Administrative Reporting: Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI)

Description

Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) is a powerful reporting and analytical tool that provides access to interactive dashboards, operational reporting, and one-time queries, as well as proactive business activity monitoring. OBI offers a suite of standard dashboards and reports for broad institutional use, as well as options for specialized reports for specific departmental or individual reporting needs.

Access

  • Log in to: https://obiprd.oit.ohio.edu

  • For best results, we recommend using Apple Safari 10 or greater, Google Chrome 63 or greater, Microsoft Edge 41 or greater, or Mozilla Firefox 52 or greater.

Who can access

Available to all OHIO students, faculty, and staff:

  • Employee Lookup

  • Student Funds Available

Limited access:

  • Ability to create reports available to functional owners of Oracle E-Business Suite or PeopleSoft Campus Solutions

Available subject to data steward approval:

  • Graduate College Dashboard

  • Human Resources Dashboard

  • Registrar Dashboard

  • Student Financial Aid Dashboard

  • Undergraduate Admissions Dashboard

Available to OHIO faculty and staff only:

  • Daily Admissions Reporting

  • Finance Dashboard (requires additional approval for guests and temporary or student employees)

  • Institutional Research & Effectiveness Official Census Reporting

How to request access

  • Standard access is enabled by default for eligible users.

  • If you need access to additional Finance or HR data in OBI, please submit a request to the IT Service Desk, who will contact the appropriate data steward for review.

Data Stewards

Features

Application Features

  • Create interactive dashboards with rich visualizations such as bar graphs and pie charts.

  • Work with reports, prompts, tables, and pivot tables, with full capability for drilling, navigating and interacting with results.

  • Create custom reports against predefined data models. Save and share these reports with other users, or access shared reports created by others.

Available Data

  • Oracle E-Business Suite Finance and Human Resources data warehouse (refreshed nightly)

  • PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Admissions, Financial Aid, Student Financials, and Student Records data (real-time query capability)

  • Institutional Research & Effectiveness data (refreshed on specific dates throughout the term)

  • Other data sources by request (subject to approval)

Additional resources

Service support

Get help

  • Visit the Technology Help Center (help.ohio.edu) to get live support, view outages, and browse trainings.

Accessibility

Oracle Business Intelligence has many features that support accessibility.

Ohio University strives to make its digital resources and services accessible to all visitors, including those with disabilities who may also be using assistive technology. If special steps are necessary in order to improve the accessibility of experiences for end-users, those steps must be taken. 
 
If you experience a barrier that affects your ability to access OHIO websites, videos, online forums, documents, or other information technology, please let us know
For further information about OHIO's digital accessibility resources, see:

Security

The Ohio University Information Security Office strives to educate and empower the University community to appropriately manage risks and protect OHIO’s information and systems. This effort is facilitated through policies, standards, and information security risk management program, as well as other tools and guidance that are provided to the University community. This modern approach creates a safe computing environment in which the University community can teach, learn, and conduct research. 

For additional information about OHIO’s security resources, see:

 
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