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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

Preserving Access: BI Team Supports Retirement of Legacy Finance Systems

Jul. 14, 2025

In FY 2024, the University of Washington officially transitioned to Workday Finance as its primary financial system of record. To minimize disruption during the rollout, several systems slated for retirement were temporarily placed in read-only mode, allowing users to retain access to…

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Announcing Updates to the UW Finance Cubes

Jun. 18, 2025

The Reporting & Analytics team (R&A) and Finance DATAGroup have released new versions of the UW Finance Cube for FY 2024 and FY 2025 and the UW Summarized Cube! Thanks to user feedback, the following updates are now available! This release adds…

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New Dashboard Sheds Light on the Sponsored Program Lifecycle

Jun. 11, 2025

The sponsored program lifecycle at the UW spans multiple systems and teams—including SAGE, Workday, the Office of Research, and Finance Planning & Budgeting. Historically, there was no way to view processing data from award setup through closeout, making it difficult to identify…

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