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 Tutorial for Graduate Admissions (3/28/24)
A new tutorial for the new graduate admissions certified reports is now up on Terrier eDev. This is following the tutorial for undergraduate admissions posted last fall. The tutorial provides a walk through of each resource as well as contextual information.
ADW Enrollment Release Delay Information FAQ (3/7/24)
ADW enrollment reporting for Academic Year 2024-2025 will not be available immediately after the My BU Student final deployment in late May. Visit the ADW FAQ and Updates page for details. If you expect to need current term information prior to the AY 25 enrollment reporting release, please let us know by completing this form.
New Certified Reports (2/15/24)
A2. 3) Summer/Fall Executive Summary is a dashboard providing an executive view to track progress towards your school’s combined summer/fall enrollment targets. It shows applications, offers, accepted offers, and enrollments with prior year-to-date and final comparisons.
C2. 2) Individual Graduate Enrollment Report Builder with Admissions Data is a report builder designed to allow you to build a custom graduate enrollment report with admissions data. You will be limited to one Academic Year & Semester, but you can customize the attributes and metrics included on the report.
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.
Tutorials & 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. There’s also an interactive tutorial available for undergraduate admissions specifically.
User Group
Given our remote working situation post COVID-19, it is challenging to hold ADW user group in the past format. We offer individualized remote sessions upon request. Please email asirhelp@bu.edu if you would like to receive an individual or department session, including the questions you have or reports of interest.
The User Group page provides access to presentations and recordings of selected prior meetings.
Questions?
If you have questions, please send email to asirhelp@bu.edu or ithelp@bu.edu. Help us direct your question to the right person to answer it by including “ADW” in the subject line.