{"id":127971,"date":"2020-05-19T07:07:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T11:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=127971"},"modified":"2025-02-27T07:39:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T12:39:56","slug":"access","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/data-management-analytics\/academic-reporting-analytics\/student-reporting-analytics\/access\/","title":{"rendered":"ADW Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Academic Data Warehouse Access<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Access to the Boston University Academic Data Warehouse (ADW) is granted by data trustees based on business need for each data area.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Data Area<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Data Trustee<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Sample Roles with Business Need<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Undergraduate Admissions<\/td>\n<td>Enrollment &amp; Student Administration<\/td>\n<td>Director of Admissions, Deans, or any position that functions (formally or informally) as a \u2018data administrator\u2019 in an undergraduate school\/college.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Graduate Admissions<\/td>\n<td>Graduate Affairs<\/td>\n<td>Director of Admissions, Deans, or any position that functions (formally or informally) as a \u2018data administrator\u2019 in a graduate school\/college. Access granted per school\/college.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Student Enrollment<\/td>\n<td>Enrollment &amp; Student Administration<\/td>\n<td>Deans, Program Directors, Administrators, or any position that entails reporting or analysis of student data.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Financial Aid<\/td>\n<td>Enrollment &amp; Student Administration<\/td>\n<td>Deans, Financial Aid Administrators, or any position that entails reporting or analysis of student financial aid data.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Faculty<\/td>\n<td>Faculty Affairs<\/td>\n<td>Deans, Department Chairs, Faculty Actions Mangers, Department Administrators, or any position with responsibilities for the management of faculty teaching and\/or personnel data.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Access requires approval by your manager or supervisor, review of the information below, and completion of the Academic Data Warehouse Access Request form . Please discuss with your manager your business need for ADW access, as well as the types of data to which you need access.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"GettingStarted\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Getting Started<\/h3>\n<p>Please ensure you have completed all the steps below before submitting your request for access.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Access to the Academic Data Warehouse requires a BU Login and Kerberos password. If you do not already have a BU Login, request one through your manager\/supervisor or data security administrator.<\/li>\n<li>In order to gain access to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">student related data<\/span>:\n<ul>\n<li>Review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/info-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Protection of Personal Information Act (MASS Law 201 CMR 17.00) and Information Security Policy<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>It is mandatory that all users review the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/general-information\/ferpa\/\" target=\"_blakn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act \u2013 FERPA<\/a>, complete the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reg\/files\/2014\/03\/FERPA-non-discolure-Degree-Advice-Access.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FERPA Non-Disclosure Agreement<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>and include the completed FERPA agreement when submitting the ADW Access Request Form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Access to the Academic Data Warehouse provides a user within the University to significant amounts of institutional data, some of which is confidential. Please review the following policy documents:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/policies\/computing-ethics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conditions of Use and Policy on Computing Ethics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/data-protection-requirements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Data Protection Requirements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/minimum-security-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minimum Security Standards<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>These two steps should be initiated in parallel:\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>Fill in and submit the <a href=\"https:\/\/bu.service-now.com\/sp?id=sc_cat_item&amp;sys_id=4ec4eb41dbd53b80471a84eb0b96191b\">Academic Warehouse Access Request form<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">You will be contacted regarding training once processing of your request has begun.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>You will be notified when access has been granted.<\/li>\n<li>If you have any questions,\u00a0contact us at<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:ADW-Access@bu.edu\">ADW-Access@bu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic Data Warehouse Access Access to the Boston University Academic Data Warehouse (ADW) is granted by data trustees based on business need for each data area. Data Area Data Trustee Sample Roles with Business Need Undergraduate Admissions Enrollment &amp; Student Administration Director of Admissions, Deans, or any position that functions (formally or informally) as a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11012,"featured_media":0,"parent":128336,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11012"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127971"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156105,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127971\/revisions\/156105"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}