How will you migrate your reports to QA environment?

Jaycognos

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• Apr 8th, 2008

Through the content Administrator tool present in the cognos connection , we can deploy to QA environment.

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How can we run the Report without using "Run Report" option in Cognos

mmadhoun

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• Jan 2nd, 2010

You can schedule the reports to run automatically by creating an event.

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what is the repeater tableThanks,

srilug

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• Apr 26th, 2008

Repeaters are tables in which you can insert items that are repeated when you run the report. For example, use repeaters to create mailing labels. To build a repeater, drop the items you want in the r...

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How to create Cognos Report? Explain in detail with one example

Jaycognos

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• Jun 26th, 2008

do u need to know in cognos 7 or cognos 8 series ?In Cognos 8 , for eg, using report studio , create a simple list report .for this , you should have the package already created in the FM model. using...

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How can we create a new report using Cognos Impromptu?

sidney

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• Jul 27th, 2010

Open Cognos Impromptu, select file>newBingoYou'll have to select the type of report you want to create list, cross tab etc

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Can u give me small example of cognos testing?

arunkiranrega

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• Aug 11th, 2008

Cognos unit testing includes1) Data checking - you need to match against data exactly what you desired2) You need to check the data format - eg check number of decimal places,date format,time format 3...

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Please explain what is the use of event studio, analysis studio and metric studio and when and where we will use these studios

angel987

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• Jun 26th, 2008

Analysis Studio - an application to analyze cubes and explore business data in a multidimensional manner. Mainly used by business analysts. • Metrics Studio - used for the scorecarding. The idea ...

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How to migrate reports from reportnet to cognos 8

sivabisani

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• Nov 13th, 2008

Hi,In the cognos 8bin directory, there is a tool call RSupgrade.bat, we can use this command to convert Reportnet report spec to Cognos 8.NOTE: RSUpgrade.bat / RSUpgrade.sh is a standalone u...

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i have 4 countries in my database as USA, UK, INDIA, CHANA. In value prompts prompt control list, i want WESTERN_COUNTRIES, ASIAN_COUNTRIES instead of those country names. When i click on WESTERN_COUNTRIES, it should retrieve USA, UK records and when i click on ASIAN_COUNTRIES, it should retrieve INDIA, CHINA records. How is it possible,,,pls tell me

Khushboo Kapadia

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• Jun 12th, 2008

From Query Explorer, open up the query for which the filters should be applied on. 2) Drag a Filter object from the Toolbox tab to the Detail Filters pane.3) In the Expression Definition, enter the fo...

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What is the difference between count and running-count functions?

Khushboo Kapadia

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• Jun 11th, 2008

For each row, this displays the quantity and a running count of the position of current row.Name-------SmithSmithSmithSmithWongWongQty------736435Count---------444433Running-Count for name--------------------------------------123412

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How much time it will take to develop a report in real time? It depends upon the complexity of the report, so tell me the approximate time period for a simple list, cascading, master-detail, drill-through,..�etc?

sandeep8000861

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• Jun 19th, 2008

A report can be created in less than one minute to sometimes around 1-week.It depends on the business logic/rule that is to be incorporated into the report.All the filters, prompts, conditional format...

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what are the frequently faced problems while developing the reports in report studio? And how can those problems are debugged?

sathish.devireddy

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• Jun 12th, 2008

Unexpected data com to picturefilters may not workdata retriving

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How can you restrict the number of values available for a prompt?

roopacrn

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• Jun 2nd, 2009

Apply filter on the associated column for the particular prompt.

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Hello everyone, I am using Report Studio in Report Net. I have a value prompt that I would like to display a code number and its description. As it is now, it will only display either the code number or the description, not both. Is there anyway I can display both with a space in the middle? Thanks!!

angel987

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• Jun 24th, 2008

1)create a new data item in that concatenate code with the description2) in the properties of value prompt select the display value to the new data item created.

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How to convert Crystal Reports into Cognos Reports?

IBMCognosPartner

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• Jun 22nd, 2009

If you are looking for a simple answer, there aren't any!? The two products are dramatically different with few common features and functionalities. Ive completed several of these conversions and ...

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sandeep8000861

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• Jul 24th, 2008

Click on the Set Properties button of the particular report. You get a lot of details of that report like report name and description. You can change the name of the report.

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How we will provide security to the reports in cognos8?

sivabisani

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• Nov 13th, 2008

Hi,For reports we apply the security in Cognos connection.go to cc from the actions->setpropertiesicon->permissions->click the check box overide the permission and then set required properties to protect to ur reports.Let me know if u have any another solution.Thankssiva

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What is the procedure to create bookmarks to a report in Cognos 8 Report Studio?

kiran_tsa

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• Jul 22nd, 2009

Create a report with two lists. Insert a single Data Item (Product Name) in list one. Right click the Data Item (Product Name) in the list and go to Drill Through. Add a new Drill Through, and choo...

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How can you link a query to a data container manually in Report Studio?

sandeep8000861

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• Apr 29th, 2009

The various data containers available in Report Studio are Page, List, Crosstab, Chart, Repeater, Map.To link a particular query to any of the above containers, you need to select the container using ...

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When installing cognos one has a choice to use cognos native repository or use a dbms to store the repository. We are using an oracle database. Can anyone give me an advise which choice is better, considering stability, backup facilities, etcThx

ram_kumar2732

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• Dec 13th, 2008

Without using run options we can run a report by scheduling it. Try it

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