Cognos Reporting Resources

Cognos General Reporting Links 

  • Business Intelligence (BICC) Website
  • Cognos Scheduler Best Practices Guide
  • Cognos Scheduler Policies and Procedures
  • Data Cookbook Enterprise Metadata
  • Data Cookbook Training
  • Data Digest
  • Data Governance (IDA+A) Website

Cognos Reference Documents for All Users

  • Best Practices for Cognos Content Management
  • Creating a Report View
  • My Schedules and Subscriptions
  • Transfer Ownership of a Schedule
  • Using Jobs to Schedule Multiple Entries

Cognos Report Authors

  • Basic List Report - Demo
  • Best Practices for Troubleshooting Cognos Report Issues
  • Business Intelligence Webpage for Authors

PWL (West Lafayette) Links

Boiler Insight

  • Boiler Insight Enhancements
  • Cognos Tool Training Registration
  • Data Mart Access and Role Assignment
  • Steps for Reviewing Boiler Insight Roles

DSS Employee/Financial Metadata (Legacy)

  • DSS Employee Metadata (Bumer)
  • DSS Financial Metadata (Bumer)

Student Links

  • ODS Data Freeze Calendar
  • ODS Academic Period Compare Function Document
  • ODS Academic Period Current Function Document
  • ODS Metadata (Purdue Account Required)
  • Student Applications Role Request
  • Validated to Standard Content Crosswalk

Student Data and Tool Training

  • Cognos Tool Training Registration
  • (NEW) Self-Service Student Reporting Data
  • (NEW) Student Data Training Videos

DSS Student Metadata (Legacy)

  • DSS Student Metadata (Bumer)

CIP Reporting Information

  • CIP-Data Digest Application Admit Matric Differences
  • CIP-Data Digest Enrollment Differences
  • New Academic CIP Data

PFW (Fort Wayne) Links

  • Cognoise Forum
  • ODS Metadata for PROD (Purdue Account Required)

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