Category Archives: Tech Tips

Customizing Cognos URL Objects (Part II)

By Susan Ma | Published: August 2, 2010
In part one of our customizing Cognos URL objects article, we discussed how to create a new URL link in Cognos Connection and change its default action to be open in a new re-sizable window to demonstrate one method of extending the existing Cognos capabilities. When developing Cognos professional reports, often times we get similar [...]
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Designing Effective IBM Cognos Report Studio Templates

By Greg Bonnette | Published: July 8, 2010
In the past we’ve discussed the benefits of changing the default skins within your organizations different IBM Cognos environments, and we’ve also tackled the use of Layout Component References to help centralize and simplify repetitive report design tasks which can be otherwise time consuming. Now we will combine these concepts along with some new techniques [...]
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Customizing Cognos URL Objects (Part 1)

By Susan Ma | Published: June 2, 2010
How Do URLs Currently Work In Cognos Within IBM Cognos, a URL object is a very easy way of linking to any external file or web site. Using URLs helps you keep the files and web sites you use most frequently at your fingertips. However, the default behavior of a Cognos URL object opens the [...]
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Creating Dynamic IBM Cognos Reports with jQuery

By Greg Bonnette | Published: May 4, 2010
There is a growing need to provide more dynamic and interactive reporting for technically savvy consumers that have elevated expectations for how their data should be presented to them. With the arrival of IBM Cognos 8.4 comes Cognos Mashup Services, an API that empowers us to build modern looking and feeling web applications using IBM Cognos [...]
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Presenting in Calendar Format

By Ralph Baker | Published: May 4, 2010
The Problem Over the past several years, we have had a number of customers inquire about a method to deliver real-time  scheduling information in a common calendar format.  Typically this requires the ability to schedule events around or related to other events, update dates in a separate application, and view the resulting calendar information immediately. [...]
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