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Jump to DocumentationCognos
Overview
Cognos is a suite of tools used to create and run detailed reports and analyze data to assist the UST community in making informed business decisions. The suite of tools includes Framework Manager for data modeling, Report Studio for report writing, and Cognos Connection, the user interface for managing and running reports.
Getting Started
Cognos Report Request Form
A Cognos Report Request form is available to use when requesting a New Cognos Report or when requesting Modifications to an Existing Cognos Report. Please download and complete the form as thoroughly as possible. The form should be submitted to the IRT BI Team and the IRT Tech desk.
Cognos 10.2 User Guides
- Cognos Business Intelligence Getting Started
- Cognos Business Intelligence New Features
- Cognos Business Intelligence Release Notes
- Cognos Business Intelligence Troubleshooting Guide
- Cognos Connection User Guide
- Cognos Event Studio User Guide
- Cognos Framework Manager User Guide
- Cognos Query Studio User Guide
- Cognos Report Studio User Guide
Cognos 8.4.1 User Guides
- Cognos 8.4.1: New Features
- Cognos 8.4.1: Reporting Read Me Guide
- Cognos 8.4.1: Cognos Read Me Guide
- Cognos 8.4.1: Cognos Connection User Guide
- Cognos 8.4.1: Report Studio User Guide
- Cognos 8.4.1: Event Studio User Guide
- Cognos 8.4.1: Framework Manager User Guide
- Cognos 8 BI 8.4.1 Fix Pack 3 Fix List
Cognos 8.4 User Guides
- Cognos 8.4: Fix List
- Cognos 8.4: Read Me
- Cognos 8.4: Cognos Connection User Guide
- Cognos 8.4: Report Studio User Guide
- Cognos 8.4: Event Studio User Guide
- Cognos 8.4: Analysis Studio User Guide
- Cognos 8.4: Framework Manager User Guide
- Cognos 8.4: Guidelines for Modeling Metadata
- Cognos 8: Go! Office User Guide
Additional Documentation
Cognos 8 Training Documentation
For a complete list of upcoming Cognos training sessions, check out HR's Leadership Academy at https://hrcrm.stthomas.edu/public_site/.
Documentation Links
- A Truncation Tale
- Building Cascading Prompts
- Cognos 8 One Click Dynamic Column Sorting
- Cognos 8 Page Breaks
- Cognos 8 Report Bursting
- Conditional Formmatting
- Create a Union Query
- Creating a Condensed List Report
- Dedupping a Mailing
- Formatting a List Report into Page Columns
- Formatting a Report for Horizontal Viewing
- How to Read Cognos Reportnet pdf Reports using a Mac
- Identifying the Required Report Fields in the ODS
- Limit the Number of Records Returned
- Re-pointing a Package to an Alternate Datasource
- Reportnet and Popup Blockers
- Tips for Using the Report Studio Letter Template
- Truncation Example
- Understanding Parameters and Prompts
- Understanding Queries in Report Studio
- User Identification and Report Filtering
- Using Group Span and Headers