Back in my cognos days i spend a lot of time on similar issues, including the headerline scenario where the header table the 1 end of the 1 n relation stored a fact. From the model, we will use the inventory fact query from the business view as a relational data source to build our measure dimension. Samples 323 great outdoors samples 323 the great outdoors group of companies. The samples are based on the sample outdoors company database. Some of the terms that are used in this tutorial are unique to the elements of the cognos insight user interface. The samples described in this chapter are available to download from the. If you have access to a cognos 8 bi installation, you can install the great outdoor sample databases which also come with framework manager fm models and packages for cognos. Sep 20, 2017 how to import the samples deployment 11. Ibm cognos analysis for microsoft excel version 10. The installation package includes cognos sample databases that contain sales, marketing, and financial information for a fictitious entity called great outdoors. Jul 31, 2017 new and changed features for cognos analytics. In the connection page, click the type of database that you restored and want to connect to, select an isolation level, and click next. To prepare for this tutorial, you must install ibm cognos insight, download the. The models are based on the go data warehouse and the go sales transactional database and are the.
The go sales and great outdoors databases for compatible and dynamic query. The ibm cognos business intelligence samples include samples for ibm cognos analysis for microsoft excel. Jun 09, 2011 as you can see the report path is being generated from the cognos report function reportpath. Once users have successfully implemented these processes users can publish. The great outdoors models illustrate modeling techniques and support the samples. Surprisingly, cognos managed to come up with the proper solution based on the proper cardinality setting. The go sales dynamic cube samples requires the previous step. Installing the cognos samples installation package cognossource. To prepare for this tutorial, you must install ibm cognos insight, download the samples, and learn about the. Samples 57 the great outdoors company samples 57 the great outdoors group of. Installation instructions and prerequisites are also on this page. If you want to use the samples, your ibm cognos bi administrator must install them from the ibm cognos business intelligence samples disk.
Installing ibm cognos analysis for microsoft excel to use ibm cognos analysis for microsoft excel, you must install microsoft. Mar 04, 2017 instructional video on the process of importing the great outdoors sales and great outdoors warehouse sample databases. From the model, we will use the inventory fact query from the business view as a. Installing the great outdoors company sample package. Setup the great outdoors company sample with sql server as. If you work in a corp environment where they wont let you load the sample data files then you are forced to download a 30 day trial version of which the link in the book doesnt work. Samples 323 great outdoors samples 323 the great outdoors group of companies 324 employees 325 sales and marketing 325 great outdoors database, models, and packages 326 setting up the samples 328 restore backup files for the samples databases 329. This video will show you how to find and import the core sample. The data is from the great outdoors sample database. Samples disclaimer the sample outdoors company, great outdoors company, go sales, any variation of the sample outdoors or great outdoors names, and planning sample depict fictitious business operations with sample data used to develop sample applications for ibm and ibm customers. Try ibm cognos express free for 30 days for integrated. Instructions on installing the samples can be found on the ibm site. Instructions for installing the full samples and restoring the sample.
Configure cognos 8 components to run within a thirdparty certificate authority 321 chapter14. Dashboard samples package contains dashboard samples based on the great outdoors company sample content that is available for use with cognos 8 bi. The import messages pane displays the actions that cognos insight will perform when you import the. If you want to install the samples in rational insight cognos, refer to the installation instructions in the cognos samples documentation. Samples 227 the great outdoors company samples 228 the great outdoors group of companies 229 employees 230 sales and marketing 230 great outdoors database, models, and packages 231 install the ibm cognos 8 samples 234 setting up the samples 235 install translated product documentation 250 install and configure additional language fonts 251. Cognos bi installation and configuration on apache. Open cognos connection and select cognos administration configuration content administration. Great outdoors database, models, and packages report.
The sdk samples are provided mostly in java, though some are. Indeed this was the one and only thing to make sure of to be properly. Creating data source connections for the great outdoors. How do i learn cognos by myself without data to work on. Download a free trial of ibm cognos express, the first and only integrated business intelligence bi and planning solution purposebuilt for midsize companies.
Instructional video on the process of importing the great outdoors sales and great outdoors warehouse sample databases. The cognos insight window includes the following parts. Once users have successfully implemented these processes users can publish dynamic cube to the cognos connection. The import data importing page of the import wizard appears. Samples disclaimer the great outdoors company, go sales, any variation of the great outdoors name, and planning sample depict fictitious business operations with sample data used to develop sample applications for ibm and ibm customers. I have launched ibm cognos connection successfully. Samples 227 the great outdoors company samples 228 the great outdoors group of companies 229 employees 230 sales and marketing 230 great outdoors database, models. Setup the great outdoors company sample with sql server as the reporting database.
The sdk developer guide again, cognos 8 should contain enough information to help you get started on putting your own library together. These fictitious records include sample data for sales transactions, product distribution, finance, and human resources. Samples disclaimer the great outdoors company, go sales, any variation of the great outdoors name, and planning sample depict fictitious business operations with sample data used to. User guide 3 view a report in excel 2000 format introduction 7 chapter 1. There are prerequisites for installing the great outdoors sample database for. Query studio user guide illinois institute of technology. Samples 57 the great outdoors company samples 57 the great outdoors group of companies 58 employees 60 sales and marketing 60 great outdoors database, models, and packages 61 setting up the samples 63 restore backup files for the samples databases 64. Other methods involve pulling the data from an external xml sheet via ajax, or populating it with javascript. This will only work from cognos connection, so you may want to manually put the full path of the report so you can run it from report studio.
Cognos 8 getting started teaching new users how to use cognos 8 using cognos connection to publish, find, manage, organize, and view cognos content, such as scorecards, reports. Cognos 8 getting started teaching new users how to use cognos 8 using cognos connection to publish, find, manage, organize, and view cognos content, such as scorecards, reports, analyses, and agents cognos connection user guide managing servers, security, reports, and portal services. The setting for the tutorial in this tutorial, you work for the sample outdoors company. If you had you would have seen that the great outdoors files are copied to your machine when you install tm1. Using query studio 9 open the web portal 10 creating a report 10 create a report 11 open an existing report 11. Configure odbc connection to sql server in ibm cognos administration 6. In this blog, we will setup the go sales and go sales warehouse samples and restore the databases into microsoft sql server. Sample reports in the great outdoors company package 209. Why cardinality is so important in a framework model cognospaul. Couldnt get cognos to work despite no errors in log file. Fusion charts free which you can download here there are a number of ways you can populate a fusion chart.
Samples disclaimer the sample outdoors company, great outdoors company, go sales, any variation of the sample outdoors or great outdoors names, and planning sample depict. These fictitious records include sample data for sales transactions, product distribution, finance. Extract the files from the compressed folders and restore the databases. Jan 30, 2018 creating data source connections in cognos analytics to the databases. Techniques for creating reports for cognos office connection 39. The connection string page for the selected database is displayed. This content describes the sample data used in the ibm cognos analytics extended samples. In this post we describe the installation of the cognos samples on an ibm cognos bi and tm1 platform.
The sdk developer guide again, cognos 8 should contain enough information to help you get started on putting your. Measure dimensions ibm cognos 10 framework manager book. As you can see the report path is being generated from the cognos report function reportpath. The sample outdoors company, great outdoors company, go sales, any. This will only work from cognos connection, so you may want to manually put the. Ibm cognos windows service credentials choose this option to use the credentials of the. Install ibm cognos 8 business intelligence server on linux. Page 14 the great outdoors company, go sales, any variation of the great outdoors name, and planning sample depict fictitious business operations with sample data used to develop. Report studio 23 planning reports 23 working in report studio 23 the user interface 23 basic report structure 25 working with objects 27 set options. To start, well make a simple query based on the great outdoors company cube. Before you begin ibm cognos for microsoft office is available as a 32bit and 64bit installation. A onepage view of whats new in the latest version of cognos analytics. Application samples for ibm cognos for microsoft office are on a separate disk. Great outdoors database, models, and packages report studio.
This sample is based on the analytic applications demo. Instructions for installing the full samples and restoring the sample great outdoors database are. We will describe how to get the following samples working. If you work in a corp environment where they wont let you load the sample data files then you are forced to download a 30 day trial version of which the link in the. On the system where rational insight is installed, make sure that database backup files are present in the cognoswebcontentsamples. Page 14 the great outdoors company, go sales, any variation of the great outdoors name, and planning sample depict fictitious business operations with sample data used to develop sample applications for ibm and ibm customers. If you have access to a cognos 8 bi installation, you can install the great outdoor sample databases which also come with framework manager fm models and packages for cognos 8 deployment. The go sales and great outdoors databases for compatible and dynamic query mode. But i couldnt find samples under public folders in cognos connection. Why cardinality is so important in a framework model.
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