Customizing Cognos reports

This scenario describes how to customize reports by using the Cognos Reporting framework. IBM Verify Identity Governance, provides some default reports that cover critical use cases. Aside from the static reports, you can easily customize reports in Cognos.

Procedure

  1. Open the Cognos® URL http://IP address or host name:port/bi/v1/disp in a browser.
  2. On the home page, click Launch and then select Cognos Workspace Advanced.
  3. Select the IdentityManagerReportingModel_10.0 package. A new window opens an advanced workspace for customizing reports.
  4. Click Create New.
  5. Select List template, then click OK. A canvas opens. Select the items that you need from the right panel to customize your report.

    The right panel shows the IBM Verify Identity Governance metadata model. The model is divided based on customer values. Each of the model is divided into two categories, such as configuration and audit.

    The Audit category has all the information that is required to generate audit report. The configuration model has information that you can use to design configuration-related reports.