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September 26, 2019

August 19, 2019

Cal Answers Student Data Community,

The Undergrad Apps by Multiple Fields report in the Undergraduate Applicants dashboard used an older design that only allowed you to group data by four fields at a time. Newer reports in Cal Answers, however, such as Grad Apps by Multiple Fields, Financial reports, and HR reports, all use an improved design in which you can include or exclude any number of fields that you want from a large list.

July 25, 2019

Cal Answers HR Community,
We're pleased to announce we've updated the Cal Answers HR Workforce Detail dashboard to include reports on job funding data.
Release timeline for dashboards affected by UCPath

June 27, 2019

May 2, 2019

May 1, 2019

The campus' wiki installation, which hosts some Cal Answers report and data documentation, is now available again, via links from the Cal Answers website and Cal Answers dashboards.  We apologize for the inconvenience while it was unavailable.

April 17, 2019

BFS and Cal Answers Community,
Now that UCPath is live, payroll journals will post in BFS and be displayed in Cal Answers more frequently. As a result, we will no longer send email notifications when payroll data are made available in reports.
Payroll expense transfers processed in PPS for pre-UCPath payroll entries (transactions for pay periods ending 03/09/19 and prior) will continue to be posted once a month in BFS with the PPS data available for reporting in the legacy Payroll Expense report in Cal Answers.

February 28, 2019

Student census data for Spring 2019 is now available in Cal Answers dashboards and subject areas.

February 27, 2019

Cal Answers Community,
The implementation of UCPath, the new UC-wide system for payroll, personnel, HR and benefits, will take place in March.
Cal Answers Community,
The implementation of UCPath, the new UC-wide system for payroll, personnel, HR and benefits, will take place in March.

February 8, 2019

Cal Answers Community,
Cal Answers is now available, with an upgrade! You'll notice a slightly cleaner look, more chart options, and some updated icons. The upgrade also made it possible to sort data within graphs, copy data from results, and reuse columns. Visit the Cal Answers website for an overview of the changes that were made.

Recommended actions related to the upgrade

    February 6, 2019

    data love

    What's not to love about data and February?

     February 2019 CoP session

    February 1, 2019

    You can now find the first 2019-20 snapshot of undergraduate admissions data (applicants only) in the Cal Answers Undergraduate Applicants dashboard.  Please see the "UG Applicant Counts," "UG Apps by Multiple Fields," and "Academic Indicators - Applied" report tabs.

    January 15, 2019

    Cal Answers Community,
    We're implementing upgrades to the Cal Answers system. The Cal Answers upgrade will go live on Friday, February 8 and will improve the user experience by providing the ability to copy data directly out of Cal Answers reports and enabling users to create and reuse custom columns.
    Cal Answers upgrade Friday, February 8
    The changes in this upgrade include:
    • Compatible with more browsers with security improvements
    • Cosmetic improvements, more chart options, ability to sort data in graphs

    January 7, 2019

    Happy New Year 2019! 

    Kicking off the new year with a new Cal Answers Student Data Dashboard-

    Graduate Applicants

    December 21, 2018

    Cal Answers Financials Community,

    December 6, 2018

    Join us for the December Cal Answers Student Data Community of Practice session on using data in support of grant writing.

    Christopher Hunn, Director of Undergraduate Instruction, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the College of Engineering and Andrew Eppig, Institutional Research Analyst from the Office of Equity & Inclusion will share their experiences using data in support of grant writing. 

    December 4, 2018

    Cal Answers Financials and BAIRS Community,

    Now that we’ve completed all the releases necessary to transition from BAIRS to Cal Answers, we’re working on incorporating your feedback on Cal Answers and implementing some upgrades to the system. The Cal Answers upgrade will be released in February and will improve the user experience by providing the ability to copy data directly out of Cal Answers reports and enabling users to create and reuse custom columns.

    November 14, 2018

    Cal Answers Financials and BAIRS Community,

    We’ve now completed all the releases necessary to transition from BAIRS to Cal Answers. BAIRS will remain available  through December 21. On December 22, 2018we will close down BAIRS and the system will no longer be accessible. These last few weeks are your final opportunity to use Cal Answers while BAIRS is still available, so please take the opportunity to transition to Cal Answers now.

    October 19, 2018

    Student census data for Fall 2018 and the final snapshot of 2018-19 undergraduate admissions data are now available in Cal Answers dashboards and subject areas.