Student Data User Group Meeting Summary

March 2, 2011, 11am
Class of '55 Room, Van Pelt Library

1. What's new in the Data Warehouse: Discussed where to find the latest information including the (SAP)/Business Objects upgrade, eForms, new collections, and tables available in existing collections - the DataWarehouse website.
   
   
   • (New collection) gar - Global Activities Registry
     
   • (New collection) oip - Office of International Programs - iOffice
     
   • (Tables added) rsalmgmt - Additional Pay data
   • eForms - Available now. Much faster. Ability to see your submitted requests in-process, submit a request on behalf of someone else, view requests awaiting your signature. See the eForms website (//provider.upenn.edu/computing/da/eforms) for details.
     
   • "Cross-Division" Majors for SEAS and SAS- Impacts Planning Worksheets.
   • Affects UG division, appears on SRS 111 screen.
   • OLD: 1 Official Worksheet/per Division/Degree - You can only add majors from your division.
   • NEW: 1 Official Worksheet per Division/ Degree
   • If your division is EAS, you can add COL majors
   • If your division is COL, you can add EAS majors
   • Discussed how the data in DW will differ.
   
   
2. Migration from Business Objects Desk Intelligence to Web Intelligence (Webi): Discussed what it is, why we're doing it, what you need to do now.
   
   
   • See the migration website //provider.upenn.edu/computing/da/bo/webi for details, including report conversion guidelines, How Tos, and more!
   
   
   • Start using Webi now! It only takes these two steps:
     1) Synchronize your password (select all boxes): Oracle Password Changer
     
     2) Login to InfoViewXI3
     
     
   • Training - 2 more migration seminars coming in March. Also available - Official new user training: http://www.upenn.edu/computing/isc/training/oncampus.html
   • Demo of InfoView: Favorites, Inbox, Public Folders, WebI - Using
   • Everyone has their own Favorites area. You can create folders and organize reports any way you want to in your Favorites.
   • Everyone has an Inbox - you can receive reports sent to you by other individuals.
   • Public Folders are used instead of Corporate Documents. Some new Public Folders will be shared by specific groups.
   • Remember:Save Early, Save Often!!! The XI3 Infoview and WebI environment has timeouts and if you do not save often, you can lose your work!
   • New preference settings provide interactive capabilities in InfoView that we didnt have before.
   • With the interactive preference mode turned on, users can do some things in InfoView, without launching Webi, like move columns, sort, create breaks, add filters, and even create new report variables.