Archive February 2011

Cure The Red X Of Death

February 24, 2011 by A Blog Poster

If you try reports in the Cognos Finance folder other than the m-Fin reports, you might encounter this indignity:

We here in the OUC have starting calling this the Red X of Death. Here is the cure. Do the following, while you are connected to Cognos using MSIE:

Tools
Internet Options
Security tab
Select the Trusted Sites zone (the green checkmark).
Sites button

MSIE, FireFox, and Safari

February 18, 2011 by A Blog Poster

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Which web browswers does Cognos support for m-Fin reports?

m-Fin Cognos Reporting System Town Hall Meetings

February 15, 2011 by A Blog Poster

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This week OUC and I finish up our series of Town Hall meetings introducing m-Fin reporting to the Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver, and Anschutz Medical campuses. It has been my pleasure to present our work to you. The m-Fin reports are available in CU's Cognos production environment. If you find you do not have the necessary access privileges you may contact calvin.anderson@cusys.edu You are invited to sign up for hands-on training:

m-Fin Reports Migrated To Production

February 8, 2011 by A Blog Poster

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Seven m-Fin reports have migrated to CU's production Cognos environment. These are the first m-Fin reports to reach production. If you are accustomed to finding production Cognos from the my.cu.edu portal you may enter there. The m-Fin reports reside in the same folder as the other OUC Cognos financial reports: Public Folders > CU Reporting > Finance

The Speedtypes Shown When Running By Org

February 2, 2011 by A Blog Poster

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When m-Fin reports are run by org they return more speedtypes than are needed, particularly for project funds. The reports do have a filter to test whether a speedtype has had any activity during the fiscal year. The problem is even just roll-forward activity is considered current fy activity. Roll-forward processing is what moves ending balances for projects from one fiscal year to the next. Roll-forward processing by itself should not be considered current fy activity.

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