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How do I launch Cognos?
You can launch Cognos by going to cognos.shsu.edu or by navigating to My Sam and clicking the link found under the Home tab.
WHAT IS COGNOS?
What is Cognos?
Cognos is the University's primary reporting tool. It allows faculty and staff to run and export standardized reports, helping them make data-driven decisions based on real-time institutional data.
How often does the Cognos system refresh?
Banner transactional data is imported nightly into the Operational Data Store (ODS), which is the primary reporting database. Reports reflect the data as of the end of the previous work day. Reports pull from ODS instead of directly from Banner transactional data in order to allow Cognos reports to be more consistently compared as of the time of the nightly import. This minimizes report inconsistencies related to pulling reports from transactional data which changes across the ERP system moment by moment. Using the ODS also improves overall system performance allowing Banner transactions and ODS/Cognos reports to run at the same time without slowing down the processing of either system.
How can I get access to Cognos?
New Access to Cognos
All employees receive access to Cognos upon 24 hours of hire date. If you are unable to access Cognos, submit a ticket in the Client Portal to Information Technology/Software and Applications/License Management.
Cognos Report Access
A Cognos request can be submitted in TeamDynamix by selecting Data Analytics and Decision Support in the Client Portal and submitting a ticket a service request for Data Assets and Reporting/ General Access to Data Sets. The user should follow the form prompts to provide all relevant information.