OIT Trio Presents at DUG
dwaldron April 11th, 2009
The Datatel Users Group conference (DUG) is an annual event that brings together Datatel corporate employees with representatives of the more than 750 colleges and universities that utilitze Datatel’s software products. The conference offers scores of sessions devoted to a wide range of topics related to Colleague software modules and associated tools. Most of these sessions are conducted by employees of Datatel clients.
DUG 2009 took place between April 5th and 9th at National Harbor in Maryland. Tabby Conwell (Director of Applications Development), Michael Thompson (Analyst/Programmer) and Debbie Kilbane (Analyst/Programmer) attended the event and delivered a presentation entitled “Using DataOrchestrator, ODS and Business Objects for Query and Reporting.” Together, DataOrchestrator and ODS (Operational Data Store) constitute a data warehousing-type system for use with Datatel’s Colleague. Business Objects is a sophisticated reporting tool used to access and report upon data in the warehouse.
The College of Wooster is among the first Datatel clients to implement this data warehousing solution and Tabby, Michael and Debbie played key roles in that implementation. In recognition of this, Datatel asked Tabby, Michael and Debbie to present at DUG on this topic and to share their experiences with other Datatel clients.
The development of this solution incorporating DataOrchestrator, ODS and Business Objects has been a significant initiative for Datatel and is a critical component of the company’s reporting strategy. John Speer, Datatel’s president, and John van Weeren, Reporting and Technology Project Manager were among the many who attended the presentation.
Tabby and her group implemented this reporting solution in conjunction with the implementation of Colleague module for the Development Office. The solution was also implemented in conjunction with the HR and Payroll modules. Her group will now work to make the solution available to users of other Datatel modules.
OIT congratulates Tabby, Michael and Debbie on their successful presentation—and upon their successful implementation of this reporting solution. We all look forward to the successful deployment of this reporting system to additional College offices.