The Interface of Cognos Transformer

To help new users, this guide generally documents steps using the menus. However, experienced users may prefer to use the drag-and-drop approach, to expedite their work.

Context-Sensitive Help

The Help button on dialog boxes opens the online help in HTML format. You can then scroll to the required topic.

Welcome Page

From the Welcome page, you can create a new model, or open and edit an existing model. The Welcome page also keeps a list of the last four models that you opened or created, with the most recent model listed first. If you try to open a model that has been deleted or renamed, you receive an error message.

The list of recently used models is stored in the cogtr.xml file, which is located in the installation_location/configuration directory.

Property Sheets

Each object defined in a model, such as a level in the dimension map, a category in the category viewer, or an item in a list, has attributes that you can confirm or change in the property sheet for that object.

To open the property sheet for a model object, you can

select the object, then from the Edit menu, click Properties
select the object, then right-click and select Properties
double-click the object