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Data Cookbook Services

DataCookbook.Com is a product of IData Incorporated, a technology consulting and solutions firm for higher education. IData provides a wide range of services to support data cookbook clients:

Pre-packaged Services

Quick Start Service (2 hours)$300 - Included with every new Data Cookbook Account

We will provide a dedicated consultant to work with you remotely to help set-up and configure your institutions Data Cookbook account. This includes:

Setting up your users and permissions
Setting up your institutions public profile
Creating your functional areas and reporting structures
Defining your user roles and approval workflows
Learning to import and export terms
How to create reports
General questions and support

Implementation Package (8 hours)$1,000

A bundle of consulting services to help you quickly and efficiently transition your organization to using the Data Cookbook. The Implementation Package includes:

2 hour Quick Start
2 hour Term Definition Best Practices
2 hour Report Specification Best Practices
2 hour Process Consulting

A La Carte Services

Definitions of Terms

We can provide a team to help your institution define your reporting terms and populate the data cookbook with existing definitions and reports.

Report Creation

We will work with your institution to define and create reports for almost any question that your school needs to answer. Our team of experienced Institutional research and technical consultants has a deep understanding of higher education data.

Reporting Inventory

We will work with IT, IR, and functional users to create a full inventory of your institutions existing reports. Using the Data Cookbook, we will document all reports and build the unified reporting terms (data elements) dictionary. We can also help to document the data governance structure. Our knowledge of the business needs and the technical sources of higher education data allow us to accurately and quickly document how your institution is truly using your data.

Process Consulting

Consulting on how to integrate the use of the Data Cookbook into your regular daily business processes or a specific project. Consulting format and content depends largely on your institution's needs.

Custom Services

For more advanced IR and reporting services, please visit IData’s reporting services web page. For more information or pricing, please contact us directly.