IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence: The Official Guide

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Self-Service Query Authoring

Query Studio is a simple query authoring interface designed for business people who know their business, but don’t know how or have the time to write complex reports. Using Query Studio, you can retrieve data from a source and put it into query format. After you create queries, Query Studio provides the tools you need to dress up the query using the same type of formatting tools you would use in any of the Microsoft Office products. Finally, you can share queries with licensed Cognos 8 users such as management, co-workers, colleagues, and investors who have access to Cognos Connection.

Throughout this chapter, you will see different features from the Query Studio menu and toolbars. Most of the options available ...