Cognos Tips & Tricks Archives - Capitalize Analytics https://capitalizeconsulting.com/category/cognos-tips-tricks/ Mon, 12 Sep 2022 22:54:30 +0000 en hourly 1 https://capitalizeconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/favicon.png Cognos Tips & Tricks Archives - Capitalize Analytics https://capitalizeconsulting.com/category/cognos-tips-tricks/ 32 32 The Differences between a Cognos Dashboard and an Active Report https://capitalizeconsulting.com/cognos-dashboard-vs-active-report/ https://capitalizeconsulting.com/cognos-dashboard-vs-active-report/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2019 22:27:13 +0000 https://capitalizeconsulting.com/?p=3150 Cognos Dashboards and Active Reports are both powerful tools that can be utilized for highlighting KPI’s and showcasing relationships between data items in a visual manner. Determining which one to use will depend on, amongst other things, the sources you intend to pull from and the intended end users of …

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]]> https://capitalizeconsulting.com/cognos-dashboard-vs-active-report/feed/ 0 Auditing for Accurate Cognos Reports https://capitalizeconsulting.com/auditing-for-accurate-cognos-reports/ https://capitalizeconsulting.com/auditing-for-accurate-cognos-reports/#respond Fri, 04 Oct 2019 21:02:33 +0000 https://capitalizeconsulting.com/?p=3076 All Cognos reports need to be checked to ensure the report produces accurate data. No report developer wants to discover months after the report is in production that business decisions were made based on an incorrect report. Don’t let this happen to you. Follow the these tips to eliminate any …

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]]> https://capitalizeconsulting.com/auditing-for-accurate-cognos-reports/feed/ 0 Using IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office https://capitalizeconsulting.com/using-ibm-cognos-for-microsoft-office/ https://capitalizeconsulting.com/using-ibm-cognos-for-microsoft-office/#respond Thu, 26 Sep 2019 19:15:24 +0000 https://capitalizeconsulting.com/?p=3053                 IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office is an easy way to get information from an IBM Cognos report to a Microsoft product, such as Excel, Word, or PowerPoint. IBM Cognos is a helpful product for someone who often gives presentations containing data that changes but the other content that remains constant, …

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]]> https://capitalizeconsulting.com/using-ibm-cognos-for-microsoft-office/feed/ 0 Cognos Dashboard Best Practices: Optimize Your Analytics https://capitalizeconsulting.com/cognos-analytics-dashboarding-best-practices/ https://capitalizeconsulting.com/cognos-analytics-dashboarding-best-practices/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2019 18:57:07 +0000 https://capitalizeconsulting.com/?p=2611 Another installment of our educational blog series is here! If you have suggestions for future blog topics, we want to hear them. Email us at marketing@capitalizeconsulting.com with your ideas!

Visualizations are eye-catching when first created. However, once the glamour has worn off, a well-designed dashboard will continue to be used …

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]]> https://capitalizeconsulting.com/cognos-analytics-dashboarding-best-practices/feed/ 4 Invitation: North Texas IBM Cognos User Group Meeting https://capitalizeconsulting.com/invitation-north-texas-ibm-cognos-user-group-meeting-2/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 07:25:28 +0000 https://capitalizeconsulting.com/?p=363 Capitalize Analytics is sponsoring the next North Texas IBM Cognos User Group Meeting on Thursday, August 16, 2018. We, along with IBM, would like to invite you to attend!

The meeting will run from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm with a continental breakfast and lunch provided.

Some of the …

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]]> O&G Tax Calculation: A Cognos Success Story https://capitalizeconsulting.com/og-tax-calculation-a-cognos-success-story/ https://capitalizeconsulting.com/og-tax-calculation-a-cognos-success-story/#respond Tue, 08 May 2018 09:28:00 +0000 https://capitalizeconsulting.com/?p=605 When it comes to taxes, the US government can be particular about how they want taxes prepared and calculated. In the state of Louisiana, taxes are applied to the physical well’s volume and sales allocated, and not to the tract. A tract is an ownership percentage of one-to-many physical wells.…

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]]> https://capitalizeconsulting.com/og-tax-calculation-a-cognos-success-story/feed/ 0 Cognos Web Services: Direct Access to Report Results https://capitalizeconsulting.com/cognos-web-services-direct-access-to-report-results/ https://capitalizeconsulting.com/cognos-web-services-direct-access-to-report-results/#respond Thu, 29 Mar 2018 09:30:57 +0000 https://capitalizeconsulting.com/?p=611 Cognos Web Services (CWS) allows report authors to share a URL that provides direct access to report results. Traditionally, generating report results requires a user to log in to Cognos Connection, navigate through the UI to the desired report, and select prompts and run options each time new results are …

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]]> https://capitalizeconsulting.com/cognos-web-services-direct-access-to-report-results/feed/ 0 Event Studio: On-going events with data change example https://capitalizeconsulting.com/event-studio-on-going-events-with-data-change-example/ https://capitalizeconsulting.com/event-studio-on-going-events-with-data-change-example/#respond Fri, 02 Mar 2018 09:33:24 +0000 https://capitalizeconsulting.com/?p=616 Another installment of our educational blog series is here! If you have suggestions for future blog topics, we want to hear them. Email us at marketing@capitalizeconsulting.com with your ideas!

Event Studio can be used to catch changes in data values that prompt further action by your organization. For instance, last …

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]]> https://capitalizeconsulting.com/event-studio-on-going-events-with-data-change-example/feed/ 0 Prompting Best Practices: To require or not to require, that is the question. https://capitalizeconsulting.com/value-prompt-in-cognos-best-practices/ https://capitalizeconsulting.com/value-prompt-in-cognos-best-practices/#respond Thu, 04 Jan 2018 10:01:17 +0000 https://capitalizeconsulting.com/?p=652 The 2nd installment of our educational blog series is here!

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Updating reports can have its challenges. Sometimes, everything goes according to plan; other times, you are left scratching your head. …

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]]> https://capitalizeconsulting.com/value-prompt-in-cognos-best-practices/feed/ 0 Cognos Tutorial: How to Add a Second Line Per Record for Long Fields Using Grouping and Footers https://capitalizeconsulting.com/cognos-tutorial-how-to-add-a-second-line-per-record-for-long-fields-using-grouping-and-footers/ https://capitalizeconsulting.com/cognos-tutorial-how-to-add-a-second-line-per-record-for-long-fields-using-grouping-and-footers/#respond Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:06:08 +0000 https://capitalizeconsulting.com/?p=663 We’re excited to add an educational component to our blog! Our consultants are great informational resources, and we want to share their knowledge with you, our subscribers. We’ll update our blog regularly with various educational posts written by our Business Intelligence team. We hope you find them to be informative …

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