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University Decision Support provides timely information and analysis to both the Northeastern community and to external entities to enable evidence‐driven decision making and planning.

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Data Access

University Decision Support offers access and training on two official reporting tools for employees to conduct university business pertinent to their positions, Argos and Cognos.

Data Request Form

If you are unable to locate the information you are looking for on the UDS website, please complete this form. Please only use this form if you are in need of institutional data about the Northeastern University.

Argos

Argos is the University’s official reporting tool for the Operational Data Store (ODS). Argos can meet your needs for both simple ad hoc queries to advanced dashboards with interactive drill-down charts.

Cognos

Cognos is a business analytics tool that provides users with a single, self-service portal to access and produce reports, dashboards, and ad hoc queries quickly and securely.

News & Announcements

Stay up to date with the latest University Decision Support news and announcements.

We Are All Data People: Making The Case For Data Literacy

We Are All Data People: Making The Case For Data Literacy

There’s a lot of buzz about data these days.  But what exactly is data?  One way to think of it…

by University Decision Support
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New Survey Data Available

New Survey Data Available

Our team has been hard at work updating the Career Outcomes snapshot and Exit Survey dashboards with fresh data. We now have up-to-date insights…

by Diana Danelian
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Data Haikus

Data Haikus

At our annual planning retreat earlier this summer, the UDS team took some time out from focusing on strategy to…

by University Decision Support
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Celebrating Christopher Comeau’s Remarkable Career Move

Celebrating Christopher Comeau’s Remarkable Career Move

We are thrilled to share an inspiring success story within our UDS family! Christopher Comeau, with whom many of you…

by Diana Danelian
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Tableau Licensing

Tableau Licensing

Tableau use at Northeastern has grown and evolved over the past three years. In December 2020, we transitioned Tableau licensing…

by University Decision Support
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Academic Analytics Workshops and New Website

Academic Analytics Workshops and New Website

We are rolling out new Academic Analytics (AcAn) resources and workshops this summer! Through this outreach and education, we hope…

by University Decision Support
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University Reports

Reports and research of interest to the Northeastern community

How does Northeastern vote?

How does Northeastern vote?

One of the key projects of The Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University's Jonathan M. Tisch College…

by Diana Danelian
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University of Indonesia Green Metric Survey

University of Indonesia Green Metric Survey

Northeastern has been participating in this international sustainability survey for the past seven years. In 2014 NU was ranked 10th…

by University Decision Support
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