Top 10 Cognos Business Intelligence Proven Practices

The Cognos BI Proven Practices listed on this page were the 10 most popular with our readers in October 2009, based on web hits.

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1. IBM Cognos 8 BI Dimensional Functions

   Find details and examples of the dimensional functions provided within Report Studio for IBM Cognos 8.

2. Performance Tuning Settings for IBM Cognos 8 BI

   Get the best possible performance from IBM Cognos 8 BI. In this article, you'll learn which settings are important and how you can tune them to get the most out of your environment.

3. IBM Cognos 8 BI Performance Tuning Cheat Sheet

   Download this quick reference guide for some of the IBM Cognos 8 BI configuration settings.

4. Notes on Report Bursting in Cognos 8.3

   Find out how bursting operates in IBM Cognos 8.3. This document reviews several scenarios and is designed to complement the information found in the Report Studio Users Guide.

5. Approach to the Cognos 8 SDK

   Create simple utility applications or full-scale, highly complex applications using the Cognos 8 Software Development Kit (SDK). This document focuses on the elements needed to get started with the SDK.

6. Dynamic Dashboards in Cognos 8.3

   Discover the dynamic dashboard capabilities of some of the portlets in IBM Cognos 8.3. The technique will outline the steps needed to create reports and portal pages that will ensure inter portlet communication.

7. Advanced Prompting and Prompt Performance Tuning

   Improve performance of prompt reports when complex queries slow the execution of the first prompt page.

8. Modeling with Prompts and Parameter Maps

   Increase model flexibility, decrease maintenance, and improve performance in ReportNet and IBM Cognos 8 (Framework Manager) using prompts and parameter maps.This document addresses the effects of parameter maps and prompts on SQL generation.

9. IBM Cognos 8 Audit Extension

   Enhance auditing for IBM Cognos 8 BI with this SDK application, which provides additional auditing of users and capability assignments. This version of the application will work with IBM Cognos 8 BI versions 8.3 and 8.4.

10. Customizing the Cognos 8 UI

    Create a custom style (or skin) in IBM Cognos 8 using these tips and techniques. This document provides an overview of the concepts, colors schemes, and files used for skinning in IBM Cognos 8, and provides some task-related examples to illustrate the changes necessary to create your own custom style.

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