Reporting Help

To access Cognos reports you will be required to login using your webfx authentication credentials (your Office 365 password). 

Cognos requires the username to include the domain as a prefix (webfx\username). 

If your password was populated by a value saved by your browser, manually enter your current password to ensure the up to date password is used.

Verify that pop-up blockers are not enabled for this site. You can do this by including https://finance.stfx.ca/Cognos11/bi/ to your trusted sites.

If your user account is preventing a successful login, please contact us by email.

Cognos functions most reliably with browsers Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. 

Safari is known to have difficulty exporting reports to Excel.

Pop up blockers commonly affect Cognos reporting effectiveness. Ensure that your pop up blocker includes https://finance.stfx.ca/Cognos11/bi/ as a safe site.

If you continue to have problems, try an alternative browser.

Cognos reporting cannot always process the use of the browser back button correctly, we recommend any of the following options:

• To return to the report prompt menu to edit existing prompts use the blue play button  on the Cognos menu bar, select Reset prompts and run.
• If you commonly use specific reports, consider saving the prompt page as a bookmark or favourite in your browser.

Buttons are included within the report header to "Print to PDF" and "Export to Excel" for the most common reports. In the event these shortcuts are not included within the report header, please follow the standard Cognos export steps listed below.

To export your report to an external file, click on the  button and select the desired file output.

The two most common export formats are Run in Excel Format which exports an Excel file most closely resembling the report output and Run in Excel Data which does not preserve report formatting.

Common issues exporting to excel include: 

• Safari is known to have difficulty exporting reports to Excel.
• Attempting to open a new Excel file while an identically named Excel file remains open.
• 3rd Party Pop up blockers may interfere with the export process, you may be required to add https://finance.stfx.ca/Cognos11/bi/ as a safe site, or adjust the settings of your pop up blocker to export to Excel.