Cognos

Cognos is IBM's web-based suite of tools that offers a full range of business intelligence capabilities including reports, analysis, dashboards, scorecards, and more.  Cognos is Purdue's primary reporting and BI tool and is used to access many of the university's BI environments including Student ODS/EDW, the Finance and HR data marts, and GM AIMS.

Request Cognos Access

Cognos Licensing levels are as follows:

• Consumer - users are licensed to run existing reports as needed using the Cognos web portal. Users are not required to know the data at a detailed level. 
• Authoring - the report writing tool used to build new reports or modify existing reports. Users need to understand the data at a detailed level. 

Click here to learn how to request a Cognos license.

Request Data Access

For student data, see the Student ODS/EDW access page for steps on requesting access.

For business, finance, grant, and HR data, see the HR/FI access page for steps on requesting access.

Cognos Training

Whether new to Cognos or looking to enhance your skills, we offer comprehensive training programs. Click here to view the offered sessions.

Maintenance Window

The standard Cognos maintenance window is every Saturday from 4:00PM to 12:00AM. Additional outages will be communicated.