1. 导航到 Cognos.
2. Login with your 十大博彩推荐排名州立 大学 NetID and password.
3. 在Cognos中, we recommend that users check out the “How-to videos” and “Accelerator catalog” menus provided by IBM to get familiar with new features and tutorials, especially if you will be designing your own reports.
4. There are several ways of locating a report.
- 从 左上角 菜单，点击 the (1) 搜索 图标和(2) 类型 in the name of the report. Cognos will list any objects that meet the search criteria. Icons on the left of the objects indicate if they are folders, reports or other objects. 你可以用(3) 保存 button to save searches that you use frequently.
- 或从 左上角 菜单，点击 团队的内容，然后选择 横幅的报告.
- 在 横幅的报告 folder, reports are categorized by 大学s and Schools, Departments, and registration/enrollment related reports are under 大学报道.
5. For this demo, we will be running “Class Schedule”. 点击 大学报道 folder, and then select 登记 and Enrollment.
注意: As you navigate through the Cognos folders, a (1) breadcrumb trail is created to show the folder hierarchy. If you want to go to the previous folder, click the (2) back arrow next to the breadcrumb trail, not the back arrow of the browser.
6. 向下滚动或用户 过滤器 to find and select “Class Schedule” report.
7. Many reports are built with 提示 (as in the case of “Class Schedule”) to make it easy for the users to narrow down their report to display only the information they are interested in.
注意: Prompts with asterisk (*) are required.
- Select “Fall 2021” from the drop-down next to 学术期 prompt; select “Humanities and Social Sciences” for 大学 prompt and “Anthropology” for Department prompt. We will leave Subject prompt unselected because it is not required and also because we will like our report to display all subjects under anthropology department.
- Once all the necessary values are selected (1) especially the required prompt’s, click on (2)
完成.
- Once the finish button is clicked, the message below will appear, indicating the report is being executed. You have several options to receive the report. You can wait until the report finish running and display it on the screen or export to other predefined formats (e.g. Excel, PDF等.)
- Or you can click on the “Select a delivery method” hyperlink (indicated by the arrow in the image above) to save it in the system (1, 2) for you to access it later or even to have the report emailed (3) to you.
- 如果你点击 保存报告 or 另存为报表视图 (which will allow you to save it in a location of your choice and rename it), the message box will close and return you to Home screen. Once the report is done running, you can check to see the output by clicking on the 椭圆 (1) next to the name of the report, and then click on 视图版本, you will see a list of reports that were saved (3).
- If you choose to let the report run on its own without selecting a delivery method, then it will display as the image below.
注意: If the report spans more than one page (as in the example below), use the navigation controls in the 左下 of the screen to see subsequent report pages.
8. If you wish you export the report in a different format outside of the browser, click on 运行 button. It will open up a list of 报告输出选项 such as Excel, PDF等.
9. For instance, if you select Excel (which is often preferred by many for familiar filtering experiences), the report will run in excel and prompt you with the standard dialog asking if you want to open or save the excel.
祝贺你! You have now run a filtered Cognos report. Once you have extracted report data, you must handle it in a manner consistent with MSU data security standards. *
注意: 提醒一下, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) requires that student record information be used only for “legitimate educational interest” and not be dispersed to any third party outside of 十大博彩推荐排名州立 大学.
永远记得 注销 when you are done with Cognos Reporting activity.