Data Access and Reporting
Banner Reporting Center

Data Access and Reporting implements and supports business intelligence and decision support technology.

  • Banner Operational Data Store (ODS) provides secured access to Banner data transformed to facilitate reporting.  The ODS has been customized with additional data and transformations to support Census activity.  
  • SAS Enterprise Business Intelligence includes the Information Delivery Portal (Banner Reporting Center), Web Report Studio, Enterprise Guide, OLAP Server, Microsoft Office Integration and Metadata Management.   
  • Person Database provides a single row perspective of students, employees, affiliates and the VCU Health System.  The Person Database provides data to systems such as Blackboard, Email, Parking and Telecommunications.   
  • Data Extraction using the ODS to provide data to VCUCard, Recreational Sports, Student Health, STIX, eDirectory, University Libraries, Career Center and T.O.P.E.M.   
  • VCUID Number System provides a unique identifier for students, employees, affiliates and the VCU Health System to reduce the use of Social Security Number.  
  • Banner Eprint provides access to static PDF reports secured by Banner security classes and value based security.  


 

What is Technology Services?

Technology Services is responsible for implementing and supporting the technology used around campus, such as the network, phones, enhanced classrooms, and Internet-based systems including myVCU, Blackboard, email, and more.