Screen Shots made while testing the IBM Cognos Mashup Services

1. 1 IBM CognosMashup Service Ed Gonzalez

2. A mashup combines data or functionality from two or more sources to create a new service 2 IBM CognosMashup Service

3. In the past Simple Text or CSV output along with Cognosmacros provided rudimentary mashupcapabilities 3

4. 4 With ImpromptuXML files CognosMashups became easier to create

5. The number of methods for extractingmashup data from Cognosgrew in Series 7 and Cognos 8 5

6. Some of the methods we used for mashupswere… 6

7. Screen Scraping by embedding Javascript code in an HTML item to read data right from the table on the screen 7

8. Using the SDK to run and extract report results 8

9. Using report XML output saved to the file system 9

10. 10 Using Content Manager RSSFeeds to create quick and easycustom portals

11. These methods are still available however … 11

12. IBM Cognos recently introduced the CognosMashup Service that automatically exposes content from Cognos 8 12

13. The following screen shots were created while testing the CognosMashup Service and hierarchy visualizations 13

14. 14 Mashups using a modified version of Slickmap CSS lets us explore a hierarchy 3 levels deep

15. 15 The 3rd Level is visible by clicking on a node

16. Combining data with The JIT Space Tree allows for larger hierarchies 16

17. Use the Cognos Drill down Functionality to add children nodes dynamically 17

18. 18 The JIT also provides a Tree Map visualization for viewing hierarchies

19. 19 We can add multiple levels to the tree map

20. 20 We can add multiple levels to the tree map

21. 21 Fusion Charts offers a multilevel pie chart

22. 22 Additionallevelscan be added as an outer ring

23. 23 Clicking on a node will highlight the node and its ancestors

24. 24 Mashups can be embedded into HTML layouts to create dashboards or add information

25. 25 Report fragment embedded using an Iframe

26. 26 Tree Map embedded using a Div with data retrieved through the mashup service

27. 27 Place holders for additional information

28. IBM CognosMashup Service allows the developer to augment and extend the Cognos toolset in seemingly endless ways

29. 29 Mashup Index Below is a list of the services used to create the mashups

31. Metadata Modeling for Cubes and Reports

32. Advanced Report Development

33. Customization using Cognos SDK and Java

35. Cognos Certified Consultants

37. Data Modeling

38. Data Warehousing

39. BI concepts

40. OLAP

42. .Net

43. HTML

44. JavaScript

45. VBScript