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IBM Cognos User Manual

IBM Cognos
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changes to decimal formats 244
changing
data source types 33
char_length function 368
characteristic dimensions
externalizing 350
characters
sets supported by delimited text files 41
Check Model command
using to find problems in drill-down paths 69
using to verify design 90
checking
cube status 145
checkpoint bypass
-i command line option 226
checkpoint file
restarting a failed process (example) 202
cloak
category action 321
cloaking
categories using a custom view 136
Cognos PowerHouse 4GL sources
specifying portable subfile parameters 43
Cognos Transformer
creating calculated columns 241
sample cubes 336
sample data sources 337
sample models 336
samples 336
columns
defining for fixed-field text sources 49
matching model to data source 172
modifying to synchronize with data source 34
scaling input values 50
setting degree of detail for dates 51
specifying CenturyBreak setting (INI file) 54
specifying parameters 47
synchronizing with Modify Columns command 41
troubleshooting date problems 48
troubleshooting naming problems 48
command line options
-a 214
-c 214
-d 214
-e 217
-f 217
-g 225
-h 226
-i 226
-j 226
-k 227
-l 228
-m 229
-n 229
-nologo 230
-o 230
-ox 231
-p 231
-r 231
-s 232
-t 232
-u 233
-v 233
-x 234
-y 234
-y1 234
-y2 235
command line options (continued)
-y3 235
general introduction 209
list for Windows and UNIX/Linux 211
command line syntax 210
comparison operators 375
is null 376
symbols 375
components
and 374
not 374
or 374
conformed dimensions
combining or crossing data sources 21
connections
specifying for IQD data sources 39
updating for PowerCubes 187
consolidating
by using average duplicates rollup (example) 109
by using sum duplicates rollup (example) 108
data in cubes 178
measure data 107
time data in monthly or quarterly arrays 52
with duplicates rollups 331
constants 373
single category 374
controlling
access 147
controlling access
custom views 151
conventions
quotation marks in MDL 334
convergence levels
mandatory feature of alternate drill-down paths 68
converting
.mdl files on UNIX 201
copy and activate published cubes
-g command line option 225
copying new versions of PowerCubes 187
Create Selected PowerCube command
using to troubleshoot design problems 9
creating
calculated columns in Cognos Transformer 241
creating categories
-o command line option 230
cube groups
creating 125
publishing 163
using placeholder categories 186
cube maintenance
routine task checklist 161
cubes 123
adding custom views 133
adding new data to time-based partitions
considerations 129
adding security 147
adding UNIX-based security 194
applying access controls 150
batch-mode publishing using -f option 220
building in UNIX environments 192
checking status 145
creating 124
creating cube groups 125
creating dimension views 134
creating views that apex specific categories 138
creating views to cloak specific categories 136
creating views to exclude specific categories 137
386 IBM Cognos Transformer Version 10.1.1: User Guide

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IBM Cognos Specifications

General IconGeneral
DeveloperIBM
Data Sourceflat files
Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows
LicenseCommercial
Input SourcesSQL databases, Excel, CSV
PlatformMicrosoft Windows