Cognos Connection - Weill Medical College - Cornell University

Cognos Connection Tool Bar
This tool bar is intended to help you organize Cognos reports and folders. You can create jobs or modify the
display settings of reports and folders. You can alter the general view preferences in the Cognos Connection
page. Add, remove or move reports and folders with features like cut, copy and paste.
List View – Displays files and folders in rows.
Detailed View – Displays larger icons separated in columns and provides details about items
whenever information is available.
New Folder – Creates new folders.
New Job - Allows for the scheduling of multiple reports to run sequentially or at concurrently.
New URL – Creates website links that can be shared with others. This feature is not used at Weill
Cornell Medical College.
New Page – Creates a new portal page that can contain multiple Cognos web parts, such as: Cognos
Navigator, Viewers, or reports.
Cut – Move files or folders to other public/private folders.
Copy – Duplicates files or folders to be moved to other public/private folders.
Paste – Place cut or copied items into a selected location icon.
Delete – Removes selected files or folders.
Set Properties – Property preferences for folders.
� TIP: Preference options vary between file types as well as public and private files and folders.
Order – Display files or folders in specific sequences.
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Weill Cornell Medical College Physician Organization Information Systems Cognos 8 – Cognos Connection
Updated - August 2009 Page 12