blog or keywords in a search tool, meta tags help you find all content that is related by that category or keyword. Where do I find meta tags in Knowledge Navigator? Meta tags are shown under the search field on KN’s home page next to the words “Quick Search.” Meta tags can also be found under Details > Meta Tags: on a metadata object’s page....
October 9, 2020
UWSDBDataStore Reorg on October 24, 2020
The student database (SDB) will go through a reorganization on October 24, 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, October 26, 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: 10.26.2020) *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...
October 2, 2020
2020 CIP Codes Load Into EDW
On Tuesday, October 6, 2020, the new 2020 CIP Series will be loaded into the Enterprise Data Warehouse. This affects any table that contains CIPKeyId. The tables that contain CIP code reference data are dimCIPCurrent and CIPAcademicYear in EDWPresentation. What is included in CIP code updates? Part 1: CIP codes with descriptions from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Part 2: Federal STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) indicator provided by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This indicator is updated at irregular intervals. The most current data is from 2016. Part 3: Washington State STEM indicators provided by the...
August 21, 2020
Spend Financial Data Now Available in EDW
In October of 2018, in partnership with the Financial Data Group, the UW-IT Information Management team completed the capture of all suppliers from the University’s Procurement Accounting System (PAS) in the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW). The next step in securing PAS data focused on the Spend financials and Diversity indicators for those suppliers. With access to PAS Supplier, Spend and Diversity Data, campus departments can get information to help them evaluate, manage and plan their financial expenditures as well as meet all their Federal reporting requirements. How Can You Use PAS Data? To answer questions like: In the calendar year...
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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