Introduction

IBM® Cognos® Framework Manager is a data modeling product. It lets users import metadata from one or more data sources and transform it into a business-oriented model for creating reports.

This guide is for developers interested in using the collection of cross-platform Web services, libraries, and programming interfaces provided with the IBM Cognos Software Development Kit, to access the full functionality of Framework Manager. You can use the Framework Manager API to model metadata and publish packages without the use of the Framework Manager application.

The document includes both task-oriented and reference information, to help you implement custom solutions for metadata modeling.

Conceptual and procedural information is presented in the initial chapters. Background and reference information appears in the appendixes.

Audience

To use this guide effectively, you should be familiar with the following:

  • Framework Manager
  • XML, HTML, WSDL, and SOAP 1.1 coding standards
  • XSL style sheets
  • Authenticating users

Finding information

To find product documentation on the web, including all translated documentation, access IBM Knowledge Center (http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter).

Forward-looking statements

This documentation describes the current functionality of the product. References to items that are not currently available may be included. No implication of any future availability should be inferred. Any such references are not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. The development, release, and timing of features or functionality remain at the sole discretion of IBM.

Samples disclaimer

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Accessibility features

Consult the documentation for the tools that you use to develop applications to determine their accessibility level. These tools are not a part of this product.

IBM Cognos HTML documentation has accessibility features. PDF documents are supplemental and, as such, include no added accessibility features.