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Overview

ISC's Data Analytics Service leverages state-of-the-art tools to analyze data and create business intelligence that is critical to the future of the University.  It consists of both the Data Warehouse and the Snowflake Data Analytics Platform & Consulting offering.

The Data Warehouse maintains more than 45 university data collections, which are queried more than a million times each month.  It is used to improve student course productivity, assist faculty in curriculum planning, and manage the University’s premier research enterprise.  

The revolutionary Snowflake Data Analytics Platform & Consulting offering provides a centrally provisioned environment to leverage Snowflake as a full data, analytics, and AI platform. Snowflake can exploit advanced analytics tools, analyze unstructured data, and draw novel conclusions.

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Data analytics

Benefits

Provides analytical tools needed for:

  • Ad hoc query and reporting
  • Longitudinal studies (employees, courses, finances)
  • Day-to-day departmental management and strategic analysis by School/Center administrative personnel
  • Principal Investigators monitoring their grants and protocols
  • The Snowflake Data Analytics Platform & Consulting offering leverages Snowflake as a full data, analytics, and AI platform. 

Target Audience

University staff and central administration. Faculty and students may also be users of web-based applications that consume Warehouse data.

Rates

Allocated funds support the net expense of operating the University’s Administrative Service Centers. Funds are collected centrally, through charges levied on each School, Resource Center, and Auxiliary.

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