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Cognos8.2
Table of Contents
1 Introduction ..........................................……………………………………………………………4
1.1 What is Cognos Connection? ......................................................................................4
2 Getting In and Out of Cognos ..............……………………………………………………………5
3 Navigation ............................................……………………………………………………………6
3.1 The Public and Private Folder .....................................................................................6
3.2 Navigating to a Report.................................................................................................6
3.2.1 Searching for a Report .........................................................................................8
4 Opening Reports..................................……………………………………………………………9
4.1 Opening with the Report Name ...................................................................................9
4.1.1 Emailing a Report...............................................................................................10
4.1.2 Go To Links ........................................................................................................10
4.1.3 Running a Report from View ..............................................................................10
4.2 Running a Report.......................................................................................................11
4.2.1 Prompt Pages.....................................................................................................12
4.2.2 Printing a Report.................................................................................................12
4.2.3 Open in Excel .....................................................................................................13
4.3 View Historical Reports..............................................................................................13
5 Closing a Report ..................................………………………………………………………….16
6 Creating Quick Links to Reports ..........………………………………………………………….17
6.1 My Folder Shortcut.....................................................................................................17
6.2 Browser Bookmark.....................................................................................................18
