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Mon 20 Jul 2020 – Tue 6 Oct 2020

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Monday 20 July 2020

09:30
Virtual - Cognos Introduction (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 11:00

Cognos is a reporting tool that utilises data from CUFS to provide users with additional reports and options. This introductory course is designed for new reporters - covering everything from running a report successfully as well as a number of useful tips and shortcuts.

Note: This course is mandatory in order to attend either of the following two courses below.

What this introductory course does not do is go through in detail the outputs of each individual report. Report outputs are explained in further detail in the courses above.

14:30
Cognos Refresher Training CANCELLED 14:30 - 16:00 Finance Division, Greenwich House, Ferrara Room (IT Training Room)

We are not currently able to offer this as a classroom course but are offering a virtual alternative https://training.cam.ac.uk/course/CogIntro, you would be very welcome to book onto the Q&A webinar (session 2) if you would like to brush up on your skills.

Have you previously attended Cognos training but not used the reporting tool since and would like to start using the tool again? If so then this course will enable you to get re-acquainted with Cognos..

Note: What it does not do is go through in detail the outputs of each individual report. Less experienced users of the Grants and/or General Ledger modules in CUFS are recommended to attend instead one of the following courses:

  • Grants Part 2: Grant reports in Cognos
  • General Ledger Reporting

These two courses not only cover the mechanics of running the reports but also more advice on how to interpret and use the information as well as discussion about when to use which report.

Tuesday 21 July 2020

09:30
AR Part 2: Adjustments and set up in Accounts Receivable CANCELLED 09:30 - 12:30 Finance Division, Greenwich House, Ferrara Room (IT Training Room)

This course covers the essentials for keeping your AR accounts in order. In addition to showing you how to make corrections, receipt foreign currencies and the required month/year-end reports we will also show you how you can save time by setting up memo lines, sales persons and receivable activities for your department.

This course enables users to learn the basics of how the General Ledger module works, how to run online account enquiries and how to process journals.

It is run as two webinars with some pre-course reading

Webinar 1: For everyone

Webinar 2: Optional, if you are not going to be using journals it is not compulsory but may be of interest

10:00
Virtual - Grants Part 3: Viewing Grants in CUFS (1 of 2) Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Finance Division, At Participant's Desk

This course provides an overview of the Grants module in CUFS. The course will cover how you can view your projects and awards, check budgets, perform on-line queries and run some CUFS reports.

The course material will be split over 2 webinars on consecutive days

14:00
iProcurement Part 2: Month End processes in the Buyers Work Centre (1 of 2) CANCELLED 14:00 - 16:00 Finance Division, Greenwich House, Ferrara Room (IT Training Room)

NOTE This classroom-based course will not be going ahead. You can book for our VIRTUAL course, which will be delivered online. More details can be found at https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/fin/course/iproc2

This course covers the various month-end processes that need to be completed within the iProcurement module.

16:00
iProcurement Part 2: Month End processes in the Buyers Work Centre (2 of 2) CANCELLED 16:00 - 16:30 Finance Division, Greenwich House, Ferrara Room (IT Training Room)

NOTE This classroom-based course will not be going ahead. You can book for our VIRTUAL course, which will be delivered online. More details can be found at https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/fin/course/iproc2

This course covers the various month-end processes that need to be completed within the iProcurement module.

Wednesday 22 July 2020

10:00
Virtual - Grants Part 3: Viewing Grants in CUFS (2 of 2) Finished 10:00 - 11:30 Finance Division, At Participant's Desk

This course provides an overview of the Grants module in CUFS. The course will cover how you can view your projects and awards, check budgets, perform on-line queries and run some CUFS reports.

The course material will be split over 2 webinars on consecutive days

Thursday 23 July 2020

09:30

This course enables users to learn the basics of how the General Ledger module works, how to run online account enquiries and how to process journals.

It is run as two webinars with some pre-course reading

Webinar 1: For everyone

Webinar 2: Optional, if you are not going to be using journals it is not compulsory but may be of interest

10:00
Virtual - Cognos Introduction (2 of 2) Finished 10:00 - 12:00

Cognos is a reporting tool that utilises data from CUFS to provide users with additional reports and options. This introductory course is designed for new reporters - covering everything from running a report successfully as well as a number of useful tips and shortcuts.

Note: This course is mandatory in order to attend either of the following two courses below.

What this introductory course does not do is go through in detail the outputs of each individual report. Report outputs are explained in further detail in the courses above.

Tuesday 4 August 2020

09:30

This course will enable the participants to practice existing spreadsheet skills and develop more advanced skills within the context of UFS data. There will be the opportunity to extract data from the system and learn to manipulate, analyse and use it for reporting purposes. The course runs over two sessions and participants will need to attend both of these sessions.

Thursday 6 August 2020

09:30

This course will enable the participants to practice existing spreadsheet skills and develop more advanced skills within the context of UFS data. There will be the opportunity to extract data from the system and learn to manipulate, analyse and use it for reporting purposes. The course runs over two sessions and participants will need to attend both of these sessions.

Monday 24 August 2020

10:00
Virtual - Cognos Introduction (1 of 2) Finished 10:00 - 11:30

Cognos is a reporting tool that utilises data from CUFS to provide users with additional reports and options. This introductory course is designed for new reporters - covering everything from running a report successfully as well as a number of useful tips and shortcuts.

Note: This course is mandatory in order to attend either of the following two courses below.

What this introductory course does not do is go through in detail the outputs of each individual report. Report outputs are explained in further detail in the courses above.

Thursday 27 August 2020

10:00
Virtual - Cognos Introduction (2 of 2) Finished 10:00 - 12:00

Cognos is a reporting tool that utilises data from CUFS to provide users with additional reports and options. This introductory course is designed for new reporters - covering everything from running a report successfully as well as a number of useful tips and shortcuts.

Note: This course is mandatory in order to attend either of the following two courses below.

What this introductory course does not do is go through in detail the outputs of each individual report. Report outputs are explained in further detail in the courses above.

Wednesday 9 September 2020

09:30
Virtual - How to Excel - Part 1 & 2 (For Finance Staff) (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 11:30 Finance Division, At Participant's Desk

This course will enable the participants to practice existing spreadsheet skills and develop more advanced skills within the context of UFS data. There will be the opportunity to extract data from the system and learn to manipulate, analyse and use it for reporting purposes. The course runs over two sessions and participants will need to attend both of these sessions.

Virtual - GL 1: Getting Started in the General Ledger module (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 11:00 Finance Division, At Participant's Desk

This course enables users to learn the basics of how the General Ledger module works, how to run online account enquiries and how to process journals.

It is run as two webinars with some pre-course reading

Webinar 1: For everyone

Webinar 2: Optional, if you are not going to be using journals it is not compulsory but may be of interest

Thursday 10 September 2020

09:30
Virtual - How to Excel - Part 1 & 2 (For Finance Staff) (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 11:30 Finance Division, At Participant's Desk

This course will enable the participants to practice existing spreadsheet skills and develop more advanced skills within the context of UFS data. There will be the opportunity to extract data from the system and learn to manipulate, analyse and use it for reporting purposes. The course runs over two sessions and participants will need to attend both of these sessions.

Virtual - GL 1: Getting Started in the General Ledger module (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 11:00 Finance Division, At Participant's Desk

This course enables users to learn the basics of how the General Ledger module works, how to run online account enquiries and how to process journals.

It is run as two webinars with some pre-course reading

Webinar 1: For everyone

Webinar 2: Optional, if you are not going to be using journals it is not compulsory but may be of interest

Tuesday 15 September 2020

10:00
Virtual - Cognos Introduction (1 of 2) Finished 10:00 - 11:30 Finance Division, At Participant's Desk

Cognos is a reporting tool that utilises data from CUFS to provide users with additional reports and options. This introductory course is designed for new reporters - covering everything from running a report successfully as well as a number of useful tips and shortcuts.

Note: This course is mandatory in order to attend either of the following two courses below.

What this introductory course does not do is go through in detail the outputs of each individual report. Report outputs are explained in further detail in the courses above.

Wednesday 16 September 2020

10:00
Virtual - Cognos Introduction (2 of 2) Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Finance Division, At Participant's Desk

Cognos is a reporting tool that utilises data from CUFS to provide users with additional reports and options. This introductory course is designed for new reporters - covering everything from running a report successfully as well as a number of useful tips and shortcuts.

Note: This course is mandatory in order to attend either of the following two courses below.

What this introductory course does not do is go through in detail the outputs of each individual report. Report outputs are explained in further detail in the courses above.

Thursday 17 September 2020

09:30
Virtual - Budgeting 1: Introduction to budgeting in the University Finished 09:30 - 12:00 Finance Division, At Participant's Desk

This session covers the theory and practice of budgeting in the University, how to interpret department budget reports and understand the causes of overspends (and underspends) against budgets. The course refers closely to Chapter 3 of the Financial Procedures Manual

Note: This session does not cover the detailed budgeting and rules relating to individual research grants.

Tuesday 29 September 2020

09:30
Virtual - VAT & the University Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Finance Division, At Participant's Desk

This session provides you with a simple overview of the basics and how VAT applies to the University.

This will run as a Teams Live event, details of how to join will be sent to participants prior to the session

10:00
Virtual - Grants Part 2: Grant reports in Cognos (1 of 2) Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Finance Division, At Participant's Desk

This course will concentrate on how to use the Cognos reporting tool to help manage departmental research grants. These reports can be divided into three main categories:

  • Summary financial information for Projects
  • Detailed expenditure analysis
  • Management reports for Grants due to close

In this course we will not access the Grants module in CUFS.

The course material will be split across 2 webinars on consecutive days

Wednesday 30 September 2020

10:00
Virtual - Grants Part 2: Grant reports in Cognos (2 of 2) Finished 10:00 - 11:30 Finance Division, At Participant's Desk

This course will concentrate on how to use the Cognos reporting tool to help manage departmental research grants. These reports can be divided into three main categories:

  • Summary financial information for Projects
  • Detailed expenditure analysis
  • Management reports for Grants due to close

In this course we will not access the Grants module in CUFS.

The course material will be split across 2 webinars on consecutive days

Tuesday 6 October 2020

09:30
Virtual - GL 2: Reporting in the General Ledger (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Finance Division, At Participant's Desk

This course provides users the opportunity to run General Ledger reports and how to interpret them when managing departmental funds.