Cogratulations Jeff Hanna, Winner of the Cognos Admin Ninja Award™
On September 30th, Hug a Cognos Admin Day™, we hope you hugged and celebrated your beloved, hardworking Cognos admins! In honor of this special day, we would like to recognize an individual Cognos […]
Hug a Cognos Admin Day™: 10 Ways to Say Thanks
There are several things that the majority of Cognos admins have in common. They are dedicated, hardworking, and don’t anticipate accolades. They are willing to do whatever it takes to […]
How to Find Permissions on Folders, Packages, etc. in Cognos
We’ve heard from several Cognos users recently who would like to be able to quickly retrieve and view the permissions for more than just Cognos reports. While you can do […]
10 Organizations That Benefit From BI Testing
There is not one industry where testing of BI reports is more important than in others. ALL industries can benefit from BI testing, however there are certain types of organizations that recognize the value […]
Cognos Self-service Deployment and Testing Webinar Series
Earlier this month, we kicked off our MotioCI 3.0 webinar series. In this three-part series, we dive into the substantial new features and enhancements of the automated Cognos testing and self-service […]
A Review of Author Sanjeev Datta’s IBM Cognos Insight
IBM Cognos Insight, by Sanjeev Datta. Published 2012 by Packt Publishing. Over the past couple of days, I have had the pleasure to review IBM Cognos Insight by Sanjeev Datta of PerformanceG2. I […]
Corporate Proxy Workaround for MotioPI
If you received the error below while attempting to launch MotioPI, you are most likely behind a corporate proxy. The following workaround will enable you to run MotioPI. 1. Open […]
Compare Objects Across Two Cognos Environments
Most Cognos developers have been confronted with this situation before: A report runs perfectly fine in the Cognos Development or Test environment, but has some sort of issue in the […]
Distribute Parameters to Multiple Cognos Report Views
Have you ever needed to update the parameters for a large number of report views? This can be very time consuming in Cognos Connection. For example, imagine a report which […]
Change the Package for Multiple Cognos Reports
With MotioPI Pro’s Property Distributor you have the ability to modify the properties on any Cognos object in bulk. In today’s example, we’ll use this feature to update the package associated with […]
