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This information can be located under the "Settings" on the iPad. To check the iPad version select About and check, on the following screen, the "Version" information listed there. -- Open Settings -- Select "General" and then "About" -- The "Version" information listed there. To check the Cognos Mobile App version information ... -- Open Settings -- Scroll all the way to the bottom of the Settings window -- Under the Apps section you should find IBM Cognos listed -- Select "IBM Cognos" -- The Version and build information is listed there.

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When an email is sent through Cognos with a link to a Cognos report output, a message with 'Invalid URL syntax' is seen intermittently. Multi-server environment with a stand alone Content Manager (no gateway URI field in Cognos Configuration). Issue seen intermittently as it only fails when delivery done through Content Manager. When delivery through Application Tier service, link works. Depending on mail client, will either see 'Invalid URL syntax' or the link is simply not 'clickable'. If the URL is visible in the mail client, the server name (gateway) will be missing from the URL. Cause By default the Delivery Service is enabled on CM only and App Tier only installs. When running a report and sending link via email, you must have saved output. When the Delive...

This technique will allow users to enter a comma-separated string of multiple values that can be passed to a report parameter as a list of multiple items (essentially behaving as a mult-select prompt.) Text box prompts in IBM Cognos ReportNet (CRN) and Cognos 8 (C8) have a special 'Multi-Select' mode that allows users to enter multiple values to pass to a parameter in a report. To use a multi-select text box prompt, a user has to enter a value and hit an 'Insert' button to take a just-entered value and add it to a list of items that will be passed to the report parameter. In some cases, a more efficient way to pass multiple text strings to a parameter in a report is to enter comma separated values such as, "Camping Equipment, Mountaineering Equipment, Golf Equipment" rather than entering each value and hitting the "Insert" button in a multi-select text box prompt. There is no direct way to have a text box prompt handle a comma-separated value st...

Use a filter expression to parse out the values. For example, a report has a prompt with parameter ?ParamZipCode? and is used to filter query item [Zip Code] The filter expression would be as follows: cast([Zip Code],varchar(200)) in ( #csv ( split(' ', split(',', split(' ,', split(' , ', split(', ', prompt('paramZipCode','token') ) ) ) ) ) ) # ) This filter converts the Zip Code to text and looks for the value IN a list of comma separated values. Due to the nature of the macro functions, the result of the function is a series of string elements. The cast function applied to a numeric field ensures that the appropriate data types are being used within the filter expression. The split() macro functions are in place to handle additional white space that users may enter between the comma-delimited values.

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This article provides you information about how one can add a custom message for all Cognos users on Cognos Connection Page Solution 1 : Add the message on the title bar of Cognos Connection. Refer point 1 in image attached. Steps : a. Open <c8_install>webcontent/skins/<skin_used>/shared/banner.css b. find ".mainHeader1middle" c. Modify content as per requirement. Example : .mainHeader1Middle { width:100%; background-image: url(../shared/images/Message.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; } Solution 2 : Add the message on the title bar of table. Refer point 2 in image attached. Steps : a. Open <c8_install>webcontent/skins/<skin_used>/portal/default.css b. find ".tableHeader" c. Modify content as per requirement. Example : .tableHeader { background-color: #ffffff; background-image: url(images/Message.gif); background-repeat: no-repeat; } Please refer to attached snapshot for the location where the message would be ...

By default, only the queue length metric for job, task, and SMTP queue metrics is enabled. The following metrics are also available for each but are set to zero and do not appear in the user interface unless you enable them: Time in queue high water mark Time in queue low water mark Time in queue Number of queue requests Queue length high water mark Queue length low water mark For more information about these metrics, see System Performance Metrics . Note that enabling these settings may affect performance. You must have the required permissions to access IBM Cognos Administration functionality. See Secured Functions and Features . Steps Start IBM ® Cognos ® Connection. In the upper-right corner, click Launch , IBM Cognos Administration . On the Status tab, click System . Click the arrow next to System to display the Actions menu, and then click Set Properties . Click the Settings tab. For the Environment category, next to Advanced settings , cl...

If your organization uses the IBM ® InfoSphere ™ Business Glossary, you can also access the Glossary in IBM Cognos ® software from IBM Cognos Viewer , and from the metadata tree in Report Studio, Query Studio, and Analysis Studio. To access IBM Business Glossary, you must specify the URI of the Glossary Web page. By default, the Glossary search results in IBM Cognos software return all terms that contain the keyword specified in the search. To access the Glossary, users must have permissions for the Glossary capability. For more information, see Secured Functions and Features , and Object Capabilities . Steps In IBM Cognos Connection, click Launch , IBM Cognos Administration . On the Status tab, click System . Click the arrow next to System to display the Actions menu, and then click Set Properties . Click the Settings tab. For the Environment category, IBM Business Glossary URI , type the following URI: http:// server_name : port_number /bg/popup/popupSear...

If you are familiar with databases, you will know that your first preference will be to filter on the clustered index, then on any non-clustered indexes. Any other filtering will force a table scan - a potentially costly operation. But did you know that there are rules for filtering on indexed fields? For example, assuming order date was indexed, this: (current_date,[Order date]) < 30 is less efficient than: [Order date] > (current_date - 30) even though they mean the same thing. The difference is that the first performs an index scan (it looks at every row, performs the calculation, then determines if the row should be included), while the second performs a seek (it positions directly on the first row where the order date is greater than or equal to 30 days ago). The second option has to read far fewer records so it is more efficient. A general rule of thumb is to know your indexed fields, and, if possible, do not perform calculations on those fields. Apply the...

Enhancements to Business Insight Advanced 10.1.1 ·          Custom groups You can create custom groups of existing data items based on elements that you define and that are meaningful to you. ·          Creating sections You can now create sections to show a separate list, chart, or crosstab for a data item. ·          Filtering directly from the data tree When using IBM® Cognos® Business Insight Advanced with relational data sources , you can now filter using measures and query items in the source tree. This allows you to create a filter based on a data item that is not included in your report. ·          Names for lists, crosstab, and chart objects A new Name property for lists, crosstabs, and charts allows you to give these report objects a meaningful business name. These names allow business users to easily recognize t...

While you are working with IBM® Cognos® Mobile on your device, you can use a number of shortcuts for navigation and to perform other actions.  

You may be prompted for your data source credentials when you perform the following actions: view, run, or open an entry use a schedule or a job select the data sources that can be used to create a package You may also be prompted for data source credentials when you use Framework Manager (see the Framework Manager User Guide). You can save your data source credentials so that you are not prompted for them every time. You can also view and delete your data source credentials. If you are an administrator, you can also create or modify data source signons , but if you have a lot of users, it can be unwieldy for data source configurations that require each user to have their own signon since the credentials for each user must be done individually. You can also view the data source credentials for other users. Note that credentials are checked in the following order: first, the signons that you create as an administrator are checked if no credentials are found for the use...

Format : Macro- #prompt(‘pmtName’,’datatype’)# Parameter Map- #$parametermap{prompt(‘pmtName’,’datatype’)}# Session Parameter- #$parametermap{$Sessionparameter}# Date Prompt- to_date(#prompt('Start/END Date', 'varchar')#,'yyyy-mm-dd')

We have seen that cognos macro functions available in framework manager are also available in report studio. Here is a simple list of existing Cognos Macro with description. This list contains functions that can be used within a macro. A macro may contain one or more macro functions. A macro is delimited by a number sign (#) at the beginning and at the end. Everything between the number signs is treated as a macro expression, which is executed at run time. + value1 + value2 Concatenates two strings. Example: # '{' + $runLocale + '}'# Result: {en-us} CAMIDList CAMIDList ( [ separator_string ] ) Returns the pieces of the user's identity (account name, group names, role names) as a list of values separated by commas. Example: #CAMIDList ( )# Result: CAMID("::Everyone"), CAMID(":Authors"), CAMID(":Query Users"), CAMID(":Consumers"), CAMID(":Metrics Authors") CAMIDListForType CAMIDListForType ( identit...

To access IBM Business Glossary, you must specify the URI of the Glossary Web page. By default, the Glossary search results in IBM Cognos 8 return all terms that contain the keyword specified in the search. Steps 1. In IBM Cognos Connection, click Launch, IBM Cognos Administration. 2. On the Status tab, click System. 3. Click the arrow next to System to display the Actions menu, and then click Set Properties. 4. Click the Settings tab. 5. For the Environment category, IBM Business Glossary URI, type the following URI: http://server_name:port_number/bg/popup/popupSearch.do For example, type http://myserver:9080/bg/popup/popupSearch.do 6. All terms that contain the keyword specified in the search are returned. 7. Click OK.