Cognos Workshops
- Alison Nimura
- Kelly Jacqueline Thomas
The Office of Information Technology provides training for many aspects of using Cognos.
Table of Contents
Instructor-led training is by arrangement. This can be requested using the Cognos and Tableau Support form.
Introduction to Cognos
Length: 1 hour
Description: Cognos is a reporting and data warehouse solution containing student, finance, and payroll information from Banner. This introductory workshop covers how to log in to Cognos, and how to run, export, save, and print reports from the data warehouse. Recommended free workshop 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, this training session covers basic execution and scheduling of pre-formatted reports in the Cognos website. Cognos 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 Cognos features:
Gaining Cognos access
Available types of reports
Running reports
Exporting reports to Excel and PDF
Scheduling reports
Access and use of the Data Cookbook
Exploring Cognos
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 Cognos in a lab setting and discover how to find information related to enrollment management, scheduling, student affairs, finance, payroll and employee management. Intro to Cognos is recommended as a prerequisite.
Cognos Persistence Contact List and Visualization Trends
Length: 1 hour
Description: This is a collaborative training offered by the OIT Business Intelligence team and OIRP for PSU Staff. The purpose of this training is to demonstrate the new Cognos 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.
Additional Resources
Instructor-led training is by arrangement. This can be requested using the Cognos and Tableau Support form. In addition there are self-guided training options: