As mentioned in the Workday update sent on Friday, a long-term multi-source data warehouse solution is underway.

Recently, Mines signed a contract for Edify, our first comprehensive data warehouse and analytics solution. Edify is designed for higher education and is cloud-based for easy, secure access.

Starting now and continuing through the next year, an increasing amount of data will flow into the warehouse, allowing Mines to analyze and synthesize data from many sources more efficiently. This capability will help inform our decision-making and understanding of our business of education. 

Edify’s built-in reporting/analytics tool and Tableau provide us with dashboards and workbooks specific to departments for all levels of our organization. These tools will replace Cognos for critical reporting.

Edify will help us implement data management best-practice rules and validations to ensure a single source of truth and will provide a foundation for our continued development of a university-wide data strategy.

 Your input is valued and can be shared directly with me at andrewjmoore@mines.edu.

 Thanks, 

Andrew, CIO (Chief Information Officer)