The Academic Data Warehouse (ADW) is a business intelligence application which enables analysis of undergraduate, graduate, and professional student lifecycle processes, data, and trends. The goal of ADW is to provide insights that will assist Boston University administration in strategy development and decision making.
The Academic Data Warehouse contains undergraduate and graduate admissions data, registration and enrollment data, and faculty teaching data. The ADW team under the guidance of the Provost’s Office, Enrollment & Student Administration, Budget & Business Affairs, and IS&T will continue to add data and capabilities related to the student lifecycle.
ADW News
In this Release
- Course Inventory (Catalog) and Scheduling including Hub Areas
- Student Class Enrollments
- Instructor Information
- New Career-based Semester GPI and Credit Hours
- New Career-based Cumulative GPA and Credit Hours Earned
- Updates to reports in the E3 Grades and Course, F1 Faculty Teaching, C Student Enrollment/Admission Crossover folders.
- A new report: E6. 2) Course Detail Report Builder.
Not in this Release
- Graduation Details after Spring 2024
- Financial Aid Trends after Spring 2024
- Cohort Retention Tracking
- Med career credit hours
Access and Training Sessions
Academic Data Warehouse access is granted based on business need in each data area. For information about gaining access to the ADW, including links to required confidentiality forms, see the ADW Access page.
Attending a training session is also required for access to the ADW. Users can take additional training sessions to hone or refresh their skills, especially as new data areas are added to the warehouse.
Certified Report Catalog
Definitions of report attributes and metrics used in all releases and reports for the Academic Data Warehouse project: ADW Certified Report Catalog. Last updated 3/12/25.
Tutorials & Help Guides
A variety of Help Guides describing individual reports in the Admissions, Registration & Enrollment, and Faculty data areas are available, in addition to step by step instructions for using the MicroStrategy reporting tool. There are also three interactive tutorials available on Terrier eDev: Introduction to ADW using Enrollment Module, Undergraduate Admissions, and Graduate Admissions.
User Group
We offer individualized remote sessions upon request. Please email asirhelp@bu.edu if you would like to receive an individual or department session, including the questions you have or reports of interest.
The User Group page provides access to presentations and recordings of selected prior meetings.
Questions?
If you have questions, please send email to asirhelp@bu.edu or ithelp@bu.edu. Help us direct your question to the right person to answer it by including “ADW” in the subject line.