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Cognos
Cognos is a tool for enterprise reporting and ad hoc data querying. Using Cognos, authorized staff can view standard University financial and student reports. Data and administrative professionals can use Cognos Query Studio to create ad hoc queries or run existing queries.
Data from the University Data Marts are organized into packages within Cognos. These packages provide data for pre-built reports, as well as providing data sources for ad hoc queries via the Cognos Query Studio tool.
Frequently Asked Questions about Cognos
Frequently Asked Questions about Cognos
Can I automate a query or report from Cognos?
Cognos provides jobs that can be configured to run reports or queries and email the results to a user.
How can I find training for Cognos?
New users of Cognos are notified about upcoming on-campus training opportunities. In addition, Pitt IT Business Intelligence regularly conducts webinar-based training for Cognos.
What data is available in Cognos?
See the Data Collections section below for complete details about available Cognos packages.
How can I request a new report in Cognos?
If you have Cognos Query Studio Access, you can create your own report. Pitt IT creates standard University reports in Cognos. If you have an idea for a report that would have an application for users outside of your school, business unit, or area, contact the 24/7 IT Help Desk to suggest it.
Data Collections
Data Collections
Data in the University Data Warehouse are stored in two marts: financial and student. Within a mart, subject area data are grouped in different ways (packages) to allow users to perform analyses.
A number of reports are available to users based on the individual user's level of access and role at the University.
Financial Mart
Data Source: PRISM, the University's financial information system
Data Range: 1995 (fiscal year) through today
Refresh Schedule: Refreshed each month following month-end closing
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Examples of Available Reports |
The General Ledger (GL) Aggregate query package contains general ledger information aggregated by fiscal month and account string. It is used by people who manage responsibility center, departmental, or project income, expenses, and balances. Both actual and budget amounts are included for the month, fiscal year to date, project to date, and prior fiscal year.
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Level II Balance Sheet |
The Payroll Transaction query package contains detailed labor distribution transaction information by fiscal month. It could be used by people who manage responsibility center, departmental, or payroll expenses. Adjustment and regular pay amounts are included for each month, along with a fiscal year to date and project to date amount. |
Labor Distribution by Account |
Student Mart
Data Source: PeopleSoft, the University's student information system
Data Range: 1990 (fall term) through today
Refresh Schedule: Refreshed daily, Monday through Saturday
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Examples of Available Reports |
The Active Student package contains personal and academic data for any student who is enrolled or eligible to enroll as of today's date. |
The Active Student package is a query-only area |
The Admissions package contains personal, academic, and application information for each student application to the University. It also contains high school and test score (e.g., SAT and ACT) information. The package could be used to identify all students that have applied to a particular school with a math SAT test score of > 500, for instance. |
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The Class Enrollment package contains students' personal and academic enrollment data as well as detailed class information. |
Veteran Services Reports Consumers Report by Fiscal Year Producers Report by Fiscal Year |
The Course Catalog package contains information about courses offered at the University of Pittsburgh. It is used to generate a list of active courses by campus or by school for an academic term; course enrollment requirements summary, etc. The Class Schedule package contains data pertinent to the class, such as schedule, location, instructor, prerequisites, class credit, textbook, and fee information. In addition to generating a class schedule report, it can be used to produce online course listings, room usage reports, lists of classes for the school by instructor, etc. |
Schools Offering Classes – Attribute/Attribute Value Class Schedule All Columns Report Class Section Update Report GSPIA Reports > GSPIA Course Schedule by Instructor |
The Enrollment & Tuition package contains personal, academic, and tuition data for any student enrolled for the specific term within a snapshot. It could be used to trend the in-state and out of state student enrollment and tuition dollars over the years, broken down by demographics and academic information. |
Enrollment, Tuition, and Credits by Academic Plan Code FTE Headcounts and Tuition Grades for Repeated Classes IMPACT Reports > PA degrees awarded by county Pitt-Greensburg > GBG Education Minors |
There are two Financial Aid packages: Financial Aid Award and Financial Aid Need. The award and need packages are separate since need amounts are by aid year and award amounts are by term. These packages contain personal, academic, and financial aid need and award data for enrolled students. The packages could be used to analyze scholarship retention statistics, for example. |
Net Tuition Division Reports for Selected Campus and Academic Center |
The Freshman Retention package contains personal, academic, and class enrollment data for each first-time student for each term of the student’s first year plus fall term of their second year in college. Financial aid need information is also available. |
Fall Freshman Retention Action Report Fall Freshman Retention Action Report by Campus |
The Graduation package contains students' first graduation and degree information, as well as demographic and graduation GPA data. The most recent data for degrees is in this package. It can be used to calculate graduation rates, average time to graduate, etc. The Graduation Census Query contains a snapshot of the same data as of the degree census date for each year. |
Graduation and Retention Reports Containing Counts and Rates > Graduation Counts and Rates Report by Term and Grouping – Regional Campuses Graduation and Retention Reports > Number of Freshmen in Cohort by Demographic Grouping – Pittsburgh Campus First Enrollment and Graduation of Online Students Degree Reports > Certification and Degree Awarded by Academic Year and CIP |
There are six packages of Student Financial data divided into two separate sets. One set is for student billing information; the second set pertains to third party billing information. The three packages in each set are Accounting Line, Item Line, and Item. The Accounting Line package can be used to query debits and credits posted to PRISM. The Item Line package can be used to query the details of each transaction, such as the date it occurred and the item type of the transaction. The item package can be used to query the account information at a higher (less detailed) level of the account, such as the account term or the item term amounts. |
Aging report – By Student Aging report – By third Party |