Tips and Tricks

Freeze Column Headings

April 23, 2013 by Carl Sorenson

Want to keep the column headers on screen when scrolling down a long list?

June 25, 2012 by Carl Sorenson

SUMMARY reports summarize to speedtype/FOPPS. TOTAL reports summarize to fund.

June 11, 2012 by Carl Sorenson

We will be seeking a fix from IBM/Cognos for this drill error.

April 13, 2012 by Carl Sorenson

Here is a translation for some of the abbreviations used in account code descriptions.

August 9, 2011 by Carl Sorenson

Here is a tip for most m-Fin reports, those that accept speedtype on the first page of prompting.

May 20, 2011 by Carl Sorenson

Some programs need to total amounts across multiple fiscal years.

May 2, 2011 by Carl Sorenson

PDF’s freezing your window?

April 26, 2011 by Carl Sorenson

Broken Report View?

March 16, 2011 by Carl Sorenson

m-Fin reports get their data from CIW GL tables.

February 24, 2011 by Carl Sorenson

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