Successful management depends on one's ability to make good decisions.
That ability relies on the availability of clear and accurate information. Currently, the ODS is under testing. However, when implemented ODS will use operational files from Purdue's financial systems to create ODS tables which are easy to use and designed to provide quick and accurate responses to users' queries. These ODS tables that are developed for Financial Transactions are identical to the current tables found in DSS in the Transaction datamodel. The Operational Data Store allows access to an Oracle database server that contains much of the University's administrative data.