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June 30, 2021 - By Jeff White, Envisn, Inc.

Report and query documentation in Cognos Analytics is rare enough, but finding FM model documentation that a given report or a set of reports is based upon...

By Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.

One of the most frequently asked questions of Cognos administrators is, “What databases are we using, and where and how are we using them?” Virtually every manager wants...

By Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.

Documentation in Cognos, where it exists at all, is generally thought of as something that is nice to have but is often only an afterthought. And if it’s being done...

By Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.

One of the biggest challenges for any Cognos Analytics administrator is maintaining operational uptime for all content in the Content Store. This can be a challenge...

By Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.

With the expanded growth and broadening of Cognos Analytics has come the need for more flexibility and options in the area of deployments. This is particularly true in...

By Paul Hausser,  Envisn, Inc.

The first pandemic in our lifetime has resulted in more and more businesses and organizations requiring nearly everyone to work from home. For many this has been a real...

By Elwood Philbrick, Envisn, Inc.

Documentation for Cognos Analytics is one of those things that doesn’t come with it. You have to create it yourself or look for a third-party product that might meet...

By Elwood Philbrick, Envisn, Inc.

It’s likely that most Cognos environments seldom, if ever, get a self-audit of their security when in reality it’s a great opportunity to determine if key parts of...

By Gary Larsen, Envisn, Inc.

The new data sources in Cognos Analytics have actually been around for a while. They are, however, new to a lot of Cognos developers since many of them may not have had...