Cognos Analytics

Cognos Analytics is New Jersey Institute Technology's enterprise solution for standardized reporting.  The new and improved business intelligence solution makes it easier to visualize data and share information across our organization to foster data-driven decisions.  The new version provides enhancements; a few as outlined below:

• "Whats New in Cognos 11 Analytics?" (NJIT Webinar November 2020)
• How to re-link/import Cognos 10 Reports -Video / Document (November 2020)
• Navigation Training Presentation (Webinar Aug 30 & Sept 1)
• Video Overiew of Cognos Analytics
• Aggregation in reports (it is possible the aggregation may be different in the two versions)
• User Interface changes from v10-v11 are significant
• Scheduling of reports (including dashboards)
• Results of reports in the old and new environment

Cognos Analytics can be accessed by selecting this link NJIT landing page  and entering your NJIT credentials.

The FSI team is planning to conduct a navigation training (via WebEx) in the near future.  In the meantime, both version of COGNOS 10 and 11 will be available for users to compare reports.

FINANCE ACCESS

COGNOS will be granted to NJIT Employees ONLY.  Additional access will require an approval from the departments Vice-President.  (Please allow up to 5 business days for access)
Please fill out the form here:  COGNOS ACCESS FORM

NAVIGATION AND OTHER USER DOCUMENTS

Below are some helpful user video training and documents.
IBM Cognos Analytics - Reporting User Guide

VIDEOS ON THE WEB

For Beginners
Create a Basic Report
Create a Dashboard

Cognos Analytics also has a quick reference menu on the right side of their landing page.  This includes an overview, tutorial videos, sample data and support.

SAMPLE VIDEO'S FROM ACTUAL USERS
-  Data Modeling (upload your data)