University Identifier University Identifier Upon clicking the Launch button, a template window will display. The CAFR views and reports are created as templates.
Templates allow the user the share the same report layout with many data extracts.
Each CAFR data extract will contain data for a specific period of time. The period of time may represent a single quarter, a single year, etc. As an example, a template allows a report created using first quarter data to easily migrate to using any other available quarter. CDB stands for Cognos DataBase. Each CDB contains a specific type of data.