{"id":128370,"date":"2020-06-03T12:40:15","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T16:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=128370"},"modified":"2020-06-17T12:27:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T16:27:19","slug":"official-ad-hoc-reporting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/data-management-analytics\/official-university-information-reporting\/official-ad-hoc-reporting\/","title":{"rendered":"Official &#038; Ad Hoc Reporting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tw icon-mapmarker\"><\/span> Quick Start<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Available to:<\/strong> Students, Faculty, Researchers, Staff, Departments, Alumni, Prospective Students, New\/Incoming Students, Guests, IT Professionals<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost: <\/strong>No charge<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See <a href=\"#GettingStarted\">Getting Started<\/a>, below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>Through the\u00a0Official &amp; Ad Hoc Reporting\u00a0service, Analytical Services &amp; Institutional Research\u00a0provides\u00a0timely\u00a0and\u00a0informative reports and visualizations\u00a0that facilitate\u00a0resource allocation,\u00a0strategic decision-making, planning, and evaluation within all levels of the BU community.\u00a0\u00a0Additionally\u00a0our team maintains a repository of historical statistics and evaluative data that is available to\u00a0internal and external audiences.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Compiling data for use in the Academic Program Review process<\/li>\n<li>Maintaining publicly-available statistical summaries<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring official University data are being reported consistently and accurately<\/li>\n<li>Educating requestors about the appropriate populations to include in various requests<\/li>\n<li>Informing BU community about publicly available resources &amp; self-service reporting options<\/li>\n<li>Providing rapid turnaround for targeted research questions<\/li>\n<li>Offering guidance on when and what to share to various audiences<\/li>\n<li>Assisting with presentations and visualizations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What to Expect<\/h2>\n<p>This service is available during normal business hours.\u00a0 Each request is evaluated in conjunction with other University initiatives and institutional priorities to determine level of support and timeline.<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>Data trustee approval may be required. Access to reporting functions is based on role and job function; your manager should be able to provide guidance if pre-approval is required.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"GettingStarted\">Getting Started<\/h2>\n<p>Submit a ticket to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/contact\">Analytical Services &amp; Institutional Research<\/a> and a member of our team will get in touch for more details.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We provide routine and ad hoc reports that facilitate data-informed decision making and analysis by the BU community, consortiums, and external partners&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1301,"featured_media":0,"parent":128334,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128370"}],"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\/1301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128370"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128574,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128370\/revisions\/128574"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}