Information Technology Services

BIS News & Bulletins

  • Employee ACA Hours Enhancement

    The Employee ACA Hours dashboard, which reports on Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance and leave hours, has been updated to include inactive employees with ACA hours. This enhancement ensures that employees without a current job assignment — but who have accumulated ACA hours from prior jobs within the current ACA year — are now accurately included in reporting.  To…

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  • Human Resources Employee Reporting

    Employee Folder Reorganization: New Structure, Better Navigation The Business Intelligence Services (BIS) team, in collaboration with the HR Technology Services (HRTS) team, has reorganized the MicroStrategy Human Resources Employee folder to enhance usability and streamline access to employee reporting. The updated structure features clearly labeled subfolders that group related reports together, making it faster and…

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  • Finance Dossier Standardization

    Based on user feedback that some of the Finance reports worked differently than others, we underwent an effort to standardize the look and feel of several dossiers under the folder Patriot Reporting > Shared Reports > Finance. Paths listed below are relative to the Finance folder. Our focus was on improving and standardizing the filtering…

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  • New MicroStrategy Login Experience

    On June 1st, 2025, the Business Intelligence Services (BIS) Team is changing the way user authentication is performed for MicroStrategy reporting.  That is, the way that you log in and the mechanisms behind-the-scenes that verify you are a legitimate user and what access and permissions you should have. The only impact to users will be…

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  • Fund and Account History Reports

    Shared reports in the Patriot Reporting project display the current information about all chart elements (i.e., FOAPAL ), including the chart element description, Cardinal mapping, etc. You see the current information for the chart element no matter what date you enter on the Finance report prompts or on filter panels. The name/description for a fund…

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  • Student and Workforce Demographics Dossier Updated with Fall 2024 FY2025 Data

    Data updates have been made to the Student and Workforce Demographics dashboard that compares demographic data about Mason students and employees.  The dashboard was developed at the request of the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) to assist university units in developing and monitoring their ongoing Inclusive Excellence Plans. The dossier is now updated…

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  • Position by Labor Distribution – Two-Date Comparison with Variance Dossier

    This dossier compares positions’ budget FTE, actual FTE, budget salary, and actual salary at two user-selected dates. It provides the variances for budget FTE, actual FTE, budget salary, and actual salary, as well as percent changes for budget and actual salary. Besides the financials, any changes in the position title, status (i.e., filled vs. vacant)…

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  • Employee Chosen Name Changes

    In compliance with University Policy 1143-Chosen Name and Pronouns Policy, the BIS team has been working with the HR Technology Services (HRTS) team to transition MicroStrategy Human Resources reporting to display employees’ chosen names. To accomplish this, the BIS team has made changes in the Patriot Reporting project to employee name attributes and reports under…

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  • Subscriptions for Reconciliation Organization and Fund Labor and DE Detail Report

    Fiscal Services, in collaboration with the Business Intelligence Services (BIS) team, is excited to announce a new feature for MicroStrategy users. Effective immediately, users can now create subscriptions for the Reconciliation Organization and Fund Labor and DE Detail Report. This new subscription option allows you to automate the delivery of this report. Instead of manually…

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  • Labor Reporting Updates

    Recent updates have been made to labor reports to add job attributes. This will provide more comprehensive information and improve the usability of the reports. Below is a summary of the newly added attributes and the specific changes to each report.  Attributes Added to Labor Reports  Report-Specific Changes  Note: All updated labor reports can be…

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