Cognos and Operational Data Store Resources

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Cognos and Operational Data Store Resources

The Office of Institutional Information and Research ensures the availability of information and reporting resources through the Cognos Portal. This secured portal may be accessed by logging into Illinois Tech Portal and connecting through single-sign on to Cognos through the "C" icon on the top row of the Illinois Tech Portal. If you do not have the Cognos icon, contact your Illinois Tech supervisor to request access.

Cognos Resources

Report Librarian Resources

Librarians & Approvers by their Packages (19.5 KB)

Cognos Portal Librarian Guide (719.52 KB)

User Guides

IIT Cognos Portal User Guide (1.21 MB)

IIT Cognos Finance Dashboard Guide (909.86 KB)

Analysis Studio (1.26 MB)

Query Studio (909.02 KB)

Report Studio Express Authoring (842.87 KB)

Report Studio Professional Authoring (5.03 MB)

Cognos Connection (1.02 MB)

Tips and Techniques

Calculations that Span Dimensions (182.43 KB)

Dynamic Dashboarding w/Burst Reports (175.49 KB)

Dynamic Dashboarding (186.13 KB)

Report Makeovers (422.7 KB)

Dealing with Package Updates (126.72 KB)

Recreate QS Reports using IIT Packages (1.03 MB)

Reassign RS Reports using IIT Packages (402.5 KB)

ODS and EDW Resources

Understanding the Data Sources

ODS and EDW Handbook (5.39 MB)

ODS Overview (1.27 MB)

ODS Finance Training Workbook (2.46 MB)

ODS Financial Aid Training Workbook (915.42 KB)

ODS Human Resources Training Workbook (1.11 MB)

Common Matching Manuals

Accounts Payable (33.36 KB)

Financial Aid (28.53 KB)

Grant and Contract Accounting (32.68 KB)

Grant and Contract Accounting (28.93 KB)

Student (28.91 KB)

Data Standards Manual (862.92 KB)