Volume 2. No 4 Information Technology News of the University of California, Davis Summer 1994

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Access to Administrative Data

The on-line Student Information System SIS-Banner) is in production mode following over 12,000 hours of developer effort this past year alone. IT established a formal development methodology and implemented strict project management procedures for this development effort. This process, plus the recognition of System Architect and Quality Assurance/Quality Control roles, will benefit all future application development projects.

Touchtone Registration and grade access were also implemented this past year.

On-line payroll timesheet reporting is now available for DOS clients. Macintosh access is in development.

A data warehouse version of the SIS database is available for inquiry. Data Prism was determined by representative clients as the desktop reporting tool of choice. Instruction is available in its use.

Plans for implementation of the on-line Payroll/Personnel System are underway, including training and local data warehouse components to facilitate ad hoc reporting.

One of the Unisys mainframes was retired following the implementation of SIS on the UNIX-based Sequent. The production Sequent has undergone the final planned upgrade. It currently is configured to support 500 concurrent users with 3 second or less response time. Various system and database management efforts have occurred to insure security of data and minimize downtime for users. This year there were no unplanned outages of this system, resulting from system or database crashes.

Printers are now available in some client offices to provide immediate access to hardcopy output. Both Enrollment Services and Accounting now have major print jobs routed directly to their offices. Work is underway to transfer electronically information to the high speed laser printer in Repro Graphics. This will eliminate manual tape handling and expedite receipt of large reports such as the General Ledger.