Princeton currently supports both the IBM/COGNOS suite of BI (Business Intelligence) tools and Tableau.
Here is a summary of how each is utilized at the University.
Princeton currently supports both the IBM/COGNOS suite of BI (Business Intelligence) tools and Tableau.
Here is a summary of how each is utilized at the University.
IBM/COGNOS has been, and will continue to be, the main reporting tool for the University. Princeton has used COGNOS since 2004 and is currently running version 11.1.3 of the software. There are currently more than 160 campus users who either create queries or reports and approximately 3500 users who view reports. Data in the Warehouse is accessed through the COGNOS tools, with each data collection (package) managed by a Data Custodian (see "Access and Use Data"). Decisions concerning access, security, and report creation and distribution are made by the appropriate Package Custodian.
To find out more about data in the Warehouse and the COGNOS tools, please send an email to cedar@princeton.edu.
Tableau is an additional tool that serves as an option for data analytics and visualization. Princeton recently acquired both Tableau Server and Tableau Desktop licenses and is in the process of introducing the tool to the university community. Tableau Server is currently at version 2019.3.1.
To find out more about Tableau and obtaining licenses, please send an email to cedar@princeton.edu.
The University supports the use of Tableau Desktop for the purpose of creating and publishing worksheets, dashboards, and stories to a Princeton Tableau Server. Licenses are provided, at no cost, to designated populations within the Princeton community. Click here to review the terms and conditions for obtaining a desktop license.
The University supports the use of Tableau servers, for the purpose of hosting sites which contain content published by approved Tableau licensed users. Click here to review guidelines and processes regarding the management of CeDAR supported Tableau servers.