By Gary Larsen, Envisn, Inc. One of the more misunderstood areas of Cognos Security is how object permissions are set and how they need to be managed within Cognos. In this blog article we’re going...
By Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.Often frustrated by their inability to get the information they need, Cognos users are looking to administrators for help in finding the right report without having to do...
September 30, 2013, by Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc.Cognos security is a key foundation of every successful Cognos BI environment. And while no environment likely ever fails because of security, unless...
May 31, 2013, 2013 by Paul Hausser, Envisn, Inc."Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein We regularly get feedback from customers and prospective customers on the...
By Rick Ryan, Envisn, Inc. At IOD in Las Vegas last week the session titled “Making the Move to Dynamic Query” more than half the 200 attendees came expecting to learn about the migration path for...
By Rick Ryan - Envisn, Inc.This blog could easily focus on the typical BI admin tasks that Cognos administrators have to deal with. The usual stuff like change management, security, license...
IBM Cognos: Metadata is What it’s all About
By Elwood Philbrick - Envisn, Inc.IBM Cognos 8 and Cognos 10 are a big advancement over previous versions of Cognos BI and one of the key reasons for this...
By Gary Larsen - Envisn, Inc.The purpose of this article is to help the Administrator determine how many users have access to licensed capabilities in IBM Cognos and identify who they are.
By Elwood Philbrick - Envisn, Inc.This blog focuses on some of the best practices used by Cognos BI administrators. Most of these have come from some of the key members of our support team and our...
