Active Reports has been quite the buzz since its introduction. As more organizations move to Cognos 10 we have seen many seasoned report developers experiment with Active Reports. In an effort to shorten the learning curve I’m going to go over a few quick tips that I have found useful.
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5 Tips to Building Effective IBM Cognos Active Reports
Filed Under: Newsletter Tagged With: Data Decks, IBM Cognos 10, IBM Cognos Active Reports, MHT bundle
What you need to know about IBM Cognos licensing
When talking to new or existing IBM Cognos customers, there often seems to be confusion around Cognos licensing. The new functionality in C10 adds to this complexity. In hope of shedding some light on this topic, this article will discuss the impact of C10 and the different roles. In a follow-up article next month we… Read More »
Filed Under: Newsletter Tagged With: Active Report, Business Insight Advanced, C8, Cognos Insight, IBM Cognos 10
Managing SKIPCHECK and Feeders in IBM Cognos- Part II
Inter-cube Feeders In my previous month’s article on “Managing the Art of Feeders”, we reviewed the concept of using Skipcheck and Feeder functionality in standard TM1 rules. In this month’s article, we will discuss further enhancing a developer’s capability around writing rules within TM1 and review the concept of inter-cube feeders. While much of the… Read More »
Filed Under: Newsletter Tagged With: Feeders, IBM Cognos TM1, Skipcheck, TM1
Managing SKIPCHECK and Feeders in IBM Cognos TM1
When you first begin to use TM1, especially if you came from the EP world as I did, you can quickly become enamored with how well TM1 can handle large cubes with ease. You can create multiple hierarchies within a cube and within those hierarchies TM1’s sparse consolidation algorithm aggregates values at light speed. You… Read More »
Filed Under: Newsletter Tagged With: Feeders, IBM Cognos TM1, Skipcheck, TM1
Ironside Group expands to the Southeast
Happy New Year! Ironside Group is pleased to announce its expansion into the Southeast by opening its newest office at 659 Auburn Avenue, Suite 158, Atlanta, GA. Ironside is a premier and exclusive IBM business partner specializing in business intelligence and data warehousing (Cognos), corporate performance management (TM1 and FSR) and predictive analytics (SPSS). Since… Read More »
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