What Does nVision Mean for the NIH Business Community?
If you make business decisions based on financial data from the NIH Data Warehouse, you have been using “business intelligence.” Business intelligence is information from multiple sources that is integrated in a way that enables organizations to manage information better and to improve decision-making. NIH is embarking on a new “business intelligence” initiative called nVision. An evolution of the NIH Data Warehouse, the nVision initiative will provide additional data reporting capability. More information is available on the nVision Web site. What Is the Goal of This Initiative? The goal of the nVision solution is to integrate data from numerous NIH enterprise systems and allow access to that data via the NIH Portal. (See an article on the NIH Portal in this issue.) Over the next few years, new nVision business areas will be developed based on the deployment of NBS functions. These business areas include travel, budget and finance, acquisition and supply, property, and service and sup
