Through a combination of consulting services, custom development, and self-service reporting,\u00a0Analytical Services provides information and analysis capabilities to university departments in order to improve the quality of planning and business decisions and enhance the student experience. Some of the services we provide are:<\/p>\n
Academic Reporting and Analytics\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n This service provides information and analysis pertaining to academics – including admissions, enrollment, financial aid, student outcomes, courses taught, and diversity statistics. We develop many self-service reports for the BU community in our Academic Data Warehouse<\/a>. Academic information is also publicly available in our University Fact Book.<\/a><\/p>\n Data Visualization Consulting<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n This service provides expertise and consulting on best practices in data visualization –\u00a0 including tool recommendations, dashboard design, and distribution processes.<\/p>\n The university supports use of Power BI<\/a> as the primary data visualization tool.\u00a0 In addition, AS&IR supports a community of Power BI Users at BU.<\/a><\/p>\n