1. eSRA in Cognos – An Overview
Beta Release – February 1, 2016
Cynthia Sylvester
May 17, 2016

2. How to Use Cognos for Reporting
Information in today’s presentation is also included in a Quick Reference Sheet: eSRA and Cognos QR2013 on the eSRA website
Refer to the Help tab in Cognos for information about how to use Cognos and Training environments
The same help text is available in the A-Z Index
C: Cognos Help & Training
R: Reporting Portal (Cognos) Help & Training
Need more help?
Submit a help request using “Give us your Feedback” on the Cognos Help tab
Submit a help request to and indicate you are having problems with Cognos

3. How to find the eSRA Package in Cognos

4. What is included and not yet included?
Included in the Self Service Query Studio – beta version
eSRA data is updated nightly to the Data Warehouse
Summary level information about proposals and awards
Not included in the Self Service Query Studio – beta version
We are scheduled to do an audit of fields included and missing in the next several months, in the meantime, submit help requests if you need something you can’t find
Transactional level detail
For example: Funding by project period or fiscal year
Workflow to report on cycle times

5. Coming Soon
The eSRA team is developing a data dictionary for the eSRA Self Service module (ETA June)
Cycle time reporting (ETA July)
Adding additional fields to complete the summary package (ETA August)
The Data Warehouse, Cognos, and eSRA teams continue to respond to input from end users