The Academic Data Warehouse (ADW) is a business intelligence application which enables analysis of undergraduate, graduate, and professional student lifecycle processes, data, and trends. The goal of ADW is to provide insights that will assist Boston University administration in strategy development and decision making.
The Academic Data Warehouse contains undergraduate and graduate admissions data, registration and enrollment data, and faculty teaching data. The ADW team under the guidance of the Provost’s Office, Enrollment & Student Administration, Budget & Business Affairs, and IS&T will continue to add data and capabilities related to the student lifecycle.
ADW News
New Graduation Report (02/11/21)
We have a new Student Enrollment report, E7. 1) Anticipated and Awarded Degrees . This report allows users to view all degrees that have been awarded or that are anticipated to be awarded in upcoming semesters. Users can view degrees that have been applied for, tentatively approved, certified, or officially granted. There is an option to filter based on academic year, college, and/or program. There is also an option to include various demographic information in the report.
Student Enrollment access is granted based on business need. See the ADW Access page for more information.
Access and Training Sessions
Academic Data Warehouse access is granted based on business need in each data area. For information about gaining access to the ADW, including links to required confidentiality forms, see the ADW Access page.
Attending a training session is also required for access to the ADW. Sign up for a training here. Users can take additional training sessions to hone or refresh their skills, especially as new data areas are added to the warehouse.
Certified Report Catalog
Definitions of report attributes and metrics used in all releases and reports for the Academic Data Warehouse project: ADW Certified Report Catalog
Help Guides
A variety of Help Guides describing individual reports in the Admissions, Registration & Enrollment, and Faculty data areas are available, in addition to step by step instructions for using the MicroStrategy reporting tool.
User Group
The User Group provides a venue for Academic Data Warehouse users to meet and share ideas, questions, issues, and successes. Friday meetings are held on a monthly basis and are open to anyone who has completed one or more basic training sessions in an ADW subject areas. Topics discussed vary from meeting to meeting, depending upon the questions/issues raised by attendees.
Given our remote working situation due to COVID-19, it is challenging to hold our usual ADW user group format. Therefore, we are offering individualized remote sessions during this time.
The User Group page provides access to presentations and recordings of selected prior meetings.
Questions?
If you have questions, please send email to ithelp@bu.edu. Help us direct your question to the right person to answer it by adding “ADW” in the subject line.