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"All numbers lead to 4"
Consider this :
11 leads to 6 which leads to 3 which leads to 5 which leads to 4.
7 and 8 both lead to 5 which leads directly to 4.
21 leads to 9 which leads directly to 4.
Why?
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Welcome to this month's BSP Newsletter. We appreciate all of the great feedback we've received on the newsletters, and this month we have included a few additional tips and tricks per your requests.
As always, we enjoy hearing your suggestions regarding the content you'd like to see. Please e-mail us at Newsletter@brightstarpartners.com if you have a topic you'd like to see discussed in future newsletters. |
| BSP CREDENTIALIZED as IBM COGNOS CERTIFIED BUSINESS PARTNER | |
 IBM Cognos Certified Business Partners now listed on BP Connections
As of early June 2009, customers can now find IBM Cognos certified Business Partners through Business Partner Connections. Business Partner Connections also facilitates the collaboration and voluntary exchange of information among interested IBM Business Partners in support of Business Partner activities.
BrightStar Partners is a proud Reseller of IBM Cognos software and Software ValueNet Value Added Reseller (implementation partner), and our software business unit BSP Software provides add-on solutions for IBM Cognos customers around the globe through our Independent Software Vendor status.
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| ANOTHER REFERENCEABLE CUSTOMER |
 Featuring BSP Consultant Greg Jungels
A Midwest insurance company was nearing the end of a of large project that included upgrades to their IBM Websphere platform, Web Applications, and Application Security provider that supported their day to day operations. As part of their conversion, they needed to move Cognos security to a different namespace and change the overall structure for multiple Cognos environments. Unfortunately, whenever this type of change is made to the security provider, none of the Cognos users' information, content, or settings carries over. The client had been struggling with a solution for several months, which was finally escalated within IBM Cognos Support as it required immediate attention to prevent the delay of the entire project. This client needed a way to correct this issue quickly and accurately for 1500+ users with roughly 5GB of content in their Content Store.
Through a recommendation from Cognos, BrightStar Partners learned of this issue, got on the phone with the client, confirmed the problem, and was onsite the next business day with a solution. BSP brought their Namespace Migration Service to this client which includes SpotOn Systems Namespace Migration utility, to address the specific problems encountered during a security migration/consolidation such as this. Within four days of installation and testing across multiple environments, this solution was proven to resolve the client's issue and allowed them to proceed with their planned "Go Live." The Go Live was set for the following weekend and was a huge success.
During the course of the Go Live weekend, we were able to successfully migrate two separate Cognos environments, one being an AIX/DB2 environment, and the other being a Windows/Oracle environment, without any disruption in service to the Clients' posted hours and allowing them to maintain their 99.5% up time rating.
Without this offering and BrightStar Partners' quick response, the client would have had no choice but to manually move each user's My Folders content, policies, permissions, etc. This is something that could not have been done in their Go Live weekend and would have delayed the overall project Go Live by weeks or months, costing the company considerable time and money.
If you are facing this or a similar situation, or investigating how to consolidate your security across your Cognos platform or overall enterprise, please reach out to Neil Morgan at nmorgan@brightstarpartners.com for more information on how BrightStar Partners can help make your team and your company more successful.
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SIMPLIFY ACCESS TO IBM COGNOS CONTENT AND EXPAND USER ADOPTION WITH OUTLOOK EXPLORER!
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New Product Streamlines User Adoption and Simplifies Access to Content
CPM Explorer for Microsoft Outlook brings the power of MetaManager's Content Store tree directly into Microsoft Outlook. Without ever leaving Microsoft Outlook you can:
- View and run IBM Cognos content in Microsoft Outlook
- Navigate IBM Cognos Connection
- Search for content using CPM Explorer's powerful build-searches, or using your own specific criteria
- View properties for objects in your content store.
- Validate reports
- Copy and Paste specifications
- Save favorite reports and searches in special folders for easy access!
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| MODIFYING SELECT AND SEARCH PROMPT DISPLAY BEHAVIOR |
By Greg Jungels, Consultant
This month's technique explains how you can modify the default display behavior of the Select and Search prompt in IBM Cognos 8.2. In this example, an HTML item is used to modify the prompt control. Follow the steps below.
Create a simple report using the Go Sales and Retailers package from cognos samples
Add Order number, Order date and Product name,Quantity,Unit sale price to the list
Add a Prompt page to the report
Add a Select and Search Prompt to the prompt page.
Create a parameter called Pname
Create a parameterized filter using Product name
Create a new Query
Finish the Prompt
Click on the Select and Search Prompt and in the properties window, give the prompt a name of swsProdName
Add an HTML Item to the body of the prompt page after the prompt.
Double click the HTML Item and add the following to the HTML Item
<script>
document.formWarpRequest.swsMatchAny.checked="true";
searchswsProdName.toggleAdvanced('idAdvancedOptionsswsProdName','imgAdvancedArrowswsProdName');
searchswsProdName.setOptions('on', 'on')
</script>
Run the Report. You will see that the Select and Search Prompt default behavior has changed.
Click here to view the technique with screen shots and to request a working copy of the report.
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| IBM COGNOS ARTICLES OF INTEREST |
 These Sleep Related facts...
- Your alarm is set for 6 a.m. -- why do you wake up at 5:59 a.m.? The body's internal alarm clock, which enables some people to wake up naturally at the time they desire, is triggered by the stress hormone adrenocorticotropin. The levels of this hormone begin to rise an hour or two before an expected wake-up call, to prepare the body gradually for the stress of waking up.
- In 1964, 17-year-old Randy Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours and 12 minutes, the officially recognized world record. He then slept for 15 hours -- not a record, but not bad.
- Whales and dolphins can literally fall half asleep. Their brain hemispheres alternate sleeping, so the animals can continue to surface and breathe.
- Dreaming is related to bursts of electrical activity that blow through the brain stem every 90 minutes during REM sleep. Over a lifetime, an average person spends more than six years dreaming, clocking more than 136,000 dreams in all.
- But nobody knows why we dream.
- An adult bed bug can survive up to 18 months without feeding.
- In 2004, Americans filled more than 35 million prescriptions for sleeping pills. The number of adults aged 20 to 44 taking pills to help them fall asleep has doubled in the last four years.
- More than 100,000 car crashes in the United States each year result from drowsiness. Drivers talking on cell phones increase the rate by 6 percent, so don't call someone if you get tired.
- Chronic snoring can be treated by uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, a surgical procedure that tightens the tissues of the soft palate and throat. Possible side effects include changes in voice frequency.
- Another option involves injecting the palate with a chemical to harden the soft tissue. This is called a snoroplasty, derived from the Greek word "plastos," meaning "molded," and somewhat lamely from the English word snore, meaning "snore."
- Somniphobia is the fear of sleep.
- If you are wondering what REM sleep is, REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement.
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