BI Additional Tools –Dashboards/ReportWriter

Proposal Sponsor:

Stuart McFarlane

Overview

Utilising the full potential of the SAP Business Objects BI tools. The University of Edinburgh has recently gained access to these through the new licensing agreement with SAP

What – Dashboards.

What – Crystal Reports.

Other contributors:

Alex Carter

Why is it needed/What are the benefits?:

What – Dashboards.

Why – Will deliver strategic KPI trend and forecasting information for leadership.

Benefits- Increased profitability for the University of Edinburgh through strategic decisions informed by accurate, reliable and clearly presented information.

What – Crystal Reports.

Why – Will deliver advanced reporting capability to enable robust and professional standard reporting.

Benefits

· Ease of meeting complex regulatory and compliance obligations through availability of a sophisticated reporting tool.

· University gains a reputation as having a professional approach to publishing information both internally and externally.

Create highly formatted reports with visualisations and interactivity.

Planning Status:

Proposal

Programme Priority:

Portfolio:

ISG

Planned Start:

14/15

Multi-Year:

Project Owner:

ISG

Procurement > £50K:

Funding Source:

Core Grant

IS Admin Tab

Estimation Reference:

Tools already purchased and only need to be activated

Easy to use for experienced report developer with minimal training costs

The challenge is in understanding strategic reporting needs. Much of this should emerge from the current BI/MI Strategy in the first half of 2014, and also current Service Management engagement with stakeholders through the ‘Reporting + Analytics Service’

Estimation Type:

Implement Package Solution

Estimated IS Apps Days:

Medium

Estimated Business Partner Days:

Medium