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Step 1: Get access or check your access
- Review SIRIS Access Requirements for detailed information on access levels and eligibility criteria
- Watch How to request access to SIRIS for a step-by-step guide on the access request process
- Check your current access status:
- Go to authority.stanford.edu
- Click "My Authority"
- Look for "Student Analytics" under Enterprise Reporting
Step 2: Begin to Explore SIRIS
- Explore our most widely used reports
- Check out our comprehensive report catalog to see all available SIRIS reports
- Learn how SIRIS differs from other reporting in bi.stanford.edu
- Sign up for our siris-news-updates mailing list for updates, success stories, tips, and training opportunities.
Step 3: SIRIS Basics
- The SIRIS Start Guide is a simple overview of navigating and using bi.stanford.edu for SIRIS data
- Watch Where to find SIRIS Reporting to learn how to find SIRIS reporting in bi.stanford.edu
- How to Paste Multiple Values into Prompts is a helpful tutorial on how to copy and paste multiple EMPLIDs (up to 10,000) from an Excel file into a SIRIS prompt or filter
- Manipulating Fields in a Report/Dashboard is a guide to how to customize a given report or dashboard
Step 4: Schedule a 1-1 meeting
Email siris-support@lists.stanford.edu for a personalized consultation with a SIRIS team member
Step 5: Further Resources
Resources:
- Review Risks and Best Practices for Working with Student Data on considerations tied to using student data.
- Protecting Student Data Quick Reference Guide
- Overview of Data in SIRIS is a detailed explanation of the categories of data and structures in SIRIS.
- Overview of Reporting in SIRIS is a visual overview of our most widely used reports and what categories of data they cover.
- Census Help details on the many ways to count students at Stanford, as well as guidance about when to use what types of counts
- SIRIS Dashboards Reference Guide is a comprehensive guide to the first four SIRIS dashboards, basic instructions for using an OBI Dashboard, and guides for understanding Academic Structure or using the Data Dictionary
- Common Terms in SIRIS Student Analytics is a glossary of frequently used terms.
- Dashboard Training Exercise Book provides hands-on exercises for learning SIRIS dashboards
Video tutorials:
- Using Student Census Data
- Finding your Minors, using the My Department dashboard
- SIRIS Back-to-School Workshop, a 30-minute recording of the most recent Autumn Back-to-School Refresher Workshop. Covers everyday reporting needs for department student services officers.
Ad hoc users will find it helpful to explore the resources in our Ad hoc corner.
Step 6: Data Governance
The Data Governance Center is a central repository of all data definitions and relationships. It can be used to look up the meaning of unfamiliar column names and data fields. You must be on a Stanford network (either on campus or through VPN) in order to access the site.
If you don’t find what you’re looking for, please send us a note and we’ll do our best to track down the information and add it.