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Business Objects and the NAU Data Warehouse reports are operating normally.

Advantage Financial data does not get loaded on weekends or holidays. Data will be as of the prior business day.
 

Updated at 9:46am  11/12/2009  

 
What is the difference between Business Objects and LOUIE (PeopleSoft)? Arrow up - Go back to letter navigation.
LOUIE is a real-time transactional system which handles day-to-day operations like enrolling students into classes and posting grades. Business Objects is a reporting tool which uses the data warehouse data to generate reports. The data in LOUIE changes minute to minute. The data in Business Objects is refreshed seven nights a week from the LOUIE system and does not change throughout the day.
A Transactional System Like LOUIE... A Data Warehouse with Business Objects...
Processes billions of transactions daily. Processes one transaction daily that contains millions of records
Deals with one account at a time. Deals with a summary of multiple accounts.
Users perform transactions like enrolling students into classes and entering grades. Users run reports which reflect the LOUIE transactions but users can not enroll into classes or enter grades in Business Objects.
Runs day-to-day operations Creates reports for strategic decision-makers.
 
What is the NAU Data Warehouse Arrow up - Go back to letter navigation.
The NAU Data Warehouse is a central storage space for information that comes from different systems across the university. Many of the university business and student systems do not interact with one another. The NAU Data Warehouse brings these different systems together into one place where users can view and analyze data to support the decisions they make every day. Now, with the NAU Data Warehouse, users can see "The Big Picture" by examining university-wide trends and patterns. That means better-informed decisions about policies that affect the university.
 
What is FERPA? Arrow up - Go back to letter navigation.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords students certain rights with respect to their personal education records. Please visit the FERPA home page for more information.
All users must complete the FERPA online tutorial prior to receiving access to Business Objects or the LOUIE system. The tutorial can be found at www4.nau.edu/ferpa.
 
Who can have access to the NAU Data Warehouse and Business Objects? Arrow up - Go back to letter navigation.
Due to FERPA regulations, an NAU faculty or staff member can have access if and only if s/he has a need to know the information as part of an official and legitimate educational interest.
Under this principle, access to student information is based on normal job duties and the purpose and scope of the proposed use of the information.
All employees requesting access to the NAU Data Warehouse are required to have training in FERPA regulations. NAU has created a FERPA online tutorial that must be completed prior to requesting access to the NAU Data Warehouse via Business Objects. The FERPA tutorial can be found at www4.nau.edu/ferpa.
 
How do I uninstall Business Objects 6.5 SP3  from my computer? Arrow up - Go back to letter navigation.
Click here for uninstall directions.
 
What tools are available to access the data in the NAU Data Warehouse? Arrow up - Go back to letter navigation.
Business Objects is the only tool supported for access to the data in the NAU Data Warehouse.
 
I'm new to Business Objects. How do I log on? Arrow up - Go back to letter navigation.
Click here for a copy of the Business Objects User Guide.
 
 

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