Navigating Cognos

Inside Cognos you will see items as tiles or in a list.

Tile view:

List view:

(see Tab View Options for customizing your view)

Use the tabs to navigate to reports, folders, or links:

  • Recent: reports you have recently run (see Accessing Recent Reports in Cognos for more)
  • Published Reports: the folders and reports you have security to run
  • My content: any shortcuts or custom reports you’ve saved (report writers only)
  • Quick Links: shortcuts to helpful websites
  • Favorites: items you’ve favorited (see Saving Favorites in Cognos for more)

Use the breadcrumb trail to navigate up through report folders quickly:

In the upper left, click Saint Joseph's University to return to the home view:

You can also access some of the same items from the hamburger menu:

In the upper right you'll find the search button and personal menu:

(see Searching within Cognos for more)

Log out from the personal menu: