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IBM Cognos and JavaScript – Part I

July 25, 2011 By 3 Comments

Creating JavaScript solutions in Cognos reports to enhance the out-of-box capabilities of the tool may seem like a daunting task to many Cognos report developers. As a seasoned Cognos developer I can understand this trepidation and it is true that unlike using the Report Studio tool to build professional reports, writing JavaScript code is not… Read More »

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Session Timeout 101

June 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

As a system administrator there are a number of factors that must be considered in regards to overall system stability, usability and performance. One of the many configurations to consider is the Session Timeout settings. For example, you might be asked to set a Session Timeout to a certain number of minutes to prevent reports… Read More »

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IBM Cognos 10: Changing The Global Report Style Sheet

May 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment

In the past we have introduced a couple of ways to standardize report’s appearances such as designing effective IBM Cognos Report Studio templates and the use of Layout Component References to help centralize and simplify repetitive report design tasks. These techniques mainly focus on changing the look and feel within Report Studio. However sometimes you… Read More »

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IBM Cognos 10 Mobile on the iPad

April 15, 2011 By 1 Comment

IBM Cognos on the iPAD?   Of Course we can! Recently we were approached by a new customer with requirements to deliver a Business Intelligence Prototype on a mobile device, specifically an Apple iPAD.  It was an interesting experience, where we learned quite a bit about the combination of the technology, some extremely positive, and… Read More »

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IBM Cognos CSV Files: The Encoding Mystery

April 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The ability to export a report to CSV format is one of great out of box capabilities provided by the IBM Cognos suite of tools. A delimited text (CSV) file can be opened in any application associated with the .csv file type, such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Wordpad, or Star Office in Unix. In addition,… Read More »

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