Monthly Archives: January 2010

Understanding the Cognos Application Firewall

By Greg Bonnette | Published: January 29, 2010
If you’ve spent any time administering or configuring an IBM Cognos installation, then you have likely encountered and possibly pondered the feature known as the Cognos Application Firewall (CAF). The name itself seems to attract attention, and we are often asked for additional information about this feature by administrators and information security professionals who work [...]
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IBM Cognos 8 and SAP BW

By Tim Kreytak | Published: January 5, 2010
IBM-Cognos 8 and SAP One of the advantages that IBM-Cognos 8 brings to the table in any implementation is the ability to handle varying data sources. One particularly complex data source that is often encountered is SAP BW. IBM-Cognos has invested heavily in this integration, giving  SAP customers the potential to significantly enhance the value [...]
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Dynamic Prompting based on User Selection

By De Hsieh | Published: January 4, 2010
In this month’s Tech Tips we’ll run through a demo on how to display dynamic prompts based on user selection. This is especially useful if you want to offer a lot of functionality in a report without confusing the user with a myriad of unnecessary prompting. Hidden prompts will appear when the user makes specific [...]
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