Create an Active Report with a Data Deck

With the introduction of Active Report, IBM Cognos 10 report designers now have the ability to quickly and effectively create dynamic, powerful, interactive, self-contained reports available offline and on the go, which are highly sought after by report consumers. Active Report’s intuitive, drag and drop interface makes it incredibly easy to add interactivity and functionality… Read More »

End of Year Training Special!

Ironside Group is offering a one time discount on all of our public and onsite training classes until December 30th. Public Training Classes: Send two students, the third  student is free. Report Studio Fundamentals-$1350 Advanced-$900  *Both-$2250 Administration-$1350 Business Insight Advanced-$900 Framework Manager Fundamentals-$1350 Advanced-$900  *Both-$2250 Active Reports-$450  Onsite Training Classes: Buy four days of onsite… Read More »

IBM Cognos and JavaScript – Part I

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 »

IBM Cognos 8 Advanced Reporting – Hidden Prompts

In the past, we have introduced techniques around dynamic prompting by utilizing a number of Cognos Report Studio built-in features. Occasionally there are scenarios that will necessitate the need to set a report parameter without prompting the user to select a value. For instance, there may be a case where the report developer needs to… Read More »

IBM Cognos 8 Report Studio Training – Feb 14-18, 2011

The Ironside Group is excited to once again publicly offer both our Fundamentals and Advanced Report Studio Training courses in back-to-back fashion. As with all of our course offerings, this curricula is lead by our veteran consultants who have decades of in-depth applied technical experience with IBM Cognos software. Take advantage of this special combined… Read More »