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	Houston Community College Recruits WebFOCUS to Analyze Performance and Meet Public Funding Requirements Information Builders

Houston Community College Recruits WebFOCUS to Analyze Performance and Meet Public Funding Requirements

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries	Education
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Predictive Quality Analytics Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Data Science Services
Challenge	Houston Community College (HCC) is a public institution of higher education that serves about 75,000 students each semester. The college relies on public funding from state and local governments, which requires extensive reporting to document decisions, monitor enrollment trends, track student outcomes, and provide access to key performance indicators (KPIs). However, HCC was struggling to find an easy method of presenting academic performance information to its board members, administrators, and the public it serves. The college was looking for a business intelligence (BI) solution that could create an Academic Dashboard displaying current performance metrics through Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server as well as a public-facing website. The college also wanted to integrate disparate data sources into a cohesive data warehouse and provide administrators, staff, and board members with flexible BI solutions to drill into data. Read More
About Customer	Houston Community College (HCC) is an open-admission, public institution of higher education that enrolls about 75,000 students each semester. Its campus includes six colleges spread out over 23 locations in and around Houston, Texas. As a community college, HCC relies on public funding from state and local governments, which requires a great deal of reporting to document decisions, monitor enrollment trends, track student outcomes, and provide access to key performance indicators (KPIs). The college was looking for a business intelligence (BI) solution that could create an Academic Dashboard displaying current performance metrics through Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server as well as a public-facing website. Read More
Solution	HCC selected Information Builders’ WebFOCUS business intelligence (BI) software to create an Academic Dashboard that displays current performance metrics through Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server as well as a public-facing website. The college used Information Builders’ iWay DataMigrator to create a data warehouse that merges data from enterprise applications such as PeopleSoft with survey data and various types of operational information, and loads it into one common environment. DataMigrator automatically extracts, transforms, loads, and then cleanses data as it is entered, and performs automatic updates so the warehouse is always current. WebFOCUS Open Portal Services ships with three WebParts for Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server, making integration to all BI content effortless. It includes support for internal and external levels of security, based on each user’s role within the organization. Depending on security configuration, WebParts may allow users to access, run, create, edit, schedule, and publish WebFOCUS content. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Applicable Industries

Education

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Predictive Quality Analytics

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

Houston Community College (HCC) is a public institution of higher education that serves about 75,000 students each semester. The college relies on public funding from state and local governments, which requires extensive reporting to document decisions, monitor enrollment trends, track student outcomes, and provide access to key performance indicators (KPIs). However, HCC was struggling to find an easy method of presenting academic performance information to its board members, administrators, and the public it serves. The college was looking for a business intelligence (BI) solution that could create an Academic Dashboard displaying current performance metrics through Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server as well as a public-facing website. The college also wanted to integrate disparate data sources into a cohesive data warehouse and provide administrators, staff, and board members with flexible BI solutions to drill into data.

About Customer

Houston Community College (HCC) is an open-admission, public institution of higher education that enrolls about 75,000 students each semester. Its campus includes six colleges spread out over 23 locations in and around Houston, Texas. As a community college, HCC relies on public funding from state and local governments, which requires a great deal of reporting to document decisions, monitor enrollment trends, track student outcomes, and provide access to key performance indicators (KPIs). The college was looking for a business intelligence (BI) solution that could create an Academic Dashboard displaying current performance metrics through Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server as well as a public-facing website.

Solution

HCC selected Information Builders’ WebFOCUS business intelligence (BI) software to create an Academic Dashboard that displays current performance metrics through Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server as well as a public-facing website. The college used Information Builders’ iWay DataMigrator to create a data warehouse that merges data from enterprise applications such as PeopleSoft with survey data and various types of operational information, and loads it into one common environment. DataMigrator automatically extracts, transforms, loads, and then cleanses data as it is entered, and performs automatic updates so the warehouse is always current. WebFOCUS Open Portal Services ships with three WebParts for Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server, making integration to all BI content effortless. It includes support for internal and external levels of security, based on each user’s role within the organization. Depending on security configuration, WebParts may allow users to access, run, create, edit, schedule, and publish WebFOCUS content.

Impact #1	The new BI system helps the college to document and evaluate decisions, measure enrollment, track outcomes, and provide access to key financial indicators.
Impact #2	It also facilitates communication between the board and top administrators.
Impact #3	College administrators, board members, and managerial staff use the Academic Dashboard to view performance data through interactive charts and graphs, improving efficiency and enhancing data quality efforts throughout the organization.

Impact #1

The new BI system helps the college to document and evaluate decisions, measure enrollment, track outcomes, and provide access to key financial indicators.

Impact #2

It also facilitates communication between the board and top administrators.

Impact #3

College administrators, board members, and managerial staff use the Academic Dashboard to view performance data through interactive charts and graphs, improving efficiency and enhancing data quality efforts throughout the organization.

Benefit #1	HCC purchased WebFOCUS and within two months had a working dashboard environment available to the staff, the board, and the general public.

Benefit #1

HCC purchased WebFOCUS and within two months had a working dashboard environment available to the staff, the board, and the general public.

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Houston Community College Recruits WebFOCUS to Analyze Performance and Meet Public Funding Requirements

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