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IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
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IBM Cognos Business Intelligence

by Dustin Adkison
May 2013
Intermediate to advanced
318 pages
6h 44m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 1. IBM Cognos Connection

IBM Cognos Connection is the out-of-the-box interface that IBM provides with IBM Cognos Business Intelligence. It is the primary interface for finding reports, opening development studios, and collaborating with other users within your business intelligence environment. IBM Cognos Connection was first introduced with Cognos ReportNet (CRN), but it is worth revisiting here in order to set the stage for the rest of the book.

In this chapter, we will look at the concept of web-based reporting, talk about the customizations that are available, and explore the interface, that is, IBM Cognos Connection. Some of the areas that we will look at are:

  • Web-based reporting
  • The welcome page
  • Folder structures
  • My Area
  • Searching
  • Running ...
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