Computing & Information Technology (C&IT)

[Sent via e-mail to All FMS Users from Computing and Information Technology (C&IT) – July 21, 2008]

Cognos Report Change #3 - FPO Reports (Purchasing)

Summary As a result of ongoing analysis of Wayne State University's administrative reports by the Cognos Enhancement team, the report changes described below are being implemented.
Affected
Cognos Reports		 The following three Financial Management System Purchasing (FPO) reports in Cognos ReportNet have been consolidated into one report (see below):
  • FPO011A Requisition Account Analysis By Index
  • FPO011B Requisition Account Analysis By Vendor ID
  • FPO011C Requisition Account Analysis By Requisition
New Consolidated
Cognos Reports 		The new FPO report is:
  • FPO011 Requisition Analysis by Index, Vendor, or Requisition Number
You will find the prompt pages for both new reports provide parameter flexibility and contain additional parameter information.
Important Dates The new FMS Reports will be available in Cognos ReportNet on Wednesday, July 23, 2008.

*Most of the old FPO011 reports listed above will remain until July 31, 2008 to allow report view users to transition to the new FPO011 report.
Required Action If you created any of the following Cognos items using the three FPO reports listed above, you will need to re-create those Cognos items using the new report format:
  • report copies
  • report views
  • scheduled reports
For Assistance If you need assistance, contact the C&IT Help Desk at helpdesk@wayne.edu or (313) 577-4778. They will generate a CallTracker ticket for you, and the C&IT Business Intelligence and Reporting Team (BIRT), (formerly the Data Access Team), will contact you to provide assistance.