Character Sets Used With Delimited Text Data Sources; Named Ranges; Example - Specifying Named Ranges For A Multipage Crosstab - IBM Cognos User Manual

Character Sets Used with Delimited Text Data Sources

Cognos Transformer is designed to handle the more common character sets used in
delimited text data sources. However, consider the following when working with
delimiters.
v Standard delimiters such as the comma, semicolon, or space character remain the
v To use the tab character as a delimiter, you must type \t (backslash t).
v Only the first byte in double-byte or multi-byte characters is examined to
v With DOS outputs, the source data is rendered in the DOS Code Page (OEM)
v Regardless of the data source, Cognos Transformer converts the delimiter
For more information about character sets and code pages, see your Microsoft
Windows documentation.

Named Ranges

You must understand named ranges before you use source data from Microsoft
Excel spreadsheets, whether in crosstab or database format.
To use a crosstab as a source, you must define one or more named ranges in the
spreadsheet. These ranges establish which data becomes columns in the model.
To use a database as a source, you must define a named database range in the
spreadsheet, and also specify that range in Cognos Transformer. Cognos
Transformer reads the named ranges from the crosstab or database, and the data
class (text, numeric, or date) for each cell value.
If the Data Sources list contains columns identifying named ranges that you do
not need, delete them from the list. Deleting columns in Cognos Transformer does
not affect your spreadsheet.
Before further processing, Cognos Transformer verifies that the named range
represented by each column in the model still exists in the spreadsheet and that
the spreadsheet still contains the same number of pages, rows, and columns as it
did when you first identified it as a data source for the model. If differences exist,
you are prompted to use the Modify Columns command on the Tools menu to
add, modify, match, or remove columns as required, before proceeding.
For more information about how to define named ranges, see the documentation
provided with your spreadsheet software.

Example - Specifying Named Ranges for a Multipage Crosstab

This example shows one page of a multipage crosstab.
same across character sets.
confirm that a character in the input stream matches the delimiter character that
you specify in Cognos Transformer.
character set, which maps to the active DOS code page. This is typically Code
Page 437, also known as the IBM PC character set, instead of the default for
Windows (ANSI or Latin 1).
character to the OEM character set.
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