Tableau visualization of the month: Majors, Options, and Degrees
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This Tableau visualization allows users to view and search for active majors, options, degrees, and certificates as of the current day. The Majors, Options, and Degree and Certificate tabs are set to the current (fall, spring, or summer) term. The Data Exporter tab allows you to select the current or a future term. The visualization is updated nightly and reflects changes approved by governance and implemented in SIS (Student Information System).
Based on recent feedback from students and the advising community, the Office of the Registrar enhanced the Majors, Options, and Degree dashboard to include the transcript description. This change helps students understand what to expect on their transcript upon degree conferral.
What are some examples of people who might use the visualization and why?
This visualization is intended for the general public, students, and the Office of the Registrar staff looking for information on majors, options, degrees, and certificates.
Where does the data come from?
This visualization uses data from UW–Madison’s InfoAccess Warehouse, which contains source data from SIS. This warehouse is the source of much of the data used for UW–Madison’s institutional reporting.
Although this information has been available for some time, a Tableau visualization allows end users to explore, sort, and filter it quickly in a way that was impossible in previous PDF reports.
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February Badger Data Network highlights
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Our February Badger Data Network featured Lonnie Morgan, UW-Madison ATP Data & Reporting Strategy Lead, who provided valuable information about data sources and reporting in Workday. Members of the DAPIR office shared staffing updates, reviewed initiatives, recapped Love Data Week and Data Privacy Week, and noted that proposed data definitions are open for review and comment. Read the full recap.
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New staff members join the DAPIR team
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DAPIR's Institutional Research & Decision Support (IRDS) team welcomes two new staff members. Jessica Liu (BI Developer) began at the end of February, and Tracy Reuter (Data Scientist) starts on March 3. Read more about their backgrounds and upcoming work projects.
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Tableau User Guide has been updated, and a RADAR enhancement is coming soon
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The Navigating Tableau User Guide has been updated. The guide explains how to navigate a workbook, including the basic structure, filtering and downloading information, and saving a custom view. A new section shows how to navigate IDEs (Institutional Data Exporters). IDEs let approved users set relevant filters and download a spreadsheet containing unit-record data.
You can also access the guide through Tableau workbooks. Contact us if you need help using this document, want to share feedback, or have questions.
RADAR (Repository of Administrative Data and Reports), the one-stop central portal for exploring and locating UW-Madison’s administrative data and reports, will be updated to leverage Tableau’s tree map feature in mid-March. Remember you must be on the campus network or logged into the campus VPN to access non-publicly available Tableau reports.
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March Badger Data Network: Workday focus continues
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Workday implementation is again our topic for the March Badger Data Network gathering. Because we want to share the most current Workday information with you, our specific topic will be announced closer to the event. If you have a topic you want to see discussed in the future, let us know.
Meeting details
Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Time: 10 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
Zoom passcode: WeLoveData
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Virtual office hours with CIO Lois Brooks to feature DAPIR staff member
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Sara Lazenby, a distinguished institutional policy analyst in DAPIR, will join Lois Brooks, UW–Madison’s chief information officer and vice provost for information technology, during her virtual office hours on Friday, March 7, at 9:15 a.m. to provide an overview of University Rankings. Visit the virtual office hours webpage for additional information, including the Zoom link (password as well) and other upcoming conversations.
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Coming soon! The 2024-2025 Data Digest, the key source of official UW–Madison numbers, will be released in early April.
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