Index - IBM Cognos User Manual

Index

Special characters
.mdl errors
calculations with double quotation marks 240
.xml files
global preference settings 326
A
absolute function 362
activating new versions of PowerCubes 187
add-days function 359
add-months function 359
add-years function 359
adding
object security 150
age function 359
aggregate functions 371
aggregate values
imported query items 18
allocating
as a constant 320
checking measure allocation scope 111
measures from levels 320
proportionally by another measure 320
alternate data sources
using to create specific cubes 143
alternate hierarchy within the same dimension, 68
Analysis Studio
wrong currency symbol 244
analyzing
report data and requirements 4
and logical operator 374
apex
category action 321
apexing
categories using a custom view 138
arithmetic operators 374
arrays
specifying monthly or quarterly time series 52
auto-partitioning
default optimization setting 331
AutoDesign
-a command line option 214
AutoDesign tool
advantages and limitations 57
AutoPartitionOff setting
globally set in cogtr.xml file 327
averages
summaries 371
avoiding plain text password 228
B
backward compatibility of preference files 236
UNIX/Linux (example) 237
Windows (example) 236
BAPI error
editing prompt specification file 239
batch-mode publishing 220
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business keys
setting level source values 22
C
calculated categories
adding details to source or manual levels 64
calculated column
converting to regular column 241
calculated columns
how to define 59
using to create exception dimension (example) 60
using to resolve uniqueness problems 34
using to support allocated measures (example) 60
calculated measures
defining 97
specifying rollup type and timing 100
supported mathematical functions 100
timing of rollup operations 98
tracking between different time periods 85
calculated query items
rollup rules 17
calculations with double quotation marks
model errors 240
categories
adding details to source or manual levels 63
apexing 321
cloaking 321
cloaking from specific views 136
creating period-to-date time periods 328
creating special category levels 87
dealing with unknown categories 89
defining special categories or sets 85
defining to support special business needs 86
delete inactive 178
disable refresh 178
excluding 321
excluding from specific views 137
inclusion settings 322
ordering within levels 66
orphan 88
preventing addition of new categories to level 90
setting Order By preferences globally 67
specifying unique move after data source changes 174
summarizing 321
summarizing values for categories in specific views 138
suppressing 321
suppressing from specific views 135
using views to apex specific categories 138
categories missing
Transformer model 242
category counts 318
defining 96
ceiling function 363
CenturyBreak setting
globally set in cogtr.xml file 327
INI file parameter 54
change function
supported for calculated expressions in Cognos
Transformer 100
change summary 372
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