Cognos Connection - Weill Medical College - Cornell University

Cognos Welcome Page
This splash screen is the initial default page that appears when you log on to Cognos Connection.
My home - Goes to a Cognos homepage that you designate.
Cognos content – Is a link to the Public Cognos Connection area where you can access reports, files,
folders and other Cognos content.
Query my data - Lauches Query Studio to create simple queries and reports.
Analyze my business - Launches Analysis Studio to work with cube packages.
� TIP: Analysis Studio must be launched in order to cube packages.
Manage my events - Tracks changes in underlying data and reports. This feature opens a software utility
that Weill Cornell Medical College does not presently provide training for.
Checking this feature will keep the Cognos welcome page as the default screen
when launching Cognos. Unchecking this will change the default screen to Cognos Connection screen.
� TIP: If the check mark is unchecked and the Cognos welcome page is desired, click on within the
Cognos Connection page and select the and rechecking the Show this page in the
future box to get the default Cognos welcome page back.
- This will launch the various tutorials from the Cognos website.
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Log On screen notification - When logged on, the user log on information will be
displayed with the department group first, followed by the user name. Cognos is set to use your Microsoft
Windows log on information (CWID) and is an automatic process. Selecting Log Off will exit Cognos.
Weill Cornell Medical College Physician Organization Information Systems Cognos 8 – Cognos Connection
Updated - August 2009 Page 2