IBM Cognos 10 Framework Manager

Creating the presentation layer

Once we have completed all the modeling steps, we are ready to create our presentation layer.

The presentation layer is the layer of our framework model that is available to report authors.

Tip

Create a new namespace called Presentation Layer.

Grouping data items

The first thing we must consider while creating our presentation layer is how to create groupings of related items. For example, order lines, order headers, customers, and order items could be a group of items that logically go together; invoice lines, invoice headers, customers, and invoiced items could be another logical group. Generally, we would group together items that make sense from a business viewpoint.

Using folders and namespaces

In earlier chapters, ...