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s="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-TYR86d eD0Rn" style="margin:6px 0px 0px 15pt;padding-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);text-decoration:inherit;outline:none"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The addition of datasets and reports to Looker, campus’ official reporting platform </span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">As part of the modernization of UCR’s data systems, the current reporting tool, Cognos Analytics, will retire in February 2027.</span></p><div id="gmail-h.97gizxjkc6ix" class="gmail-CobnVe gmail-yMxPgf gmail-aP9Z7e"></div><h2 id="gmail-h.97gizxjkc6ix_l" dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-JYVBee gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:18pt 0pt 6pt;padding:0pt;font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;color:rgb(0,61,165);outline:none"><span class="gmail-gBYvFf gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,61,165);vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16pt">What This Means for Campus</span></h2><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Today, Cognos users interact with a rigid report interface that makes it challenging to pull data themselves or edit reports without support from a BI Developer. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Starting early 2027, all campus users will be able to search for reports and datasets in UCR’s new data catalog. Many of those reports — including some UCR Cognos reports — will link out to Looker, the reporting platform replacing Cognos. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Data from UCR Cognos is currently being rebuilt by the technical team in Looker, which means users do not need to manually transfer data and reports to Looker. Keep an eye out for monthly release notes from ITS to understand which datasets and Cognos reports are currently available in Looker. New reports are released monthly! </span></p><div id="gmail-h.axyusjqjof08" class="gmail-CobnVe gmail-yMxPgf gmail-aP9Z7e"></div><h2 id="gmail-h.axyusjqjof08_l" dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-JYVBee gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:18pt 0pt 6pt;padding:0pt;font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;color:rgb(0,61,165);outline:none"><span class="gmail-gBYvFf gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,61,165);vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16pt">What’s New: The UCR Data Catalog and Datasets in Looker</span></h2><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Once live, the UCR Data Catalog will become the starting point for finding campus data. You will be able to search by keyword and quickly find the right dataset or report, along with clear definitions of what the data means and who owns it.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Looker is where you'll view and work with most reports. You can view and build dashboards, drill into details, and explore data more easily than Cognos allowed. Data access in Looker will be granted automatically based on affiliation. However, users may also request access to data via the UCR Data Catalog.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Together, these tools mean less time spent hunting for the right report and more time using data with confidence.</span></p><div id="gmail-h.cis0s1w53s6z" class="gmail-CobnVe gmail-yMxPgf gmail-aP9Z7e"></div><h2 id="gmail-h.cis0s1w53s6z_l" dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-JYVBee gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:18pt 0pt 6pt;padding:0pt;font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;color:rgb(0,61,165);outline:none"><span class="gmail-gBYvFf gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,61,165);vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16pt">Timeline</span></h2><ul class="gmail-n8H08c gmail-UVNKR" style="list-style-type:square;margin:6px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><li dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-TYR86d eD0Rn" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15pt;padding-top:0px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);text-decoration:inherit;outline:none"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">September 2026 onwards</span><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">: Monthly release of UCR Cognos reports in Looker</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-TYR86d eD0Rn" style="margin:6px 0px 0px 15pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);text-decoration:inherit;outline:none"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">February 2027</span><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">: UCR Cognos Analytics retires (all reports available in Looker)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-TYR86d eD0Rn" style="margin:6px 0px 0px 15pt;padding-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);text-decoration:inherit;outline:none"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Early 2027</span><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">: Campus launch of the UCR Data Catalog </span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Note</span><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">: Training information, along with Looker training details, for data owners, data stewards, and users will be announced soon.</span></p><div id="gmail-h.ivk9dgjggdbj" class="gmail-CobnVe gmail-yMxPgf gmail-aP9Z7e"></div><h2 id="gmail-h.ivk9dgjggdbj_l" dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-JYVBee gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:18pt 0pt 6pt;padding:0pt;font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;color:rgb(0,61,165);outline:none"><span class="gmail-gBYvFf gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,61,165);vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16pt">Why We're Making This Change</span></h2><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Cognos runs on outdated technology without any vendor support, and its reports are difficult to update without specialized technical help. On top of that, different departments have often ended up with their own versions of the same report, leading to conflicting numbers and confusion about which one is "right."</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The UCR Data Catalog with Looker reporting is built to fix this: one shared source for finding data, clearer definitions everyone can rely on, and reports that are easier to update and maintain going forward.</span></p><div id="gmail-h.99k4675gnu2v" class="gmail-CobnVe gmail-yMxPgf gmail-aP9Z7e"></div><h2 id="gmail-h.99k4675gnu2v_l" dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-JYVBee gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:18pt 0pt 6pt;padding:0pt;font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;color:rgb(0,61,165);outline:none"><span class="gmail-gBYvFf gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,61,165);vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16pt">Supporting UCR's Strategic Goals</span></h2><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">This move supports two of UCR's strategic priorities: investing in the success of the people who work, teach, and do research here, by giving them better tools to make data-driven decisions; and building financial stability, by consolidating reporting onto a single modern platform.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Thank you to UCR's Data Governance Advisory Board and the data owners and stewards who have worked closely with ITS to improve the integrity of our campus data and enhance how the university manages it. We'll continue to share updates as we get closer to launch.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sincerely,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Matthew Gunkel</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic">Chief Information Officer and Associate Vice Chancellor</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-weight:700">Michelle Hardwick</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="gmail-zfr3Q gmail-CDt4Ke" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.656;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span class="gmail-C9DxTc" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic">Chief Data Officer</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><!--[if mso]></td><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--></td><!--<![endif]--><td class="gmail-hXAYtc" style="min-width:12px"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" class="gmail-yaqOZd gmail-WxWicb gmail-qeLZfd" style="background-color:rgb(248,249,250);padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;background-size:cover;display:table;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%" style="margin:auto;max-width:800px;min-width:320px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px" align="center"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-hXAYtc" style="min-width:12px"></td><!--[if !mso]><!--><td data-gmail-template-mso="group-cell" width="100%" style="padding:9px 0px" class="gmail-fHaL6b"><!--<![endif]--><!--[if mso]><td width="100%"><table width="100%" style="vertical-align:top;"><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--><table data-gmail-template-mso="group-table-open" width="100%" style="vertical-align:top;display:inline-table;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px" class="gmail-hJDwNd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd gmail-Ft7HRd-AhqUyc-uQSCkd gmail-purZT-AhqUyc-II5mzb gmail-ZcASvf-AhqUyc-II5mzb gmail-pSzOP-AhqUyc-qWD73c gmail-Ktthjf-AhqUyc-qWD73c gmail-sqhfed"><!--<![endif]--><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="padding-left:9px;padding-right:9px;display:table-cell" class="gmail-OjCsFc gmail-dmUFtb gmail-wHaque gmail-g5GTcb"><table class="gmail-baZpAe" cellpadding="0px" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" align="center" style="word-break:break-word"><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" class="gmail-MAGsDf" style="line-height:8.5px;font-size:8.5px"> </td></tr><tr><td width="100%" class="gmail-E4BYfc" style="background-color:rgb(217,217,217);line-heigh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