Announcements

Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research (DAPIR) is pleased to announce the hiring of two new staff members. Brad Sanders joined Feb. 13 in the new role of enterprise data management director, and Derek Field …

Academic Planning and Institutional Research (APIR) and the Office of Data Management & Analytics Services (ODMAS) have joined to form Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research (DAPIR). The newly created office leverages the strengths of …

The Office of Data Management and Analytics Services is excited to announce the hiring of Lisa Johnston as our new director of data governance.   Lisa joins us from the University of Minnesota, where she has …

The InfoAccess migration to Badger Analytics project is continuing to move forward, and we are happy to share some of our progress to date. After partnering with local implementation managers (LIMs) from each unit/division, an …

Last year, Tableau workbooks were moved over to the UW System server. Since that move, a redirect has been in place so that those accessing the workbooks using the old URLs were automatically redirected to the workbook on the new server. …

Changes are coming to the platform used to request new data views. The InfoAccess Data Authorization application (IDA) is being replaced due to its age and because it no longer meets security requirements. The new …

Last month’s IT Professionals Conference featured a presentation about Badger Analytics and the modernization of UW-Madison’s analytics environment. The session, hosted by ODMAS ETL developers Sanjana Aleti and Randy Carey, provided a technical look at …

New on ODMAS’s website is a section containing release notes. The release notes, including both business intelligence updates and data warehousing updates, can be found by scrolling to the bottom of the homepage or through a link under the Analytics & Reports menu tab. So far, release notes have been …

The Institutional Data Access and Authorization Standard was issued March 1.  The procedure takes effect on July 1, 2021 for new systems, application, and institutional data products, while existing systems, application, and institutional data products have until July 1, 2022 …

On March 5, Badger Analytics officially went live! The new cloud analytics environment uses the platform Snowflake, and the new data warehouse will eventually replace InfoAccess.   The go-live of Badger Analytics was a huge milestone for the modernization of UW-Madison’s analytics environment. The first release …