Cognos News and Resources...

Announcements

1. The Banner 8.2 upgrade is scheduled to begin Saturday, December 5. During the outage, ODS reporting will be available against ODST with static data as of the end of day on December 4. The back-up date for the upgrade is set for December 19.

1. Please have all deployment requests to the BI Team before 3:00pm daily. All requests received after 3:00pm will be completed the following morning.

1. For all reports using Excel, please set the output version to Excel 2007.

 

UST Cognos User Group

The UST Cognos User Group meets bi-monthly from 10:00am - 12:00pm on the third Thursday of the month. Meetings will generally include a hands-on mini-workshop, presentation or demonstration, question and answer session, and an opportunity for members to share experiences and ideas to improve their understanding and use of the Cognos tools.

Check out the monthly UST Reporter located at the bottom of the page for Cognos User Group agendas and monthly tips and tricks.

 

Cognos Training Resources and Documentation

For a complete list of upcoming Cognos training sessions, check out HR's Leadership Academy at https://hrcrm.stthomas.edu/public_site/.

• Cognos 8.3 User Guide: Cognos Connection
• Cognos 8.3 Report Authoring
• Cognos 8.3 Crosstabs and Charts

 

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

 

Cognos 8.3 User Guides

• Cognos 8.3 Connection User Guide
• Cognos 8.3 Report Studio User Guide
• Cognos 8.3 Query Studio User Guide
• Cognos 8.3 Framework Manager User Guide
• Cognos 8.3 Event Studio User Guide
• Cognos 8.3 Analysis Studio User Guide

 

Cognos Knowledge Base

• Banded Report (grouped report with data displayed at the start of each group)
• Cascading Prompts
• Columnar List Report - Wood Foster-Smith
• Cognos 8 - Report Bursting to Email Recipients
• Cognos 8 Page Breaks - Julie Zilka
• Conditional Formatting
• Create a Report View
• Create Bookmarks to Navigate Report Data
• Creating a Condensed List Report
• Create a Union Query - Nancy Shoen
• Date Picker Dynamic Default Value - Patrick Sanchez
• De-Duplicating a Mailing List - Patrick Sanchez, Development
• Exploring Tabular Objects
• Finding Report Fields in Banner and ODS
• Formatting a Report for Horizontal Viewing
• How to Use the Job Scheduler (with Cognos Connection)
• How to run a ReportNet PDF report on a MAC
• Internet Explorer Settings for Cognos 8.4
• Limit the Number of Records Returned in a Report
• One Click Dynamic Column Sorting
• Prompts and Parameterized SQL
• Repointing a Package to an Alternate Datasource
• ReportNet and Pop-up Blockers  
• Sending a Report by Email
• Text Box Dynamic Default Value - Patrick Sanchez
• Tips for using the Report Studio Letter Template
• A Truncation Tale - Lief Johnson
• Truncation Example
• Understanding Queries in Report Studio
• Understanding Parameters and Prompts
• Understanding Tabular and Group Filters
• User Identification and Report Filtering - Patrick Sanchez
• Using Group Span and Headers

 

Report Preparation Resources

• Basic Report Structure
• Best Practices
• Cognos FAQ
• Report Preparation Template

 

Link to UST Logos and Watermarks

• UST Logo - Large
• UST Logo - Medium
• UST Logo - Small 
• Watermark - Draft (gray) 
• Watermark - Draft (light gray)  
• Watermark - Unofficial (gray)
• Watermark - Unofficial (light gray)

 

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