Project Attributes Added To Detail

August 4, 2014 by Carl Sorenson
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Try out the new m-Fin FINANCIAL DETAIL in Cognos QA. We have added more project attributes to the header display, and also to the dataset output (MSExcel 2007 data and csv).
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Current Incumbent

July 30, 2014 by Carl Sorenson
Usually it’s hard to use a list of position numbers that doesn’t show the names of the people that are in the positions. So when we created the m-Fin POSITION BUDGET report we made it display the ID and name of each position’s current incumbent. This is important to understand when you have positions that have been occupied by different people over time. The report is just identifying the *current* incumbent in order to cue the reader which position is which.
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Welcome To 10.2.1

July 25, 2014 by Carl Sorenson
CU is now running Cognos 10.2.1 in production. My thanks to UIS/IRM’s Molly Doyle for doing so much to ensure a smooth production upgrade, and I know there are others in UIS who are backing her up, making her look good. Thanks also to OUC’s Sarju Khadka and Ryan Day for testing and troubleshooting.
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Mod2 Addresses Going Away

July 22, 2014 by Carl Sorenson
If you have saved links to Cognos that go to “mod2″, these links will no longer work after this week. You will instead get a (useless) message asking if you want to open or save the mod2_cognos.so file:
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User Testing Cognos 10.2.1

July 21, 2014 by Carl Sorenson
[10_2_1] Assuming known issues are resolved, CU plans to upgrade to Cognos version 10.2.1 in just a few days. It is available now for you to test in Cognos QA. The reports should be the same. Cognos Connection, however, gets a makeover with a new color theme and button icons. Cognos Connection is the part of Cognos you interact with when navigating folders and launching reports. This is an incremental “dot version” upgrade from 10.2.0. The significant changes are all back-room improvements. So while it looks different we expect that you’ll be able to continue using Cognos the same. If you find that you have some trouble or uncertainty about this new version we want to know before the production upgrade – leave a comment below.
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Cognos 10.2.1

June 9, 2014 by Carl Sorenson
This is not something requiring action from users right now. I just want you to be aware that it is happening. CU is preparing to upgrade to Cognos 10.2.1 the weekend of July 25, 2014.
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Operating Summary Improvements

June 3, 2014 by Carl Sorenson
Faster run times. Fewer clicks. Fund multi-select. These are the motivators behind our newest version of m-Fin OPERATING SUMMARY.
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m-Fin Production Migration

May 27, 2014 by Carl Sorenson
The new m-Fin PROJECT FINANCIAL STATUS is now in production.
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m-Fin PRODUCTION MIGRATION

May 15, 2014 by Carl Sorenson
The following three reports migrate to production this week: (1) m-Fin COMPENSATION SUMMARY. Improved prompting. (2) m-Fin PAYROLL TRANSACTIONS. Internal technical adjustments for compatibility with m-Fin COMPENSATION SUMMARY. (3) m-Fin ACCOUNTING SUMMARY. Option for FY direct and indirect.
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Improvements to m-Fin PROJECT FINANCIAL STATUS

May 14, 2014 by Carl Sorenson
We've added a speedtype prompt. It works like the single speedtype mode in m-Fin TRIAL BALANCE SUMMARY. Type in a speedtype and hit the enter key. The report runs. The SPEEDTYPE prompt then also appears on the html output page. Use it to run another speedtype when you are ready...
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