Case Study: Hong Kong Polytechnic University achieves faster, self-service analytics and cuts reporting from weeks to hours with Alteryx

Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Customer Case Study

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), serving roughly 29,000 students, struggled with slow, manual reporting in its Institutional Research and Planning Office. About 90% of incoming data arrived as Excel or CSV files, and the team relied on Excel, Access, and centralized IT for advanced requests. Creating balanced scorecards for nearly 30 departments took about two weeks, limiting reporting to a quarterly cadence and making follow-up analyses time-consuming and redundant.

Working with partner Velocity, PolyU implemented Alteryx Designer to build repeatable workflows for blending, prepping and sharing data and to run built-in predictive analytics on the student lifecycle. The self-service platform cut scorecard production from weeks to a few hours, enabled easy adjustments and real-time collaboration, and delivered deeper insights—like student success and risk projections—so leaders can make faster, data-driven decisions.

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Anson Wun

Senior Institutional Research Analyst