Discover Performance Issues in your Cognos Environment with MotioPI!
In this follow up to my first post about filters. I am going to briefly talk about number filters in MotioPI Professional. Without further ado, let’s dive into number property filters […]
Cognos Monitoring – Get Alerts When Your Cognos Performance Starts To Hurt
Motio ReportCard is a fantastic tool for analyzing and optimizing your Cognos performance. ReportCard can assess the reports in your environment, locate issues that cause a decline in performance, and […]
Cognos Recovery – Quickly Recover Lost, Deleted, or Damaged Cognos Framework Manager Models
Have you ever lost or corrupted a Cognos Framework Manager Model? Have you ever wished you could recover the lost model based on information which is stored in your Cognos […]
Motio Cognos Migration – Easing the Upgrade Process
You know the drill: IBM announces a new version of their Business Intelligence tool, Cognos. You search the Cognos Blog-o-sphere and attend sneak-preview sessions for information on the newest release. […]
IBM Cognos Configuration – Setting Up a Gateway to Enable SSO for Cognos 11
How to Setup a Gateway for Cognos 11 A question that we very often get asked is this: “Does the Optional Gateway ever become a requirement?“ And the answer is, […]
How to Identify Cognos Reports with Embedded SQL
A common question that keeps getting asked of the MotioPI Support Staff is how to identify IBM Cognos reports, queries, etc. that utilize in-line SQL in their specifications. While most […]
How To Convert Reports to Fully Interactive Mode in Cognos
The launch of IBM Cognos Analytics marked the release of many new features along with phasing out many mainstays of previous Cognos versions. One of these new features is a […]
How to Test Cognos Data Source Connections
PROBLEM: A Cognos user (let’s call him “Carlos”) tries to run a report but receives an error message indicating that the attempt to connect to the data source failed. Carlos alerts […]
IBM Cognos Framework Manager – Improve Model Elements Editing
One of MotioPI Pro’s basic fundamentals is to improve workflows and how administrative tasks are done in IBM Cognos in order to “give time back” to Cognos users. Today’s blog […]
How to Prevent Broken Shortcuts in Cognos Using MotioPI Pro
Creating shortcuts in Cognos is a convenient way to access the information you use frequently. Shortcuts point to Cognos objects such as reports, report views, jobs, folders, and so on. However, when you move objects […]
