Overview

PBI is pleased to introduce the latest upgrade to UQ’s analytics and reporting platform, UQ Reportal, now powered by BusinessObjects 4.3 and available to all UQ staff.

UQ Reportal remains the best place to find answers to current and future operational and strategic questions. It continues to provide access to an extensive range of corporate data and reports - covering domains such as student enrolments, HR, finance, research, student surveys and more. With enhanced features such as a modern interface, easier data linking and improved data visualisations, analysis and reporting are even more effortless.

What’s new?

 At a glance:

• Enhanced user interface — Modern look with a responsive and intuitive design:
  The new BI Launchpad makes it quicker and easier to access and organise reports. Clearly navigable buttons and tiles, and a sleek and user-friendly interface, makes analysis and report creation more intuitive. The responsive interface ensures you can access and interact with content on various devices seamlessly.
  
  
• Better report interaction and data exploration — Innovative new functions and intuitive prompts:
  Explore data and gain insights more efficiently using improved interactive features including ‘Data Mode’ to easily combine data from different sources, ‘Folding’ to create focused and interactive tables that can expand and contract rows and columns of data, and a streamlined query prompt format that simplifies setting parameters and filters in reports.
  
  
• Content management options — Enhanced functionality to customize your experience:
  Personalise your UQ Reportal experience using the new Favourites feature and BI Launchpad to organise frequently used reports, dashboards, and even entire categories. The enhanced search makes it quicker and easier to discover content such as reports, dashboards, and other documents.
  
  
• Dashboard design — Improved visualisation elements:
  Create more impactful and insightful reports with advanced chart and graph capabilities.
  
  
• Improved performance — Faster, more responsive interactions:
  Performance optimisation allows you to make informed decisions faster than ever with efficient report loading and data processing.
  
  
• Enhanced security — Single Sign-On (SSO) for a secure and convenient experience:
  Data security is our top priority. BusinessObjects 4.3 reinforces security features to keep your data safe and compliant with UQ’s standards.
  
  
• Mobile-friendly design — Improved mobile support:
  Enjoy a responsive design that adapts to your screen size, allowing you stay connected to your data and access insights on any device.
  
  
• Export and Distribution — User-friendly export and print functions with more options:
  The updated export feature makes it easier to share and distribute reports and dashboards in different formats, now including HTML.
  
  Important: Exporting data removes the security offered through UQ Reportal. To ensure you understand your responsibilities when exporting data, refer to UQ's data governance guidelines.
  
  If you have questions about exporting data from UQ Reportal, please contact pbi-support@uq.edu.au.

What stays the same?

• No functionality has been lost, so you can continue to use familiar and effective report features.
• The extensive data collections that underpin UQ Reportal reports, remain unchanged.
• Category structure (e.g. Student, Staff, Finance) is maintained, so you can easily navigate to your preferred reports in 4.3.
• All Standard Reports are now available in 4.3 so you can transition seamlessly to the new version.

Support Resources

You can find links to UQ Reportal online courses on the PBI training page. We have also developed the following quick-reference videos and Word documents to help you navigate the new version of UQ Reportal:

Videos

Word Doc Guides

1. Overview of Changes - Provides a high-level overview of the major changes in version 4.3.
2. Function Changes (Reading Mode) - This document covers functions available when a report is in Reading mode.
3. Function Changes (Design Mode) - This document covers functions available when a report is in Design mode.

Contact

PBI Support are here to assist you - email us at pbi-support@uq.edu.au.

External Resources

The thumbnails below link to external videos that PBI have found useful when learning about BusinessObjects 4.3

FAQs