What is nVision?

nVision is a Web-enabled reporting application that offers industry-leading, business intelligence technologies to meet the information needs of NIH. Over time, nVision will replace many of the current NIH Data Warehouse (DW) business areas and other legacy reporting systems. The long-term goal for nVision is to integrate data from numerous NIH enterprise systems to eventually become a broad-based tool allowing NIH decision-makers (managers and staff) easy access to valuable information for analysis and decision support.

nVision and NBS

The NIH Business System (NBS), a transaction system (data entry/processing) supporting NIH business activities, uses nVision as its reporting system. NBS has supplanted many of the functions of the Administrative Database (ADB). As each NBS business area is rolled out, nVision deploys a corresponding reporting system. nVision provides the NIH community with the tools to perform detailed analysis of NBS data through powerful reporting capabilities.

nVision business areas

The following new nVision business areas were deployed in 2007:

•	Acquisitions & Contracts – nVision is used to track receiving, invoicing, and payments; monitor contract closeout and reconcile accounts; analyze acquisition activity by transaction type across an IC; monitor workload; evaluate contract cost in support of budget formulation; improve acquisition cycle time; and ensure receive information is entered for all deliveries.
•	Supply and Replenishment - nVision is used to improve stock replenishment acquisition cycle time, monitor stock items due for delivery to the warehouse, identify stock items overdue from the vendor, support Office of Financial Management (OFM) audits, and monitor sales at the Self Service stores.
•	Property – nVision is used to track and monitor undecaled property; research decal numbers; track property trade-in; manage the disposal of assets; and monitor loans and passes.

How will nVision make your job easier?

•	Access via the Internet - nVision is a Web-based system and is accessible from any PC that has Web access and a Web browser. If your computer has Internet access, you don't have to install any software to use nVision.
•	Connect using your NIH Login ID - The NIH Login ID also permits access to a variety of information and systems available on the NIH Portal. Once you are successfully logged in to the NIH Portal at http://my.nih.gov, all NBS and nVision systems that you are registered for are available for use. No additional login is required.
•	Export nVision data in a variety of formats - nVision data can be saved in a variety of formats to be used with other applications such as Microsoft Excel and Adobe Acrobat Reader.
•	Collect reports in a “Favorites” folder - nVision allows you to collect the reports that you choose and place them in a separate "Favorites" folder. Now your report links can be located quickly and easily.
•	Find reports using search tool - nVision offers a search feature that finds reports by title, folder name or individual field name. This is a valuable tool for finding the right reports that meet your information needs.
•	View information details directly from summary reports - nVision reports take advantage of enhanced reporting capabilities such as links that display detail information within summary reports.

nVision reporting capabilities will include:

•	nVision Standard Reports – Pre-built static reports that are quickly generated and used as designed.
•	nVision Modifiable Reports – Pre-built template reports that can be modified “on-the-fly” by the user.
•	nVision Ad-Hoc Reports – Start from scratch reporting. Collections of data will be made available to users to create their own reports.

How do you register for access to nVision?

Registration is now open for the recently released nVision Supply and Replenishment, nVision Property, and nVision Acquisitions and Contracts. An online registration form and instructions are located on the nVision Community on the NIH Portal. If you are currently a registered user for DW Procurements or DW Property, after confirmation from your Executive Officer, you will automatically be given the same type of access to nVision. Otherwise, you will need to complete the nVision registration process.

Where can you get information about nVision training?

Training for these three business areas is now available. The training schedule for instructor-led, hands-on training and the course registration are located on the CIT Training Web site.

How was nVision developed?

The nVision Team worked in close collaboration with the NIH community during every phase of our development process. Over 150 community representatives participated in 51 working sessions to help build nVision.

The goal was to produce a set of “Go-Live” reports that satisfy NIH-wide, business imperative reporting needs for the first release of each of the nVision business areas. The nVision Team expects to conduct a new requirements campaign and receive change requests on an ongoing basis.

Where can you find the latest information about nVision and NBS?

You can keep current with nVision and NBS developments, including registration, training, and general information, by visiting the NIH Portal at http://my.nih.gov and selecting one of the following communities:

•	nVision
•	NBS Training & Communications

In addition, you can send email to nVision Support.