Learn About FDS
Learn about the Financial Data Store (FDS) at Columbia University.
Details
The Financial Data Store (FDS) provides access to financial data from Accounting and Reporting at Columbia (ARC). Financial data accessed from the FDS will be one day old, with the exception of Budget/Consolidated Operating Budget (COB) data which is updated multiple times throughout the day. Reports run from FDS can be viewed online, downloaded to multiple formats, printed, or saved.
Please note: If you have applied for and received access to ARC, you will already have access to FDS.
In order to access the FDS, you will first need to apply for access, using the Financial Inquiry Application (FIA). For more information on applying for access, visit Apply for Access to Finance Systems.
Visit Required Trainings by Departmental Role for information on what trainings you will need to take.
There are 14 FDS Report Categories to choose from:
- ChartField Statements
- ChartField Statements
- Claim on Cash Reports
- Claim on Cash Reports
- Consolidated Operating Reports (COB)
- Consolidated Operating Reports (COB)
- Endowment Reports
- Endowment Reports
- Financial Statements
- Financial Statements
- Fiscal Year-End Reports
- Fiscal Year-End Reports
- Fringe Benefit Reports
- Fringe Benefit Reports
- Fund Balance/Overdraft Reports
- Fund Balance/Overdraft Reports
- Payroll Reports
- Payroll Reports
- Payroll Reports/Quarterly Reports
- Payroll Reports/Quarterly Reports
- Procurement Reports
- Procurement Reports
- Project Lifecycle Reports
- Project Lifecycle Reports
- Project Lifecycle Reports/Quarterly Reports
- Project Lifecycle Reports/Quarterly Reports
- Trial Balance Reports
- Trial Balance Reports
Trainings
There are a variety of trainings available in our Training Library that will guide you through FDS reports, including (but not limited to):
- Advanced FDS/Self-Service Reporting (web-based)
- Advanced FDS/Self-Service Reporting (web-based)
- FDS On-Demand Reporting (job aid)
- FDS On-Demand Reporting (job aid)
- FDS Preference Settings (job aid)
- FDS Preference Settings (job aid)
- FDS Scheduled Reporting (job aid)
- FDS Scheduled Reporting (job aid)
- Frequently Used Fiscal Year Financial Reports (job aid)
- Frequently Used Fiscal Year Financial Reports (job aid)
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