Cognos is a web-based suite of tools from IBM that offers a full range of business intelligence (BI) capabilities including reports, analysis, dashboards, scorecards, mobile BI and more. Cognos is Purdue’s primary Business Intelligence(BI) tool and is used to access many of the university’s BI environments including those to access student-related data.
Cognos is the system Purdue uses for official reporting on Purdue student data. If you’d like to learn about how to request Cognos access, please visit the Business Intelligence Competency Center Website.
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Melody: Hi, I'm Melody, and when it comes to tests, I'm as guilty as anyone for leaving revision to the last minute. But that can’t be the best way. So today I'm going to be speaking to learning scientist Dr Carolina, to see what I can do about it.
Carolina: So leaving revision for the last-minute means that you're cramming a lot of studying into the last day or night and that is not only stressful. But, it makes you forget that information much faster. So a better way, is to plan smaller learning sessions and distribute those sessions over the course of time. How can I find a better way to work this year? You can look at when your exams are and then you would plan backwards. So you would schedule different study sessions. They can be half an hour long, an hour long or even shorter if you just want a short reactivation of what you have learned. That's absolutely fine.
Melody: So, once I’ve made my study plan, how do I actually start my session?
Carolina: So the first thing you should always do is try to remember information from memory. So do a quick quiz before looking at any of your notes or any of your material. Try to remember from memory first, as a starter, and then use your materials and your notes to get feedback, to see if you're right, or where you've got wrong answers and why they were wrong. So always use it as a kind of feedback. Also, when you do a study plan, always make sure that you also schedule some time for, for fun stuff. For stuff that you really enjoy, for hobbies, for meeting with friends and so on. That's really important as well, to keep you healthy and happy.
Melody: And if there's a day where I'm really busy, is there something I can do instead?
Carolina: If you only have five or ten minutes, that's what you're going to use, and it's absolutely fine. Do a quick quiz, try to remember information from memory, try to make different connections between different concepts that you learned. Do not stress. Just take it one step at a time and make sure that you're continuously studying.
Carolina: Thank you so much for your help.
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Are people with great study skills just naturally gifted? Research from cognitive science tells us that a lot of the skills can be developed. If you are looking to optimise your study habits, here are some useful, evidence-informed strategies to keep in mind. All you need to know from the expert Radhika Zahedi, School Director, The Green Acres Academy.
STUDY ACTIVELY, NOT PASSIVELY: RECALL, DON'T RE-READ
Many students trick themselves into believing that they are studying. They re-read the same material over and over again. This is not an effective way of studying because it does not actively engage the mind. Instead, what you should be doing is practicing and then recalling the study material without looking.
- You can ask yourself questions and answer them without looking. The same applies for other learning like problem-solving in mathematics. Don't read through solutions of problems and assume you have learned how to solve it yourself.
STUDY ACTIVELY, NOT PASSIVELY: USE NOTE-TAKING TECHNIQUES TO STAY ACTIVELY ENGAGED
Making notes or drawing or any kind of written work to demonstrate your learning (to yourself) is another way to ensure that you are not fooling yourself while studying. After studying, you may try to reproduce what you have learned in many different ways, for example, by writing key points down, by creating a mind-map of connected ideas, by drawing a mental model, by listing ideas, etc.
STUDY ACTIVELY, NOT PASSIVELY: INTERLEAVING INSTEAD OF BLOCKING
Another compelling way to ensure active studying is to use interleaved study. Interleaving is the process of working on different subjects during your study schedule.
We often see students make a plan where they block 4 days for science only. Research tells us we are better off different subjects, for example an hour of science, social studies, language etc. Why? Because changing subject forces us to recall meaningfully by making connections, seeing patterns and differences across subjects.
ENGAGE LONG TERM MEMORY, AVOID SHORT TERM 'MUGGING': FORCE YOUR BRAIN TO MAKE MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS
When we access new information, it is first processed in our short-term memory. As the name suggests, this information is held in our brains for a short period of time and usually lost after. It needs to get encoded into our long-term memory so that it can be pulled out or retrieved at a later time. One way to help our brains store information in long term memory is by making multiple connections to what we are studying. These connections might be created by using emotional, visual, cognitive means.
- For example, if you are studying biology - the digestive system, you might make an emotional connection to a time you had indigestion and imagine what went wrong in different parts of the system.
- Or you might activate your visual system and imagine that you have shrunk and are taking a walk-through different part of the system (the very famous memory palace technique is similar).
- Or we might use age-old cognitive strategies like mnemonics or analogies to remember.
ENGAGE LONG TERM MEMORY, AVOID SHORT TERM 'MUGGING': USE SPACED RETRIEVAL INSTEAD OF ONE-TIME CRAMMING
Spaced retrieval is another way to ensure you are studying deeply. When you study you retrieve or recall what you have studied after intervals of time (days or weeks), instead of only doing it immediately after learning it. This is helpful because it encourages the learner to study in a way that promotes deeper, longer-term retention, instead of simply 'mugging' things up in meaningless formats.
USE BOTH, SLOW THINKING AND FAST THINKING WHILE STUDYING
The methods listed above encourage slow thinking i.e., deliberate, thoughtful studying. However, in many situations it is beneficial to build fluency or automaticity with the material. Fluency with mental maths skills or testing speed can be valuable. For fluency, the age-old wisdom of repetition and practice works. The more you practise, the better you get.
STUDY WITH FOCUS AND DISCIPLINE, REDUCE PROCRASTINATION: USE THE POMODORO TECHNIQUE TO MANAGE TIME
Building discipline and focus to study isn't automatic or easy. We get mentally exhausted and distracted. Mental focus requires learners to build stamina just like we need to build stamina for physical fitness.
One fantastic way for students to build the stamina to study and stay focused is a technique called the Pomodoro Technique. The Pomodoro technique (you can google more about the name!) helps us manage time. This technique helps the learner break the study into smaller periods of high focus with breaks in between.
These alternating, timed, high focus sessions encourage us to stay on task. Learners can also start with short periods of focus time until you have built up more study stamina.
STUDY WITH FOCUS AND DISCIPLINE, REDUCE PROCRASTINATION: USE CHUNKING TO MANAGE LARGE AMOUNTS OF CONTENT
The previous technique helps you chunk your time, but the same thing can be done when you have large amounts of content to study. Breaking up the content into smaller manageable chunks that the short-term memory can process, instead of resulting in an 'information overload'. This can help you cover large volumes of material systematically and in an organised manner.
The following Cognos system reports (login required) are recommended by Accounting Services for Research and Sponsored Programs (ASRSP) for administrators to use when monitoring their unit's sponsored projects.
GM044 - Sponsored Project Portfolio
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This report displays balances for active projects including totals for direct and indirect expenditures as well as encumbrances by department and/or principal investigator
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It can run for negative balances only to monitor deficit spending
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Drill through available by project to the GM045 - Sponsored Project Budget Statement
GM086 - Projects Balances Report
- Similar to Sponsored Project Portfolio, but with added data fields including ASRSP Grant and Contract Financial Administrator (GCFA) Name, Award ID/Sponsor ID, Start and End dates
- No drill through capability
- Recommended by ASRSP: run for current period, all Contract Statuses, Active Projects, and specify either a particular PI for Manager/Reviewer field or select particular department for a detailed view of the current financial status of your constituency. View in Excel 2007 Data file type.
GM045 - Sponsored Project Budget Statement
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Displays direct and indirect expenditure totals by project against the total budget amount along with project demographic data
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Dollars are broken out and shown by Current Accounting Period, Fiscal Year to Date, and Inception to Date
GM047 - Milestone (Deliverable) Report
- Used by department administrators and PIs in tracking upcoming deliverable due dates to assist in meeting sponsor and institutional requirements
GM091 - Sponsor Payments Received
- Presents details of payments received by contract, with a breakout by project
- Payment activity includes all forms of payments as well as a subset of write-offs and other maintenance items
- Note: For converted non-clinical awards, payment data prior to December 2008 is not available
GM092 - Subcontract Monitoring Report
- Displays a complete list of fully-executed subcontracts
- Current status for funding and disbursement
- Includes the burn rates (percent disbursed)
GM093 - Cost Share Commitment Status
- Presents revenue and expense data from NUFinancials Commitment Control for sponsored projects with cost sharing
- Grants users a multi-year view of budget, revenue and expense on cost share funds
- Provides a comprehensive view of all departments committing cost share funds to a given sponsored project
GM096 - Grants Transaction History Queries
- Displays expense and budget transactions on sponsored (grant) chart strings. This report, when downloaded to Excel, can be used in conjunction with ASRSP’s Expense Review Workbook template. The report contains two sections, “Expense Transaction Query” and “Budget Query”. When exported to Excel, the data will appear on separate tabs.
- This report is used by Principal Investigators, Department Administrators, and ASRSP to review detailed transaction history by contract or project id. It can reduce compliance risk by providing departments with easier access to and greater detail regarding expenses posted to grants.
GM097- Sponsored Project Actuals Balance Report
- GM097 Guide to Understanding
- GM097 ASRSP Formatting Recommendations
- The GM097 displays a comprehensive view of a research departments' entire research project portfolio, including non-clinical sponsored projects, cost-shared projects, and clinical trials.
- Non-clinical project balances are displayed Total Budget less Direct and F&A Expenditures and Encumbrances.
- Clinical project balances are displayed Cash Received less Direct and F&A Expenditures and Encumbrances, with Protocol numbers.
GL008 - Revenue and Expense Activity Report
SC016 - Open Encumbrances Report
GL069 - Financial Summary
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Overview
The majority of reports, including agency reports, are available by using Cognos Reporting through the NUPortal. Report data is now updated nightly so that you can run reports daily, not just at month end. Monthly reports are no longer printed and distributed.
However, Accounting Services will continue to distribute a limited set of specialized balance sheet reports on a monthly basis. For questions or additional information, please contact Accounting Services at 847-491-5337 or accounting@northwestern.edu.
Access Cognos Reports
Reports from NUFinancials, InfoEd, and FAMIS are available via the Cognos BI tool from the NUPortal: Staff tab > Login to Cognos.
- Log in using your NetID and password
- Select the Cognos Connection link
- Select the Project Café Reports folder
- Select the School folder
- Click the link of the desired report
- Populate the prompts with values as appropriate
- Press the Finish button
Cognos Tips
- Required prompts are indicated with an orange asterisk
- If non-required prompts are left blank, the system will search all data which could increase processing time
- You can use wildcards (%) in any of your prompt value searches
- If you experience problems when running a report to Excel, try holding down the CTRL key while the report is running
- The GL005 report will not return results for Project IDs that begin with a “6”. Run GM045 or GL008 for these Project IDs instead.
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A PROFESSIONAL bikini waxer has revealed her top tips for those preparing for a Brazilian wax, to ensure that it doesn’t hurt too much.
So if you have a wax booked, or are debating whether to organise one or not, you’ll want to take notes quickly.
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Sydney Morgan is an esthetician and a Brazilian wax specialist from Illinois, United States.
She posts on TikTok under the username @smskinandbeauty, where she regularly shows what it’s like to be a beautician.
Sydney has amassed 10.7k followers and 977k likes on the video sharing platform.
In a latest video, the beauty fan shared her top advice for those preparing to get a wax.
She shared her clip with the caption ‘My top tips for preparing for your Brazilian wax! 🐱🦋’
Regardless of whether you’re a waxing megafan or have never had one before, you will have heard that it’s not the most pain-free of experiences.
As a result, the waxing whizz advised: “How to prepare for a Brazilian wax.
“Grow your hair out.
“Two-three weeks long in length (about the length of a grain of rice).
“No aspirin, caffeine, or alcohol, at least two hours prior to wax.
“Take ibuprofen 30 minutes before.
“Exfoliate two days before appointment.
“Relax, breathe, you got this.”
In another video, which has quickly racked up a whopping 612.2k views, Sydney revealed that as a bikini waxer, she has “seen it all” during her waxing appointments.
Not only does she get extremely up close and personal with many women on a daily basis, but she explained that she even got pooed on during a wax - yes, you heard that correctly.
She said: “The time someone farted during their Brazilian and ended up sh****ng all over my glove.
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