This article guides you on how to get access to Reports and Ad hoc reporting for Northwestern's administrative systems.
This document also provides a high level Support for Access, Data, Usage > Business Process found in Reporting system, Cognos Analytics.
Subject Area
Support for Access / Data / Usage / Business Process
Access Form / Agreement / Email
Alumni Relations and Development (ARD)
To request access the user should submit a completed Confidentiality Agreement and ARDSecurity Access Request form to ARD-HELP@northwestern.edu
For help with creating reports, the user should contact their SSR. If the user is an SSR, they should send a message/request for help to the SSRlistserv. If the user is outside of ARDand does not have an SSR, they should contact NUITsupport.
Catracks Reports
Contact IT Technology Support Services (1-HELP) or for setting up FFRA report access, start at: http:/ffra.northwestern.edu/security/.
On that page, there are the links to security forms and job aids. "Sponsored Program Management" rights on the FFRA security form grants access to Effort Reporting.
Access processes for Endowment vary by report/tool. The user should contact Northwestern IT Support at consultant@northwestern.edu or 1-HELP. IT Support will direct the user to a Data Management and Analytics (DMA) representative who will help them determine what steps they should take to request the access they need.
Access to the following Endowment reports is granted to all users of FFRA Financials reports. To request access to any of these reports, start at: http:/ffra.northwestern.edu/security/
Access to the following Endowment reports is granted to all users who have access to Central/Accounting Services or Central/Budget FFRA reports. To request access to any of these reports, start at: FFRA Access Form
Access to the following reporting tools can be requested by contacting NUIT Support (consultant@northwestern.edu). Users must have access to 1. FFRA reports AND 2. access to ARD-BI reporting or be approved by the Executive Director of ARD Services to access the report:
Access to the following report is automatically given to users who have access to Student Records AND Student Financials Reports:
Access processes for Admissions vary by report/tool. The user should contact Northwestern IT Support at consultant@northwestern.edu or 1-HELP. IT Support will direct the user to a Data Management and Analytics (DMA) representative who will help them determine what steps they should take to request the access they need.
The Student Admissions Form is required for access to all Student Admissions reporting tools.
For the Undergraduate Student Lifecycle Query and the Undergraduate Student by Term Integrated Query, the Student Records access form is also required, if the user does not already have access to Student Records -BI reporting tools.
Student Funding History
The user should fill out and submit the Student Records access form.
For further help, please open a Service Manager Ticket for University Enrollment - SES