Business intelligence as support for decision making at the academic secretariat of UNIANDES-Ecuador

Keywords: Open data, access to information, data protection, (UNESCO Thesaurus).

Abstract

The research focuses on the use of a Business Intelligence analysis tool in a university area to enhance the academic decisions of the organization. Ralph Kimball's methodology or also called dimensional model was applied. The application of Ralph Kimball's methodology involved the following phases: in the first phase, historical data on enrolled and enrolled students from different academic periods were collected; in the second phase, a datamart containing tables of facts and tables of dimensions was prepared; in the third phase, the matrix in Excel that was collected from the Academic Secretary's department was debugged; and finally, in the fourth phase, the dashboards were prepared. Consequently, the usefulness obtained was the presentation of reports to the Institution's managers that allowed them to improve and propose new strategies when making decisions.

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Published
2022-08-15
How to Cite
Jurado-Pupiales, J., Romero-Fernández, A., Sandoval-Pillajo, A., & Viscaino-Naranjo, F. (2022). Business intelligence as support for decision making at the academic secretariat of UNIANDES-Ecuador. CIENCIAMATRIA, 8(4), 1058-1068. https://doi.org/10.35381/cm.v8i4.910
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De Investigación

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