The subscription option is available when you run and view a report. Using this feature is only recommended if you you are consuming it yourself and you don't need to send this to someone else. Once you subscribe to a report, you will be notified each time your report is delivered.
Log in to Cognos Analytics at http://reporting.northwestern.edu.
- Navigate to and select the report you want to subscribe to. Fill in prompts if applicable.
- From the Navigation bar, select ... > Subscribe.
1. Select the frequency with which you want the subscription to refresh using the Schedule tab. Click "Daily time interval" if you want it to refresh multiple times in a day.
2. Daily time interval allows you to set when the schedule will refresh during each day that it will run.
3. Period allows you to set a start date/time and end date/time for the subscription.
4. Under the Options tab, select one or more formats for the report output. Select "Enable accessibility support" if you would like Cognos to provide accommodations for users who have a disability such as limited vision.
5. Click the Delivery tile and select how you would like the report to be delivered.
6. Click the Prompts tab to view the values that will be used to run the report each time. If you would like to make any changes, click the edit (pencil) icon in the top right corner.
7. Be sure to click the Save button to create the subscription.
Click on this button to view your Subscription Notifications: 
(Note: Depending on how many unread notifications you have, the icon will auto update. In this case, there is one unread notification.) 