The Office of Information Technology provides training for many aspects of using Cognos (DataMASTER). A full description of the workshops can be found below.
Intro to Cognos (DataMASTER)
Instructor:Christina White Usual Location:Market Center Building 326 Length:1 hour Description: DataMASTER is data warehouse solution containing student, finance and payroll information from Banner. This introductory workshop covers how to login to DataMASTER, and how to run, export, save and print reports from the data warehouse. Recommended for all administrative staff and faculty in roles which require student, enrollment, finance or employee analytics. No special technical skills are required.
Hosted by the Business Intelligence Team, the intro training session covers basic execution and scheduling of pre-formatted reports in the Cognos DataMASTER website. DataMASTER uses data extracted from Banner admissions, registration, human resources, and finance. This class follows a demonstration, question and answer format.
We'll cover the following DataMASTER features:
Gaining DataMASTER access
Running reports
Exporting reports to Excel and PDF
Scheduling reports
Access and use of the Data Cookbook
Exploring Cognos (DataMASTER)
Instructor:Christina White Usual Location: Market Center Building 326 Length: 1 hour Description: This workshop is offered in an ad-hoc question and answer format. Bring your reporting questions! Explore the various reports in DataMASTER in a lab setting and discover how to find information related to enrollment management, scheduling, student affairs, finance, payroll and employee management. Intro to DataMASTER is recommended as a prerequisite.
DataMASTER Persistence Contact List and Visualization Trends
Instructor:Christina White Usual Location: Market Center Building 326 Length: 1 hour Description: This is a collaborative training offered by the DataMASTER team and OIRP for PSU Staff. The purpose of this training is to demonstrate the new DataMASTER Persistence Contact List report. The Persistence Contact list allows Advisors to identify new PSU students included in Official Persistence for current/past Fall Terms while students actively register (prior to 4th week). In addition, the instructors will demo a second 10 year Visual Retention report.