United States Department of Agriculture Office of the Chief

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NFCEnterpriseReporting

United States Department of Agriculture Office of
the Chief Financial Officer National Finance
Center
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NFC Enterprise Reporting

• Vision
• A new reporting solution that addresses customer
  concerns
• Currently too many reporting solutions, i.e.,
  FOCUS, Reporting Center, EPM, Dispatch reports,
  CDs
• FOCUS concerns
• High cost
• Long delivery timeframe to develop reports
• Disappearing pool of FOCUS expertise
• Reporting Center does not provide enough ad hoc
  capability
• Data integrity issues when reports from different
  systems conflict

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NFC Enterprise Reporting

• Solution
• A consolidated reporting solution One version
  of the truth
• A modern reporting platform that combines the
  ease of use of the Reporting Center with the ad
  hoc capability of FOCUS
• Fill the needs of a range of users
• Manager - dashboard
• Knowledge worker scheduled reports, operational
  reports
• Power user ad hoc functionality and BI tools

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NFC Enterprise Reporting

• Features
• Consolidated data warehouse
• Scalable and flexible platform to accommodate
  change in enterprise data sources
• Full functionality from canned reports to BI
  analysis
• Operational reporting

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NFC Enterprise Reporting
Timeline
Design
Build 1
Later Builds
OM
Build 2

• Design
• Define requirements, make technology selection,
  complete procurement
• Build 1
• Production implementation of core solution with
  PPS integration
• FOCUS, CULPRIT Dispatch decommissioned
• Build 2
• Daily EmpowHR feed
• Beginnings of integrating of agency specific
  data
• Later Builds
• Further enhancements and stabilization
• OM
• Implementation complete enter operation and
  maintenance mode

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NFC Enterprise Reporting

• Next Steps
• Participate in the requirements phase
• Check out the Reporting Center dashboard