DATA WAREHOUSING AND REPORTING
Kuali Financial
Date Warehousing and Reporting
Bill Overman – Indiana University
Dylan Cooper – University of Arizona
Susan Moore – University of California, Davis
Date Warehousing and Reporting
Agenda
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Overview of approach taken by each school
Hints on important data
Technical hints
Demonstrations
Note: These applications do NOT come with KFS
Indiana University
• Datagroups
– Both GL and reference tables
– Denormalized
• Important fields to consider
• Returns data to spreadsheet
Datagroups from GL tables
• General Ledger Entry
– Transaction level detail
– Includes a description
• General Ledger Balance
– Summary by accounting string
General Ledger Entry
• Balance Type Code – budget, actual, encumbrance
• University Fiscal Period Code denotes month
• Object Type, Amount and Debit/Credit Flag work
together to determine positive/negative sign
General Ledger Balance
• Balance Type Code
• Buckets for monthly balances
• Other buckets
– Account Line Annual Balance Amount
– Financial Beginning Balance Amount
– Contract and Grant Beginning Balance Amount
Denormalizing
• Account
– Name
– Fiscal Officer
– Organization
– Expiration Date, Closed Indicator
– Sub-Fund Group  Fund Group
– Higher Education Function Code
Denormalizing
• Object Code
– Object Level Code
– Object Consolidation Code
– Reports to Object Code
Datagroups from Reference Tables
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Account/Organization Datagroup
Object Code Datagroup
Sub Accounts
Sub Object Codes
Year End Snapshots
The University of Arizona
Dylan Cooper
520-626-5214
dacooper@email.arizona.edu
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KFS DW/BI Team
Doug Hester – Senior Technical
Dylan Cooper – Senior Technical
Nargis Memon – Junior Technical
Ned Tomsheck – Accountant
Nevil Pozholiparambil – Masters Student/Junior Technical
UAccess Analytics
• The University of Arizona Basics
– Front end: Oracle Business Intelligence EE Plus
– ETL: IBM DataStage
– Back end: Oracle (PeopleSoft EPM)
– Data
• Star schemas
• Data Marts (in development) - General Ledger, Chart of
Accounts, Labor Ledger, Capital Assets and Purchasing
Trial Balance Report
Trial Balance Report
Trial Balance Report
Trial Balance Report
OBIEE Administration Tool
Summary Account Activity Star
Account
Dimension
Fiscal Period
Dimension
Account Activity Fact
Object Code
Dimension
Account Activity Fact
Summary Table
Keys for Dimensions
One row for each
account, object code
and fiscal period
combination
Month Net Measures
YTD Measures
Prior Month Measures
Prior Year Measures
Account Activity Fact
Transaction Data
Pivoted Data
Amount
Account
Acct Category
12345
Income
10.00
12345
Expense
100.00
ABCDE
Income
50.00
ABCDE
Expense
500.00
Account
Income Amt
Expense Amt
12345
20.00
200.00
ABCDE
100.00
500.00
Account Dimension
Slowly Changing Dimension
Tracks changes in
account information
Chart Info
Organizational Unit Info
Account Type Info
Fund Info
Account Info
Sub-Account Info
KFS Staging Area
COPY OF KFS
CHANGES
FACTS &
DIMENSIONS
Staging Tables
History Tables
Report Tables
Conclusions
Dimensional Warehouse vs. Traditional Warehouse
Specialized Tools vs. General Purpose Tools
KFS Decision Support SIG
Tuesday: 6:15 – 6:45 Conference Room 17
Wednesday: 11:00 – noon Conference Room 12
James Singleton
Cornell University
jim.singleton@cornell.edu
Tina Golini Jessee
Indiana University
cgolini@indiana.edu
University of California, Davis
UC Davis Decision Support
• Decision Support Basics
– Front end: Cold Fusion
– Bank end: Oracle
– Data
• Source - General Ledger and reference tables
• Denormalized data
• Month end snapshot – ensures reports are
reproducible
UC Davis Decision Support
• Access
– Broad campus access
– Few access restrictions
• Account type limits budget provisions
– Payroll detail limited to user’s organization
UC Davis Decision Support
Output
Options
UC Davis Decision Support
Demonstration