Cognos

Posted in 2005

Doug Lawry — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 17:33:47 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

I went to a Cognos ReportNet workshop last week. A fine product, but there was one aspect which really concerned me: database specific functions were selectable in the GUI expression editor from separate folders for most major vendors except Informix. Would someone senior at IBM like to persuade Cognos to rectify this? Regards, Doug Lawry www.douglawry.webhop.org

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Michael Krzepkowski — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:45:31 GMT — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Doug Lawry wrote: > I went to a Cognos ReportNet workshop last week. A fine product, but there was > one aspect which really concerned me: database specific functions were > selectable in the GUI expression editor from separate folders for most major > vendors except Informix. Would someone senior at IBM like to persuade Cognos to > rectify this? > > Regards, > Doug Lawry > www.douglawry.webhop.org > > We are using ReportNet with both Informix and Oracle. So far I had no need to use any db specific functions, but used SPL by simply creating a view in the database. Which functions specifically do you have in mind? Just curious. Michael

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Doug Lawry — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:03:51 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Michael Krzepkowski wrote: > Doug Lawry wrote: > >> I went to a Cognos ReportNet workshop last week. A fine product, >> but there was one aspect which really concerned me: database >> specific functions were selectable in the GUI expression editor >> from separate folders for most major vendors except Informix. >> Would someone senior at IBM like to persuade Cognos to rectify >> this? > > We are using ReportNet with both Informix and Oracle. That's reassuring. > So far I had no need to use any db specific functions, but > used SPL by simply creating a view in the database. > Which functions specifically do you have in mind? None in particular yet, as I am still evaluating the product. It just looks really bad PR having Informix absent.