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PDS Operating Statement
Summary of Responsibilities
Planning Data and Systems is an administrative unit in the Campus Planning AVC
area. It has four full-time employees, three part-time student employees and
an annual budget of $325K. It's core responsibilities are as follows:
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Systems Administration for Campus Planning Departments |
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Planning Applications, Databases, Analysis and Reporting |
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Management of UCSD Facilities Information / Data Warehouse |
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Operations and Development of Campus FacilitiesLink System |
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Systems Administration
The most urgent priority for Planning Data and Systems is systems administration for
Campus Planning's five operating units. Our mission is to provide
smooth operations and management, cost-effective acquisition of equipment, and
service-oriented technical support to our customers.
Issues span the computing spectrum from server to network to workstation to end-user.
Typical assignments involve administration of departmental servers, services and
databases; network security, trouble-shooting and management, routine maintenance,
backups and log audits; equipment planning, hardware acquisition and builds;
software installs and configuration; workstation and device support; end-user
training, problem-solving and desktop support.
Our systems administration philosophy is based on service, flexibility and decentralized
control. We willingly share control of our systems with unit managers and users and engage them in the planning, ownership and maintenance of systems. This includes the
distribution of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) computing funds directly to departmental managers.
Planning Applications
The next highest priority for PDS staff involves the development and maintainance
of applications, graphics and databases in support of Campus Planning unit requirements,
and providing research, analysis, data mining, number crunching, mapping, drafting and
reporting services to internal Campus Planning customers.
Functional areas supported includes long-range and physical planning, instructional
workload analysis and capacity planning, capital program analysis and project
justification, near-term space planning and management, various institutional
reporting requirements, and support for administrative records management systems.
Facilities Information
FacilitiesLink System
FacilitiesLink is a secure, campus-wide portal for facilities information
at the University of California, San Diego. The system provides detailed
campus maps, floor plans, construction drawings and space inventories to
over 1,200 users from more than 350 different departments at the University.
Users access FacilitiesLink for up-to-date information on buildings,
departmental occupancy, square footages, construction drawings, accurate CAD maps and building plans, and more. The system is managed by the Planning Data and Systems department in conjunction with about 150 partners involved in facilities management IT at UCSD.
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