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Strategic Tracking, Analysis and Reporting System (STAR)

STAR is ASU's Strategic Tracking Analysis and Reporting system. It centralizes data for budget and reporting, and provides an infrastructure for the budget process. Users can utilize its powerful "slice and dice" capability to generate management and ad-hoc reports for analysis and day-to-day reporting.  BPC for Excel (Business Planning and Consolidation) is developed by SAP and is the underlying technology for STAR. The system has the look and feel of MS Excel. STAR has four applications: Financial, Transfers, Salary, and Planning to suit various reporting and budgeting needs. STAR financial data is updated daily through feeds from the ASU data warehouse.

Questions can be directed to STAR Administrators (Susan Belhassen and Tod Kemper) though e-mail at STARAdmin@asu.edu or by phone at 480.727.0669.

 

Access STAR

NEW!  FY 2012-2013 Budget Information

Listed below is the following information:

  • The requisite presentation and documentation for the FY13 budget process
  • Information regarding STAR classes and information regarding adding a new STAR user
  • General STAR information including how to connect to STAR via MyApps (which comes in handy for navigating the Connection Wizard to update your ASURITE password in STAR).

Budget Guidelines

 

Budget Training Documentation & Instructions

 

Budget Training Slideshows:

Budget Training Documentation:

 

STAR Classes Winter/spring 2012

The STAR Class Calendar for Winter/Spring 2012 is now available.  If you have not yet received the calendar, please email STARAdmin@asu.edu with subject: "STAR Class Calendar request" for a list of dates for these upcoming classes which include:  STAR New User, Reporting I and FY13 Budget Input.  To register for a class, you must already be an existing STAR user. 

If you are not yet a STAR user but need to be, you must contact your budget unit's SFA (Senior Fiscal Administrator) who will then request access for you.  If you have questions about this process, please send an email to us at STARadmin@asu.edu or call us at 480.727.0669.

Requesting a New STAR User

If you are an SFA, please send an email to your Office of Planning and Budget Analyst and cc: STAR Admin (STARadmin@asu.edu) with the following information to add for your new user:  name, asuriteID and which application the new user needs access to.  This provides basic read-only access for all areas of the university.  If your STAR user will be inputting budgets, we'll also need to know which rollup or account they'll need write access for, so please include that information as well, if necessary.

 

General STAR Documentation & Instruction

STAR Troubleshooting Documents

 

  • Coming soon!  Are you clicking on STAR's green log-in checkmark and nothing's happening?  If so, then chances are you need to update your ASURITE password in STAR.  We are creating a specific document for this to also include screen shots. 
    • For now, know that you can go in to the 'Connection Wizard' at the STAR log-in screen. Click 'next' through the first screen.
    • On the 2nd screen, select 'use a different user ID or password,' and then input your updated password. 
    • After that, click next, next and finish through the rest of the wizard. 
    • You will need to update your password in STAR every time that you update your ASURITE password, in general.  Also, it will need to be done at least three times - once for each Citrix server profile; you'll know when it's necessary when you click on the green log-in checkmark and nothing happens.

STAR Reference Materials

STAR Training Slides (Version 7.0)