Business Intelligence Solutions

Manager - Luna Rajbhandari 847-491-7701 luna@northwestern.edu

Lead Architect - Craig Linderoth c-linderoth@northwestern.edu

Business Intelligence (BI) Solutions is part of Northwestern University Information Technology and the Office of Change Management.

The goal of the Business Intelligence Solutions team is to enable development of integrated reporting and analytical solutions to support better business decision making at the University.

The BI Solutions team consists of technical and functional professionals offering a wide range of business intelligence expertise in:

• Business analysis
• Database and systems architecture
• ETL development
• Data modeling
• Software development
• Quality assurance

Working collaboratively with teams in schools and central units across the University, Business Intelligence Solutions develops standard shared data architecture, champions best practices, standardizes tools and processes, and encourages the sharing of ideas and knowledge within teams.

Cognos BI is the standard Business Intelligence platform for the University.

Services

• Project startup assistance and consulting
• Business Intelligence Solutions development and deployment
• Data architecture design and validation
• Centralized product management for Cognos BI
• Business Intelligence Solutions training and user support
• Technical infrastructure planning and maintenance
• Northwestern University Business Intelligence User Group (NUBI) facilitation
  

Presentations

• Business Intelligence Solutions (ppt)

 

• Cognos 8 Best Practices Vol. 1 (ppt)
• NUBI User Group
• Troubleshooting Guide

BI Helpdesk
847-254-9340
nubi-team@northwestern.edu