Reports and Analytics News
August 7, 2024
Introducing the Next Generation of Workday Finance Cubes
We’ve successfully navigated our first fiscal year (FY) with Workday Finance! Since its launch on July 1, 2023, our financial analysis tools have expanded significantly and continue to evolve. Now, a new generation of finance cubes is available in the BI Portal: the UW Balance Sheet Cube for FY 2024 and FY 2025, along with a new version of the UW Finance Cube for FY 2025. Note: If you are working remotely, you must be logged into Husky OnNet (VPN) in order to access some of the links in this article. For more information, refer to Husky OnNet. What is...
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July 17, 2024
Supporting Training Compliance: Two New Hazing Prevention Dashboards
The University of Washington is committed to fostering a safe and respectful environment for all students and employees. As part of this mission, the Office of Community Standards & Student Conduct (CSSC) offers an essential online training program on the dangers of hazing. Underscoring its critical importance, this training is mandatory for all incoming students and employees. To enhance the effectiveness of this program, UW-IT’s Reporting & Analytics team partnered with CSSC to develop two new dashboards, which are now available in the BI Portal! These dashboards track completion records for hazing prevention training, identify areas for additional outreach, and...
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July 15, 2024
Collaborating to Bring the Husky Card Dashboard to Life
The Husky Card is the official ID for the UW community, granting access to services like campus libraries, buildings, transportation, and entertainment. Husky Card Services (HCS), part of UW Housing & Food Services, is responsible for managing and issuing these cards. To provide comprehensive insights into Husky Card production and distribution data, UW-IT’s Reporting & Analytics and Administrative Services teams partnered with HCS to develop a custom dashboard. This dashboard is hosted on UW-IT’s Tableau server with access managed via a UW Group. Although not widely available, this dashboard shows a powerful data solution that emerged from a collaborative effort....
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June 18, 2024
Optimizing Insights: The Grant Manager Dashboard
We are thrilled to expand our suite of Grant Reporting resources with the new Grant Manager Dashboard! Note: To learn more about additional Grant Reporting resources, refer to Empowering PIs and Grant Managers: New Resources for Grant Reporting. About the Grant Manager Dashboard The Grant Manager Dashboard displays grant data, which is tailored to the Grant Manager logged into Workday. This gives Grant Managers a central place to find grant-related content that is specific to them. Similar to the Principal Investigator Dashboard, this dashboard splits data across six tabs—Sponsored Grants, Awards, Stand Alone Grants, Gifts, Grant Staffing, and Additional Resources....
June 17, 2024
Enhancing the BI Portal: Workday Dashboards and Worksheets
As of 7/1/24, the BI Portal catalog will include Workday Dashboards and Workday Worksheets! This enhancement: Aligns with the broader reporting strategy for UW Academy, which is to provide users with a one-stop-shop for all reporting needs, including available Workday resources. Allows users to discover additional Workday resources in the catalog. While a user’s security role limits which resources they can access in Workday, the BI Portal allows users to discover all available resources and view security information regardless of role, which they can use to request elevated access, if needed. About the New Workday Resources Workday Dashboards Workday Dashboards...
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June 6, 2024
Introducing Two New Finance Reports: Legacy Favorites Reimagined
The Reporting & Analytics team (R&A) and Finance DATAGroup are pleased to announce two new additions to the BI Portal report catalog. These new finance reports, which leverage Workday data, were inspired by the popular legacy reports "Paid FTE by Funding Source" and "Salary and Wage Detail". Introducing the New Reports! Workday Paid FTE by Fund Resource Group or Resource Workday Salary and Wage Expense Detail Workday Paid FTE by Fund Resource Group or Resource This report breaks down employees paid from a selected Cost Center(s) by employee type or spend category, including salary expense transfers. It outlines the number...
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May 13, 2024
Empowering Users: Knowledge Navigator’s New Engagement Features
Knowledge Navigator is a web-based application that allows UW data users to explore key concepts from subject areas including Academic, Finance, Human Resources, and Research. The tool also visually demonstrates how key concepts are linked to data objects like reports and tables. Content for Knowledge Navigator is developed by business and/or technical subject matter experts and then vetted by data custodians before becoming available in the tool. While users could always provide feedback on this content by submitting a ticket to the Help Desk, there are now two new features that make it easier for users to engage with specific...
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April 23, 2024
Introducing the New UW Finance Cube!
Exciting news! The Reporting & Analytics team (R&A) and Finance DATAGroup have released the new UW Finance Cube! This represents a major advancement in connecting users to Workday data, providing greater flexibility over traditional Workday reports. As of 4/23/24, this resource is now available to authorized users through the BI Portal. Note: You must be logged into Husky OnNet (VPN) in order to access the links in this article. For more information, refer to Husky OnNet. What is UW Finance Cube FY 2024? The UW Finance Cube offers a comprehensive view of UW Finances for Fiscal Year 2024, including revenue,...
March 28, 2024
Empowering PIs and Grant Managers: New Resources for Grant Reporting
For many Grant Managers and Principal Investigators, the implementation of Workday Finance marked the beginning of a journey—for answers, efficiencies, and reports, but most importantly, data. Along the way, these folks have come across Office Hours and Webinars, UW Connect articles and wiki pages, seeking answers and sharing gaps and pain points, all of which have supported us as we develop solutions. While there is still more work to do, the Finance DATAGroup, with support from UW-IT Reporting & Analytics, is thrilled to announce three new Grant Reporting resources to provide clarity and support for grant management. Introducing the New...
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February 7, 2024
Streamlining Security for Admissions Reporting in the BI Portal
Two resources in the BI Portal leverage the same data: UW Admissions Cube and All Applications Report. In an effort to streamline security for this data, we recently deployed security updates to both of these resources. Why was this change necessary? Historically, access to the UW Admissions Cube and All Applications Report was managed separately, meaning that a user could have access to one resource, but not the other. This change allows us to grant user access at the data level, which ensures consistency in data management. I no longer have access. What should I do? The data accessed through...
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