Introduction
Audience
This guide is intended for system administrators. To use this guide, you should have basic Microsoft Windows, UNIX, and Linux® administration skills.
Finding information
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You can also read PDF versions of the product online help files by clicking the PDF links at the top of each HTML page, or access the PDFs from the IBM Cognos product documentation web page (www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27047187).
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Forward-looking statements
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Samples disclaimer
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