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G
governor
A set of rules to limit user activities, such
as the execution of reports, that either
take too long or consume too many
resources.
H
hierarchy
The organization of a set of entities into a
tree structure, with each entity (except the
root) having one or more parent entities
and an arbitrary number of child entities.
I
item See member.
L
level A set of entities or members that form
one section of a hierarchy in a dimension
and represent the same type of object. For
example, a geographical dimension might
contain levels for region, state, and city.
locale A setting that identifies language or
geography and determines formatting
conventions such as collation, case
conversion, character classification, the
language of messages, date and time
representation, and numeric
representation.
M
measure
A performance indicator that is
quantifiable and used to determine how
well a business is operating. For example,
measures can be Revenue,
Revenue/Employee, and Profit Margin
percent.
member
A unique item within a hierarchy. For
example, Camping Equipment and 4 Man
tent are members of the Products
hierarchy.
model A physical or business representation of
the structure of the data from one or more
data sources. A model describes data
objects, structure, and grouping, as well
as relationships and security. In Cognos
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Framework Manager. The model or a
subset of the model must be published to
the Cognos server as a package for users
to create and run reports.
model segment
A part of a Framework Manager project,
such as a parameter map, a data source, a
namespace, or a folder, that is a shortcut
to a second project. Segments are used to
simplify model maintenance or to
facilitate multi-user modeling.
N
namespace
A part of the model in which the names
may be defined and used. Within a
namespace, each name has a unique
meaning.
normalization
The process of restructuring a data model
by reducing its relations to their simplest
forms. It is a key step in the task of
building a logical relational database
design. Normalization helps avoid
redundancies and inconsistencies in data.
An entity is normalized if it meets a set of
constraints for a particular normal form
(first normal form, second normal form,
and so on).
P
package
A subset of a model, which can be the
whole model, to be made available to the
Cognos server.
project
In Framework Manager, a set of models,
packages, and related information for
administration, and for sharing model
information.
prompt
A report element that asks for parameter
values before the report is run.
publish
In Cognos BI, to expose all or part of a
Framework Manager model or
Transformer PowerCube, through a
package, to the Cognos server, so that the
data can be used to create reports and
other content.