BRS Data Collection

The BRS Collection is a subset of the University Data Warehouse containing data from BRS, the Billing and Receivables System used by Student Financial Services (SFS). BRS handles the majority of the tuition and fees processing for the University. It is a batch processing system, into which charges and payments are loaded from a variety of feeder sources, including, but not limited to: tuition, financial aid, Housing, Dining, Cashier, and manual adjustments.

Refresh Schedule
Includes the collection's refresh schedule, source of the collection's data, and the time span covered.

Data Diagram
The diagram illustrates the architecture of the Business Objects BRS universe, and identifies joins. While viewing the diagram, you can also display its table documentation. If you need to print a diagram, print it in portrait orientation.

Tables and Data Elements
To ensure you have the most recent version, use the documentation online as opposed to printing it.

Corporate Documents
The Business Objects Corporate Documents area provides access to pre-defined, prompt-driven reports that you can run to retrieve a standardized perspective on your data.

Data Security
Lists policies and guidelines that are specific to this data collection, questions you should ask before you fulfill a request for BRS data, and how to safeguard data stored on your personal computer. Also includes a link to Penn's Information and Security Privacy page.

Help
Explains how to get help when querying the BRS Data Collection.