Using Federated Authorization for General Ledger (GL) Mart Access

Overview

The General Ledger (GL) Mart in the University Data Warehouse contains financial transaction and aggregate data from the general ledger. GL transaction data is updated daily with the exception of Sunday, in addition a month end refresh occurs to produce an aggregate table and Level Reports. The data in the GL Mart may be accessed by Tableau, Cognos, SQL query, and other means.

Access to the GL Mart is governed by Federated Authorization, ensuring users only have access to the data required to fulfill their University responsibilities.

Information Technology has developed an online Federated Authorization process that makes requesting access faster and easier. It retains all the security and auditing benefits of a paper-based process while eliminating the need to print forms, obtain handwritten signatures, and fax forms to additional approvers.

To request access to the GL Mart, submit GL Mart Users Request form.

Note: if the group that grants access to specific GL accounts needed does not exist, it needs to be created first.  See this training video on how to submit GL Mart CDS Group Request.

 

Detail

Step-by-Step Request Process

The process is described in General Ledger (GL) Mart Request training video.

 

Who's Who?

  • Requestee: Person for whom restricted access is being requested.
  • Financial Data Approvers: Individuals designated by their University unit to ensure authorized employees have access only to the data needed to perform their jobs. View Your Federated Authorization Responsibility Center (RC) Financial Approver
  • University Data Steward: Individuals responsible for granting additional approval when a certain level of access is requested.  
  • Pitt Information Technology Security Analyst: Pitt IT staff members responsible for reviewing and granting final approval to all access requests.
 

Related Information

 

Details

Article ID: 545
Created
Tue 11/28/23 11:33 AM
Modified
Fri 4/26/24 8:08 AM

Related Articles (3)

The following is a list of the University's Federated Authorization Security Contacts for Student Information Systems (PeopleSoft) and Student Mart:
Get started with Pitt's Federated Authorization Community, allowing University faculty and staff to request access to the University's enterprise systems and data.
To check the status of your Federated Authorization form, please contact the 24/7 IT Help Desk.