When the university asked OTDI to modernize our administrative systems with cloud-based Workday, Ohio State gained the ability to maintain a primary source of trusted data (a single source of truth) that could be shared by all of Ohio State and the Wexner Medical Center.
In addition to Workday (implemented in 2021) the university knew it also needed a new application to enable better reporting and data analytics for its business transactions. By adding Tableau as a partnering tool, Ohio State's data analysis and data visualization competencies have expanded. Check out this quick 5-minute History of OTDI video highlighting Tableau to learn how it was incorporated into Ohio State’s suite of powerful enterprise tools.
Late last year, Ohio State’s Data Governance team launched a new initiative to standardize institutional definitions, partnering with colleagues across the university.
The first batch of these definitions, including full-time student, part-time student, and student rank has been finalized and is posted on the approved institutional definitions webpage . University members are encouraged to review these definitions and keep them in mind when discussing and analyzing student-related data.
The second batch of student-related terms, including definitions for full-time, part-time, and half-time students, is ready for community review. The group is open to hearing from all faculty and staff from the university and Wexner Medical Center during the review period. Those interested in reviewing these definitions are asked to fill out this Qualtrics survey by Friday, February 10 .
We use words like “student” and “employee” every day, but did you know that we don’t have standard definitions for these terms across the university and medical center? The Data Governance team is launching an initiative to standardize institutional definitions and is seeking assistance from colleagues across the university and medical center.
