Overview
Becoming a data-driven and informed University is paramount for effective decision-making and enhancing overall operations. Analytics is an indispensable tool in making that vision a reality.
Analytics resources from Pitt Information Technology enable schools and departments across Pitt to uncover hidden insights, make informed decisions, and track progress toward achieving their goals. Below you can learn more about how to take advantage of these resources.
Detail
Overview of Analytics Tools
- Alteryx: Streamline processes, improve data-informed decision-making, and increase productivity.
- Tableau: Explore and visualize data so that you can move quickly from question to insight.
- University Data Warehouse: Pitt's central authoritative data source provides support for reporting, ad hoc data queries, and analytics.
Analytics Help
Find out the many ways in which we are here to support your data analytics needs.
The Power of Analytics: Transforming Graduation Certification
"The graduation dashboard helps me get students from last term to alumni in half the time."
- Brandi Belleau, School of Computing and Information
"I could probably certify all the students right now in a couple hours, as opposed to a whole semester."
- Jody Federer, Pitt Business.
Analytics Enablement Program
Pitt IT is launching an Analytics Enablement Program to advance analytics across the University. The program will empower Responsibility Centers to reap the full benefits of the Alteryx analytics and automation platform by providing Pitt-specific training and support. Watch this space for details.
Alteryx
Alteryx Designer provides data scientists and data analysts with a Swiss Army knife for data. It has tools for data extraction, transformation, geospatial mapping, and predictive analytics—all in one easy-to-use package.
- Save time and effort by using automated workflows to replace manual data tasks.
- Create predictive, statistical, and spatial analytics for all—code-free for analysts and code-friendly for data scientists.
- Connect to data wherever it lives—in the cloud, data warehouses, Microsoft Excel, social media data, and other platforms.
- Use a friendly drag-and-drop experience to prep, blend, and analyze data.
- Provide scalable customization, scheduling, and publication of analytics.
Key Resources
Tableau
Tableau is an easy-to-use data analytics software for exploring and visualizing data. Tableau places an emphasis on visual analytics, allowing you to move quickly from question to insight. Pitt IT hosts a number of Enterprise Dashboards on our Tableau Server, which is open to University faculty and staff through Pitt Passport. For individuals interested in building their own customized reports, Pitt IT also sponsors the purchase of Tableau Desktop licenses at a reduced cost.
- Access, visualize, and analyze your data quickly and easily.
- Uncover hidden insights to make impactful business decisions.
- Ask new questions, spot trends, and identify opportunities.
- Take advantage of an intuitive drag-and-drop interface.
Key Resources
University Data Warehouse
The University Data Warehouse is the central authoritative data source for the University, providing support for reporting, ad hoc data queries, and analytics. The University Data Warehouse is a database that is comprised of data originating in multiple University systems, including systems like the Student Information System (PeopleSoft), PRISM as well as financial and HR systems. The data is extracted from those systems, optimized for speed and ease of use, and placed into Data Marts. A Data Mart is a subset of the University Data Warehouse and is oriented toward a particular type of data or a particular function.