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Performance World—the "place to be" at Cognos Forum 2008 Performance World is the one place where you can experience the entire Cognos ecosystem. You can make an appointment for a product demo or one-on-one session using Scheduler. But with more than 60 exhibits, Performance World is also a great place to simply wander, mingle, and introduce yourself to partners, Cognos product experts, and other attendees with similar interests. There's much more to see and do in Performance World than we can possibly describe here in SupportLink. But we want to share some of the highlights of Performance World's five interactive zones.   —May, 2008

FEATURES:

What's New in IBM Cognos 8 BI version 8.3: More Targeted Information

Last month we brought you some of the new and exciting aspects of IBM Cognos 8 BI version 8.3, which delivers more focused and relevant information to users more quickly and efficiently than ever before. This month we go into more detail on how the newest evolution of business intelligence helps you extend BI through your organization by giving you more targeted information.  —May, 2008

Strategic flexibility: Your defense against the downturn

With the right tools from Cognos, seeing the full range of that flexibility, and seeing how to take advantage of any situation — even in a recession — is a lot easier.   —May, 2008

TECHNIQUES:

IBM Cognos 8 Content Store Diagnostic for Windows

Diagnostics are troubleshooting tools that are widely used in the software industry. They help to find and eliminate problems and also to automate a collection of data. IBM Cognos 8 Content Store Diagnostic retrieves Content Store Database Information. This diagnostic is executed when customer has problems getting tables created in IBM Cognos 8.  —May, 2008

Creating Pop-Up Prompts

A particular challenge when creating prompts on the same page as the report page is that the prompts take up valuable reporting space. Alternatively, placing prompts on a separate prompt page sacrifices the look and feel of the report as users lose view of the report page when looking at the prompt page. The pop-up prompts allow the report user to see, on demand, the user prompts and the report page at the same time. This enables the developer to save space by only displaying the prompts when required.  —May, 2008

Extended Data Items in Report Studio

A set of new, extended data items was introduced to Report Studio in the Cognos 8.3 release. These extended data items have raised questions from customers on what they are, why they exist and how they should be used. This article discusses Report Studio extended data items from several aspects. First, we will understand why these extended data items exist and what role they play, how similar approaches are used in other studios, and how to use them effectively in Report Studio. This article applies to Report Studio in Cognos 8.3 and higher releases.  —May, 2008