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IBM Cognos Business Intelligence

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IBM Cognos Business Intelligence

Overview of this book

IBM Cognos is Business Intelligence software that enables businesses to fully utilize their maximum potential. It connects people with information from virtually any data source whenever and wherever they need it so that they can make better decisions, faster.Take the practical, hands-on approach to managing your reporting environment with "IBM Cognos Business Intelligence" - packed with coverage of all the latest features to truly help you maximize your potential.With this in-depth practical guide you will learn how to fully utilize IBM Cognos 10 so that your business can make smarter decisions, achieve better results and gain a deeper understanding of your company's data. You will learn about critical topics like Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio, Security and Administration as well as in-depth coverage of other features like Business Insight, Business Insight Advanced, and Active Reports, which were introduced with IBM Cognos 10.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Validating report objects


We will now look at validating report objects using the Report Validator option. It is a tool that has been designed to allow bulk validations and individual report repairs. To access the Report Validator option, select it from Update | Report Validator in the navigation section of MetaManager as shown in the following screenshot:

Here you can select one or multiple reports to perform individual or bulk validations. For our example, we know that a new Framework Manager model was recently published, but we do not know if it has impacted any reports. Therefore, we want to begin by validating just a few reports to see if they were affected by the model change. To do this, we must first log in to the environment where the model was published. I have already set up my environment for the purpose of this book, but if you have not, there are details on how to do so within the documentation of MetaManager.

For our example, we will assume that we have made changes to the GO...