Quick and consistent access to data is key to the success of Lehigh University’s Advancement Office (Lehigh). Lehigh recognized Argos, the Enterprise Reporting Solution from Evisions, as the solution to improve their access to Advancement data, as well as the quality of the data. Argos provides for a customer relationship management system (CRM) containing tactical and detailed reports along with a 360 degree view of their customer/constituent base. The CRM includes a prospect finder, ability to enter call reports, online & pre-formatted donor profile reports and dashboards that are customized to each Advancement Officer.

Time consuming and slow. That was the situation for Australian Catholic University (ACU) who were using spreadsheets for their Direct Admissions reporting. The IT department had to manually assemble reports which were massive and unwieldy. Not only did the reports take an entire week to create, they also took a long time for staff to download because they were distributed as email attachments. All of these inconveniences were made even worse when you consider that by the time ACU staff finally received the Direct Admissions Report, the data was already out-of-date.

ACU needed a faster, more efficient way to get accurate data to their decision makers. They needed a solution that would allow end-users to easily manipulate data and provide one consistent version of the truth. This solution also had to be flexible and easy to roll-out to their six campuses.

Hilbert College (Hilbert) had a major need for pursuing an easy to use decision support system. Data driven decision-making is very important to Hilbert and the administrative council recognized the need for better access to real-time information. The first step was to get reliable source information. This led to the choice of PowerCAMPUS for their student system, Raiser's Edge for Advancement, PowerFAIDS for financial aid and Great Plains for finance. Hilbert required a reporting solution which would give every campus department access to real-time data and could easily connect to all of their systems making true decision support a reality.

Point Loma Nazarene University (Point Loma) needed a way to report from multiple sources across campus. They had information in PowerFAIDS, JICS and Blackboard, but no way to create reports from all of these sources at once. Point Loma also needed a solution that would work seamlessly with their Jenzabar CX software, which they use throughout their campus. An easy to use, customizable tool that can report from multiple solutions was the key to Point Loma’s reporting needs.

 Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) fully implemented the Banner system in late 2010.  After going live with the student module in the fall of 2010, the registrar’s office had many discussions about improving their baseline transcript.  State schools in Texas are required to have a transcript that meets legislation-mandated regulations.  SFA also had its own requirements and modifications that were necessary to enhance the presentation and readability of the transcripts.  Furthermore, the SFA IT and registrar’s office staff were concentrating on the new Banner implementation and running parallel on their old system.  This left limited resources to devote to customizing a transcript in house.  SFA needed a solution that would give them the transcript they wanted without adding to the immediate and on-going workload of the staff.

Aims Community College (Aims) was spending hundreds of hours every year on very labor intensive processes with identifying, tracking and assisting students with disabilities on campus. These disabilities vary and include learning disabilities, mental illness and heath related issues such as low vision and mobility impairment. In order to accommodate students with disabilities, Aims would have to first identify the students requiring assistance. In all cases, the students must identify themselves as having a disability, with this notification occurring during registration or as late as at the end of the first week of classes.

Faced with a difficult decision regarding a costly and time-consuming upgrade to their Business Intelligence (BI) software, Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) wanted to find out if there was an effective and affordable alternative.  NNU has been using a single ERP system, Jenzabar CX, for admissions/recruiting, registration, finance, alumni relations and donor relations for over ten years. During this time they have developed literally thousands of reports in their current BI solution. Along with being able to access real-time data, they needed a BI solution that would roll out quickly, be easy to use and work seamlessly with Jenzabar CX...

Given the size and distributed nature of North Orange County Community College District (NOCCCD), there was a need for organization and reliable data. A centralized reporting environment did not exist and managing reporting solutions across multiple campuses with thousands of students and employees was not an easy task. With three large campuses, each with their own administrative offices, over 75,000 employees and students and no centralized reporting tool, access to reliable data became a growing challenge.

Missouri State University needed to make it easier for its faculty and staff to generate operational and ad-hoc reports. Some of these reports contained sensitive data which made information security a major concern. They also wanted to have a comprehensive set of tools that could generate dashboards and other summary reports which would quickly provide information to individuals at all levels.

On a monthly basis, the Finance department at City College of San Francisco (CCSF) printed and manually stored copies of checks. Not only was this a time consuming process but it was a waste of toner and paper as well as storage space. Retrieving those printed file copies was also a huge challenge. In addition to these issues, the City of San Francisco has a “go-green” program which requests that businesses and organizations in the city adopt environmentally friendly practices that are sustainable, profitable and protect the environment. CCSF wanted to save money and be aligned with the City’s “go-green” program. CCSF decided to look for a better solution that was integrated with their current technology.