Business Administrators Get Support from New Reporting Tool
Business Intelligence (BI) Solutions became a new department under the direction of Northwestern University Information Technology (NUIT) and the Office of Change Management last November. With the use of Cognos BI, the standard business intelligence platform for the University, reporting teams throughout Northwestern will have a more efficient way to view and analyze data.
"This undertaking is in keeping with the University’s strategic plan to provide central support that assures consistency in data reporting throughout the University." said Patricia Todus, associate vice president of NUIT and deputy CIO. "We are happy to be collaborating with the Office of Change Management to bring an institution-wide Business Intelligence Solution."
Feinberg School of Medicine and Facilities Management will soon be using this Business Intelligence Solution to access information from the Space Information Management System. The Office for Research’s Center for Comparative Medicine will be using it to keep track of lab resources.
"We are excited about developing solutions, standards, and best practices to enable BI deployments at Northwestern University”, said Luna Rajbhandari, Business Intelligence Solutions manager. "The pilot projects have been a great way for us to get started. After the initial pilots, we plan to collaborate with a wider set of the business community on campus to create a BI roadmap and a framework for prioritizing future projects.”
What's NUBI?
To increase customer service, teamwork, and collaboration, BI Solutions facilitates the Northwestern University Business Intelligence (NUBI) User Group. This forum offers users of Cognos BI who are actively implementing business solutions at the University an environment of discovery where members share business intelligence challenges, successes, and other issues related to the development and deployment of business intelligence. NUBI meets quarterly.
If you are interested in learning more about BI Solutions and its initiatives, contact Luna Rajbhandari, or visit Business Intelligence Solutions.
What is Business Intelligence?
Business intelligence refers to technologies, applications, and practices for the collection, integration, analysis, and presentation of business information. It may sometimes even refer to the information itself.
