By Rick Ryan, Envisn, Inc.
One of the ongoing major tasks in any Cognos environment is the need to manage change. Changes to ERP systems, databases, data sources, etc. occur on a regular basis. This...
By Rick Ryan, Envisn, Inc.
No other area within Cognos is opaque as security. Within the application itself it’s difficult or impossible to get even the most basic questions answered without a lot of...
By Rick Ryan, Envisn, Inc.
In the first couple of blogs in this subject series we covered the major elements of the Cognos metadata universe and how to harness them for use. And one of our goals was...
By Rick Ryan, Envisn, Inc.
In the first blog in this series published last month we presented the four key data groups in the Cognos Metadata Universe and described them in some detail. These are...
By Rick Ryan, Envisn, Inc.
This blog article is the first in a series of articles on this subject. It’s not something that has been explored in depth to our knowledge and deserves move coverage. Our...
By Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.
In reality the value is only hidden from those who cannot easily see it. It’s more waiting to be discovered than hidden.
This is something we began to explore with our...
By Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.
In Part I of this blog we covered the basics of data lineage; its definition and why it’s important. Here in Part II our will be focus on some of the things that are...
By Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.
This blog focuses on Part I of the subject of Data Lineage, covering what it is and why it’s important. A Part II blog will follow this and focus on creative...
By Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.
If you’re a Cognos administrator there’s lots of key information you just need to have access to, especially in the area of security. Here we’re going to focus on what...
By Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.
Perhaps the greatest undervalued asset within Cognos Analytics is the audit data that gets generated for virtually everything that happens inside the application. In its...
