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Terms Used
Terms Used
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Business system | A database system administered by IT Services and owned by a business area or IT Services which is used for administration of the institution. For the purposes of this document this includes both business systems and information systems, though in practice a subset of these will be affected. |
Corporate data | Data obtained from business systems, electronic files, and paper-based stores which relate to the administration of the institution. |
Management Information | Information which is derived from and summarises corporate data |
Data Warehouse | A access-controlled database administered by IT Services which contains corporate data curated and managed by business areas across the institution. |
Management Information Gateway | A access-controlled web interface which contains all of the institution’s management information documents. |
Object | A discrete and access-controlled data entity; in practice, this is a table or view in data warehouse, and an uploaded Tableau/Excel/PDF document in the Management Information Gateway. |
Directory | A system which manages the identity and relationships between users, groups, and systems. |
Authorisation Matrix | A method of displaying the potential and actual authorisation levels for a given user against a given object. Authorisation is multi-dimensional, so several 2D matrices can be created. |
Tableau Project | An object in Tableau Server which contains one or more workbooks. |
Tableau Workbook | An object created by Tableau Desktop and available to Server or Reader which contains one or more worksheets or dashboards. |
Tableau Worksheet, Tableau View | An object created by Tableau Desktop which displays a single visualisation of data. |
Tableau Dashboard | An object created by Tableau Desktop which displays several linked visualisations of data. |
Business Area | A directorate or sub-team within a directorate that deals with a discrete area of the University’s administration. |
Information Question | An informal notation used to describe a data request, e.g. "Can you show me the trend over time[1] of the gender split[2] for our applicants[3] by department and programme[4]"? |
Perspective | A viewpoint used to interrogate a data set - normally item [1] in the information question, after the word 'can you'. |
Facet | The specific analysis being used in a perspective, such as gender split or research income per academic - normally item [2] in the information question, after the word 'of'. |
Thematic Area | A method of categorising similar activities from different business areas, using the nature of activity instead of the organisational unit. Normally item [3] in the information question, after the word 'for'. |
Breakdown | The 'slice and dice' dimensions used to display data in increasingly granular portions, such as by department or programme. Normally item [4] in the information question after the word 'by'. |