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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.

Fact Book Update

Fact Book Update

University Decision Support is pleased to share that our annual update to the University Fact Book is now complete.  Fall…

by University Decision Support
News & Announcements
Count Yourself IN!

Count Yourself IN!

A big part of our work in UDS is providing high-quality data for monitoring our progress in strategically important areas. …

by University Decision Support
News & Announcements
What’s Cooking in the Data Cookbook?

What’s Cooking in the Data Cookbook?

In the past few months, the Metadata Management team concentrated on adding new content to the Data Cookbook to provide…

by University Decision Support
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University Records Retention Schedule Pilot

University Records Retention Schedule Pilot

In November 2022, the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) updated and published the University Records Retention Schedule. The Records…

by Jacqueline Moore
News & Announcements
UDS Staff Updates

UDS Staff Updates

In addition to our move to a new office at 101 Belvidere (pictured), University Decision Support has exciting staffing updates…

by University Decision Support
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Retirement of Valentina Nestor

Retirement of Valentina Nestor

Our colleague and friend, Valentina Nestor, has retired from Northeastern as of July 11. Val joined Northeastern 24 years ago…

by University Decision Support
News & Announcements

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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
News & Announcements> University Reports
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
University Reports

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