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Loyola University Boosts Academic Ranking and Boosts Student Retention With WebFOCUS
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Data-as-a-Service
- Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries
- Education
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Computer Vision
- Predictive Maintenance
- Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services
- Data Science Services
- System Integration
- Training
The Challenge
Loyola University Chicago, the nation’s largest Jesuit University, needed analytic tools that could simultaneously access Oracle, Lawson, and other data formats. They also needed to convert more than 800 financial reports created with Crystal Reports to a more modern, interactive format. The university was looking for BI tools that make it easy to sort, summarize, filter, and display data based on pre-selected variables, and to visualize that data in a variety of formats. The university's first major BI project required linking data from several sources: student data from a PeopleSoft for Education application, financial data from a Lawson Financial Management application; a Sakai grading scale application; and proprietary information from the university’s Library, Housing, and Admissions databases.
About The Customer
Loyola University Chicago is the nation’s largest Jesuit University, founded in 1870. The university has four major campuses and about 16,400 students. With a 14:1 student/faculty ratio, Loyola University Chicago is a liberal arts college that has consistently been ranked among the top national universities by U.S. News and World Report. The university maintains its prestigious ranking by keeping administrative costs down, aligning administrative and academic initiatives, and streamlining business processes in accounting, admissions, enrollment, financial aid, registration, and academics.
The Solution
Loyola University Chicago standardized on Information Builders’ WebFOCUS business intelligence (BI) and analytics platform to access, analyze, and share insights among its 4,000-member faculty and staff. Information Builders’ Professional Services helped Loyola convert more than 800 financial reports, created with Crystal Reports, to a much smaller number of WebFOCUS analytics applications and reports by using parameterization, bursting, and reporting templates to establish a more efficient financial reporting environment. They also helped Loyola use an enterprise data warehouse (EDW) to populate these reports and demonstrated how analysts could use WebFOCUS AppStudio to visualize warehouse data quickly and easily. Other reports draw information from the university’s PeopleSoft and Lawson applications, both of which store information in an Oracle database.
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