A well designed page should include some form of notification explaining why certain actions are, or are not working. So let’s dive back into some custom JavaScript in Cognos to resolve.
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As the number of reports generated by a company continues to grow, it becomes harder to maintain a uniform look and feel across them all. But by using Cognos layout component references, you can maintain professional and uniform reports.
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In the previous article, we talked about controls via custom javaScript in Cognos Analytics. We created a select prompt that dynamically generates list of field names in a specified list, and allows the user to toggle the visibility of individual columns. In this article, we’ll spend some time on date prompts and datasets and look at cases where we don’t need to generate an interface control, and go over a practical example.
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There are many times when an end user might want to see the same data in multiple formats, all in one email. Let’s take a look at this kind of Cognos Report Customization together.
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What’s new in Cognos Analytics Release 6? One might as well ask what isn’t new in Cognos R6! OK a bit of an exaggeration, but for those charged with getting information into the hands and in front of the eyes of those who need it there are several new and improved features which make this release compelling.
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Conducting a performance test is a great way to validate an environment after changes have been made. Fortunately, there is JMeter for Cognos Analytics.
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In every new release of Cognos, there are some ups, and there are some downs. And while some people may have a lot to complain about in Cognos Analytics, there are some shining advances that force me to forgive all the questionable design decisions (even the loss of the menu and button bars in Report Studio).
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In this article I will show you how to use prompt macros in Cognos to accomplish this goal and many other more complex reporting requirements.
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When authoring reports in which you have one or more Tree Prompt controls most often you do not present the hierarchy path for specific data sets. We can accomplish this using a series of Singletons and queries; we will construct the Breadcrumb trail.
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There are many times when an end user might want to see the same data in multiple formats all in one email. Let’s take a look at this kind of Cognos Report Customization together.
IBM released an announcement of the end of support for Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.x versions. In alignment with continued enhancements to IBM Cognos Analytics 11 IBM has announced that April 30, 2018 is the official Cognos BI end of support date for versions 10.2.x.
It’s a common question I run into when beginning a brand new implementation (or an architectural overall) of Cognos BI. I’ve recently become convinced, however, that personal bias aside; there is an objective “right” answer to this question for about 90% of those asking the question.
In my experience as a consultant I’ve discovered some helpful methods for professional authoring in Report Studio. So let’s look at how to accelerate essential IBM Cognos activities.
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Even if you build it, they probably still aren’t coming. The truth is that if you build it, you avoid information overload, you focus on more than the flash, you get business buy-in, you enable your users, you provide relevant information, and you create internal ambassadors, they should come.
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In the new release of Cognos Analytics (C11), there are many features from Cognos Business Intelligence (C10) that have intentionally been left out in an attempt to guide customers towards IBM’s goal of smarter self-service. And the ability to enable legacy features in Cognos Analytics is critically important to customers evaluating the latest version.
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