Official Cognos Report Process

Validation

Three step validation process:

• Validate logic with IRA team mate
• Validate data with requester (if applicable)
• Validate with SME

Identification

Data Page:

• Page heading table: one column, three rows
• Text and table left aligned
• Padding: top and bottom 3 px  (pixels) each
  • Cell 1: <Report Title>
    • Font: Size 20, Underline, and Bold
  • Cell 2
    • Text: **Analytics Official Report**
    • OR: **Analytics Official Variant Report**
      • Font: Size 14, Bold, Underlined
  • Cell 3: run date

Title Page:

Table: One column, maximum width

• Text Centered
• Padding: top and bottom 3 px (pixels) each
• Cell 1 
  • Text: Northeast Community College
  • Font: Size 16
• Cell 2: <Report Title>
  • Font: Size 20, Underline, and Bold
• Cell 3
  • Text: **Analytics Offiffial Report**
  • OR: **Analytics Official Variant Report
  • Font: Size 14 and Bold
• Cell 4: text bow including a space
• Cell 5: run date
• Cell 6: text box including a space
• Cell 7 - X

List all report details included hard-coded filters and prompt choices

• Cell X+1: text box including a space
  • Size 50
• Cell X+2: Text: Report version information:
  • Font: Underline and Bold
• Cell X+3
  • Text: Official report type: ORIGINAL
  • OR Official report type: VARIANT
• Cell X+4
  • Text: Official report as of <date>
• Cell X+5
  • Text: Latest edits by: <Report writer> on <date>
• Cell x+6 (For use only if report type is a VARIANT)
  • Text: Original report: <Name of original report>
• Cell X+7
  • Please contact The Analytics Department with any question ro concerns via ira@northeast.edu.
  • 

Logging

Document the official report in the excel file: Report Change Log

• Located in Teams
  • Institutional Research and Analytics> General > Cognos Documentation
  • Save a report view to Team content > NECC Reports > Private Analytics > A.A. Official Reports