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IBM Cognos BI - Modelling with Prompts and Parameter Maps in Framework Manager

Fri, 05/28/2010 - 05:00
Ensuring performance, flexibility, and reduced maintenance when using prompts and parameter maps within a Framework Manager model.
Categories: Database

IBM Cognos Proven Practices: Troubleshooting IBM Cognos 8 Virtual View Manager Installations(Checklist)

Fri, 05/28/2010 - 05:00
A checklist to troubleshoot IBM Cognos 8 Virtual View Manager (VVM) installation problems.
Categories: Database

IBM Cognos Proven Practices: Guidelines to Monitoring Company and Group Status by Form for IBM Cognos Controller

Thu, 05/27/2010 - 05:00
A guideline to creating a report that will help you review status of Company or Group by Form
Categories: Database

Managing pureQuery client optimization in Web application environments, Part 2: Optimizing applications in clustered environments

Thu, 05/27/2010 - 05:00
pureQuery client optimization can improve the performance, security, and administration of Java database applications. The first article in this two-part series described how how to enable client optimization on a single application server node. This second article uses scenarios to describe how to configure and work with client optimization in clustered application server environments, specifically, clustered WebSphere Application Server environments. .
Categories: Database

Configuring DB2 pureScale for disaster recovery using DS8700 Metro Mirror

Thu, 05/27/2010 - 05:00
The DB2(R) pureScale Feature builds on familiar and proven design features from the IBM DB2 for z/OS(R) database software. This article describes how to deploy the DB2 pureScale Feature in a disaster recovery configuration. This configuration leverages the IBM DS8700 Metro Mirror functionality to replicate changes made on the source site to the target site.
Categories: Database

IBM Cognos Proven Practices: Guidelines and Examples of Allocations for IBM Cognos Controller 8X

Thu, 05/27/2010 - 05:00
This document will provide information on performing allocations in IBM Cognos Controller
Categories: Database

DB2 9.7: Run Oracle applications on DB2 9.7 for Linux, Unix, and Windows

Wed, 05/26/2010 - 05:00
DB2 9.7 for Linux, Unix, and Windows has out-of-the-box support for Oracle's SQL and PL/SQL dialects. This allows many applications written against Oracle to execute against DB2 virtually unchanged. In this article, get a high-level overview of what Oracle compatibility means in DB2. Whether you want to switch your custom application to DB2 or extend your DBMS vendor support to DB2, now is your time.
Categories: Database

IBM Cognos Proven Practices: Leveraging the Durable Models Technique in IBM Cognos 8.4.1

Tue, 05/25/2010 - 05:00
This document expands on the exiting Durable Models document and explains a process that can be followed in 8.4.1 to create durable models.
Categories: Database

IBM Cognos Proven Practices: IBM Cognos 8 on zLinux - Guest Configuration

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 05:00
A testing and optimization approach used while using a single logical partition Logical Partition (LPAR) on z10.
Categories: Database

IBM Cognos Proven Practices: Modifying the UI in IBM Cognos 8 Go! Dashboard

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 05:00
How to change the IBM Cognos Go! Dashboard UI.
Categories: Database

IBM Cognos Proven Practices: Configuring LDAP authentication for TM1 9.5

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 05:00
This document is meant to supplement the TM1 9.5 Operations Guide as it describes the task of configuring LDAP authentication for TM1 9.5 in greater detail.
Categories: Database

IBM Cognos Proven Practices: IBM Cognos 8 BI – Query Across Dimensional Data Sources

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 05:00
A technique in which two dimensional sources can be compared to one another using a union and conditional formatting.
Categories: Database

Managing Library Server table space on IBM Content Manager 8.4.2

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 05:00
IBM Content Manager (CM) provides a scalable and flexible solution that provides an enterprise information management infrastructure. Applications with a large volume of data usually require customized table space management of Library Server. Traditionally, this customized table space management is achieved by deferring data definition language (DDL) execution. This article introduces you to a new Library Server table space customization method that is easier to use and can potentially reduce user errors. This new method is available starting with CM 8.4.2
Categories: Database

Integrate Google Maps with Cognos 8

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 05:00
The Google Maps application is commonly used by people around the world. Many prefer to use this application over other custom provided maps. Even though Cognos has its own maps as a powerful feature, some users like to see their data integrated or represented using open source tools such as Google Maps. In this article, follow a step-by-step guide to see how to integrate Google Maps in Cognos reports, providing a way for you to represent tabular data in a spatial context.
Categories: Database

Deploying the DB2 pureScale Feature

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 05:00
The DB2(R) pureScale Feature for Enterprise Server Edition builds on familiar and proven design features from the IBM DB2 for z/OS(R) database software. This article describes how to deploy the DB2 pureScale Feature. The example scenario is based on a configuration using two P6 550s servers connected to a DS5300 storage controller.
Categories: Database

IBM Cognos Proven Practices: Approach to the IBM Cognos 8 SDK

Tue, 05/18/2010 - 05:00
The IBM Cognos 8 Software Development Kit (SDK) can be used to create anything from simple utility applications to full-scale, highly complex applications. Indeed, most of the functionality provided through IBM Cognos 8 Connection can be re-created using the IBM Cognos 8 SDK.
Categories: Database