Month: October 2025

When Are Enrollment Numbers “Final”? Understanding Census, Frozen Data, and Live Counts at Ball State

October 22, 2025 by IRDS

Overview Ball State uses two official snapshots each Fall and Spring term for IRDS reporting: Fall Week-1 Snapshot: one week into the term (preliminary). Final Fall Census: October 15 (official final) → IRDS freezes the data after quality assurance checks. Spring Week-1 Snapshot: one week into the term (preliminary). Final Spring Census: 8 weeks into the […]

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A Better Front Door for Tableau: Built by People, Kickstarted by AI

October 8, 2025 by IRDS

When BSU staff need data, “Where is that dashboard?” is ideally not the first and then most persistent question. To surface data and analytics more easily and efficiently we’ve launched Ball State’s new Tableau Landing Page to make the fastest path to insight also the most obvious one. Threading a Needle This project is the […]

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