Cognos Framework Manager (FM) is an essential part of using IBM Cognos Analytics. In addition to being the designated Business Intelligence (BI) modelling tool of the Cognos family, FM is where operators can implement data-level security.
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Along with the 11.0.4 release of Cognos Analytics, IBM released an automated script to configure IIS as the gateway. This has made standing up a new environment significantly easier. Let’s explore how to configure IIS in Cognos Analytics.
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The IBM Think 2018 Conference is only a few weeks away (March 19 -22 in Las Vegas) and will be a gathering point for professionals from around the world to explore leading innovations in the world of business and technology.
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In this post, I will show a helpful Cognos reporting tip – how using Text Variable property can fix this problem.
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With 1000’s of training sessions and technical labs to choose from, building your itinerary might be daunting. If you aren’t sure which Analytics sessions to attend, here are our picks for the 12 top analytics sessions at IBM Think 2018.
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Do you remember how tedious it was to custom skin Cognos in the 10.x portal? Fortunately, in the new and more extensible version of Cognos Analytics, much of that process of customizing your environment is now much easier to implement and maintain.
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Have you ever made a change to a report that broke something unintended? How do you quickly revert back to the previous version? How do you see all of the recent changes to figure out which one caused the issue? This is where version control becomes incredibly useful.
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In this article, I will explore how to get one of my most popular widgets for Cognos 10 – the searchable checkbox list – to work in Cognos Analytics interactive mode. In theory it should still work for non-interactive mode, but what do we have for interactive mode?
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IBM was identified as a BI platform leader for analytics solutions in a recent analyst publication from the Business Application Research Center. The report, known as the BARC Score, evaluates enterprise BI platform solutions on two core dimensions: market execution and portfolio capabilities.
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If you want to use Cognos to its maximum potential, knowing how Cognos is being used within your user community is vitally important. You need to know who’s using it, how often, and what content is utilized most often.So how do you make user adoption thrive in Cognos?
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An often requested feature in Cognos is the ability to make a list with expandable rows. There are a few different scripts to support this in Cognos 10, but they do not work in Cognos Analytics.
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This is the first article in a series that will take you through my 20 tips for career success. Each month, I’ll be releasing a new tip.
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Did you realize that you can connect your Cognos Analytics system to a cloud-based big data analytics warehouse? You can, and it’s not that difficult to set up Google BigQuery in Cognos Analytics.
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BACon is PMsquare’s signature Business Analytics Conference of the year. If you are on the fence, here are 21 reasons to attend BACon 2017:
In this article I continue to explore ways to use custom JavaScript in Cognos to modify prompts.
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The BI landscape is rapidly changing. Unlock more value from your organizational data with expert perspective, training, and knowledge sharing at BACon 2017, our signature customer event.
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Big data is often seen the enabler of continual competitive advantage. But it’s no big surprise that big data can be unwieldy. To help you convert big data to smart data, here are some recommendations and guidelines to help you tweak your knowledge and industry experience to make them your own.
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You might be wondering what options are available now that World of Watson is Cancelled. Many organizations value analytics events like World of Watson for the high caliber of content, presentations, and hands-on access to the latest analytics developments.
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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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