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June 30, 2017

Do you have a favorite dashboard tab view in Cal Answers that you keep re-creating by filtering and managing the data table?  

Cal Answers Saved Customizations provide an efficient option for saving that favorite view so you can easily display without having to filter and arrange your data table. Once you create and save your customized view you can apply as need, edit, share with your colleagues and even set it as the default or opening view of the tab,   

June 29, 2017

Want to learn how to navigate the Cal Answers student data subject areas to access, format and print your data tables?

What to learn how to navigate the Cal Answers student data subject areas to access, format and print your data tables?

Sign up for one of our 2- hour hands-on training classes.

June 3, 2016

Summerfest is Wednesday, June 15 from 11:30am to 1:30pm on the West Crescent Lawn.

Visit the Campus Budget Office, Cal Answers, and Smart View booths at Summerfest 2016!

April 22, 2016

In April the Office of the CFO and campus finance leaders launched the Cal Answers Student Data Super User Program, which will eventually become the Cal Answers Student Data Community of Practice. Super Users will provide the important function of ensuring our campus has a cohesive group of senior-level data analysts with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to help define and analyze the most critical student data issues.

April 15, 2016

PI Portfolio Phase 3: Projections - enhancements available in PI Portfolio

January 11, 2016

We're excited to announce three new dashboard reports in the Student Demographics and Outcomes subject area. These dashboards make it easier to compare student data, find answers to questions about student graduation and retention rates, and see trends.

December 1, 2015

Did you know that two-thirds of our staff are vested with retirement benefits? Or, that almost one in ten have a high likelihood of retiring in the near future?

These and other such nuggets of information are now available on a new Cal Answers dashboard called Staff Retirement Metrics.

November 2, 2015

We're excited to announce four new dashboard reports in the Student Demographics and Outcomes subject area:

Graduation, Retention and Time to Degree dashboard

  • Undergraduate Graduation Rates by Multiple Fields
  • Undergraduate Retention by Multiple Fields
  • Undergraduate Time to Degree 

Restricted Time to Degree dashboard

September 21, 2015

Did you ever want to share your Cal Answers dashboard with a colleague?

Check out the Cal Answers Create a Dashboard Bookmark Link job aid with step by step instructions on how to bookmark a customized dashboard that will capture all of your filter selections and any layout edits you have made to the data tables. 

August 27, 2015

Did you know that two-thirds of our staff are vested with retirement benefits? Or, that almost one in ten have a high likelihood of retiring in the near future?

These and other such nuggets of information are now available on a new Cal Answers dashboard called Staff Retirement Metrics.

May 27, 2014

Susan Hagstrom, Director of Undergraduate Advising in the College of Environmental Design, discovered that data can be a tool when she needed answers to big questions that would garner resources for her students. Read an article from the Advising Matters newsletter about how she leveraged data, with the help of Cal Answers, to provide context to make a case for change.

November 26, 2013

Date:  Friday, December 6, 2013
Time:  10:30am - 1:00pm (includes snacks and beverages)
Place:  Toll Room, Alumni House

August 15, 2013

Student Curriculum team releases two new dashboards to manage curriculum 

June 20, 2013

Cal Answers Student Curriculum - an Operational Excellence project - is integrating course enrollment data into Cal Answers to help the campus inform and transform the way we analyze, support, communicate, and plan our curriculum. The Student Curriculum team worked with analysts and decision makers across the campus to develop the first two Cal Answers dashboards: