IBM Cognos 10 Framework Manager

Chapter 10. Parameter Maps

This chapter introduces session parameters and parameter maps, both of which can be used to customize reports. Session parameters are values pulled from the user session. Parameter maps can be thought of as simple data look-up tables. Each parameter map has two columns, a key column and a value column holding the value that the key represents. A parameter map can be used to create a conditional query that allows for substitutions when a report is run. The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

• Creating and using session parameters
• Creating and using parameter maps

By the end of this chapter, you will understand how session parameters and parameter maps can be created and used within Framework Manager.

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