| dc.description.abstract | The reporting and sharing of information has been synonymous with databases as long as
there have been systems to host them. Systems users expect to share information in an
efficient and secure manner. However, most enterprises have a large number of systems
that work separately which makes it difficult to share information in an effective manner.
Today’s enterprises really need to integrate data in one location to effectively utilize it and
improve decision making. Data warehousing involves integrating all enterprise data in one
location. Universities have their own way of measuring success different from business
oriented enterprises. Also the analysis done on university data is quite different from that
of a business entity. The main objective of this research is to develop a University data
Warehouse and business intelligence prototype to integrate university data for report
writers to efficiently analyze, report and present information to University decision makers.
The process of data warehousing starts with extracting data from the University operational
systems which is copied to a server. At the server it is transformed, and added with data
from other sources. The resulting data warehouse becomes the main source of information
for report generation, analysis, and presentation through ad hoc reports, portals, and
dashboards (Rapid decision, 2013). | en_US |
