At PMsquare we take pride in staying current on all advancements made in our industry to best serve our clients. Here we’d like to honor a few individuals on their latest achievements.
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This technical blog shares tips and recommendations for getting the most from IBM Cognos Analytics. Token Prompts allow authors to create extremely efficient code that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to make.
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PMsquare is pleased to announce the release of PMsquare Thrive, a powerful solution for driving end user engagement and monitoring environmental stability in IBM Cognos Analytics. Thrive gives administrators and analytics leaders unparalleled visibility.
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When deciding whether or not you should upgrade your IBM Cognos stack, one major factor should involve assessing whether or not the release is stable. There are many avenues used when assessing the stability of a given release. Find assessment tools here.
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Exciting News: MotioCI and MotioPI Professional are included ‘in the box’ when you upgrade to Cognos Analytics 11.1 and available for free for a limited time.
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When you find yourself presenting – whether to a large crowd or a small group – remember to stand up and smile. The combination of these two simple things will make you a better presenter… right away.
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Several changes have been made to the Reporting interface in Cognos 11.1. In this post, I take an in-depth look at these changes and I think you will agree that for the most part they are very positive.
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Working together with IBM and PMsquare, the University of Louisville built a solution that automatically captures and models data from wearables and other sources, and visualizes it in intuitive dashboards for coaches and athletes.
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In Cognos 11.1, IBM brings long sought improvements to Cognos’ core features while adding advanced analytics and artificial intelligence driven by Watson. Best of all, this huge enhancement is free to all Cognos customers.
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PMsquare is honored to be recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in the United States. The Inc. 5000 lists the top performing private US companies in the magazine’s annual publication and ranked PMsquare 831 out of the 5000 companies that made the 2018 list.
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A personal note from our founder on why punctuality is hugely important for your professional and personal life.
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The drilldown techniques in Cognos are wonderful, click on a column or a row in a table, and you can drill down, and down, and down. But drilling up doesn’t always work well, and sometimes you just want to go back directly to the top level. Sadly Cognos doesn’t provide a quick and easy breadcrumb solution, but with the advanced drill options it’s possibly to make one so let’s dig into drilldown breadcrumbs in Cognos Analytics.
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The Genius Bar at BACon is stacked with Sr. solution architects, analytics wizards, and thought leaders ready to meet with you. Bring your questions and technical issues for one-on-one advice free of charge. Some of our resident geniuses include:
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BACon 2018 is our signature conference which provides opportunities for technical enablement and hands-on training. Learn more about our plan for 2018!
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This article explores the importance of professional appearance and how it relates to career success. In this article, we will review why what we wear matters, what to wear in various situations we may find ourselves in, and how what we wear can even change how we feel about ourselves.
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Cognos comes with a lot of built-in groups and roles that are difficult to manage from a security standpoint and do not always cater to the needs of every organization. PMsquare recommends an intersection approach of capabilities and functional group security to create a flexible and maintainable model for Cognos security.
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This is the second installment in a series I’m writing about career success. Each month I am counting down my 20 tips for career success. This post covers Tip 19: Set Goals and Self-Review.
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In April IBM introduced a new program that streamlines licensing for IBM Analytics customers. The FlexPoints program simplifies current perpetual based IBM licensing along three core platforms: Data Science and Business Analytics; Hybrid Data Management; and Unified Governance and Integration.
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In this article, I will examine how to streamline and improve data-level security in Cognos Framework Manager.
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Do you find yourself adding the same image or making the same formatting changes to all of your Cognos reports? Do the standard Cognos colors for lists and crosstabs not do it for you?
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