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BrightStar Partners and BSP Software have launched a monthly webinar series tackling a variety of subjects, including the new features of IBM Cognos 10; Cognos Security Best Practices; and much more. These webinars will be held the last Wednesday of every month.
Due to IOD, the next Webinar Wednesday session will be held on Wednesday, November 2nd, covering how to Manage Governance, Risk, and Compliance better with the new features of Integrated Control Suite 2.4
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A Teacher asks her class to see if they could find the sum of the first 50 odd numbers. As everyone settled down to their addition, Terry ran to her and said, "The sum is 2,500." The teacher thought, "Lucky guess," and gave him the task of finding the sum of the first 75 odd numbers. Within 20 seconds, Terry was back with the correct answer of 5,625.
How does Terry find the sum so quickly?
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Welcome to this month's BSP Newsletter. We have a lot of educational content this month, along with some great tips and tricks and other IBM Cognos related information as always!
And remember, 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.
Also, be sure to visit us at Gold Sponsor Booth G610 at IOD in October. |
VISIT BSP AT BOOTH G610 AT IOD |
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 BSP is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of IBM's Information On Demand 2011 conference this month in Las Vegas. Judging by the conference agenda, it promises to be packed full of incredible sessions covering the Business Analytics space from every angle. BSP is also very proud that more than two dozen of our customers are either presenting or are participating in panel discussions at this year's event.
If you are attending IOD, please visit us at booth G610 located in the main aisle as you enter the Expo Center. More information can be found at http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/2011-conference/.
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EXCITING NEW SOLUTIONS TO BE UNVEILED AT IOD |
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Our innovative and often times eccentric team of software engineers have been hard at work to deliver some exciting new products to be unveiled at this year's IOD in Las Vegas. Integrated Control Suite 2.4 will be releasing with two new offerings to the product suite as well as several major enhancements to the existing portfolio. For those of you attending the conference, please swing by our booth for some friendly conversation and a peak at our latest creations.
If you are not able to attend the conference, please continue to watch your email for BSP product announcements from IOD. |
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PODCAST 3.17: ADDING A STANDARD REPORT TEMPLATE TO IBM COGNOS 10 |
Volume 3, Episode 17: Adding a standard Report Template to IBM Cognos 10
This podcast will demonstrate how to create a custom template that will standardize the look-and-feel of your IBM Cognos Reports. Creating a template with pre-defined headers and footers, as well as your company color scheme and/or logo can save time when authoring a report. Simply add your custom template to the "File > New" dialog box that opens up when you start Report Studio.
Click here to watch the podcast. |
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GATHERING USER REQUIREMENTS |
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By SJ van Jaarsveld, Consultant
The requirements gathering process is critical for successful projects -- gathering accurate requirements saves time and money, and it improves the overall quality of the end result. Clear requirements provide a clear definition of the final product. As the project success may be measured by how well your business users accepts the final product, you need to understand the users' needs before you start to design and build or you may be retrofitting missed requirements into the solution after the fact.
What are the most effective ways to obtain requirements? Requirement gathering is an iterative and dynamic process, which can be broken into phases. These phases may be repeated, as necessary, to refine the requirements.
For more information regarding gathering user requirements, click here to read the full article.
To find out how BrightStar Partners can help you successfully gather requirements, e-mail us at Contact@brightstarpartners.com
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| GETTING MULTIPLE LIST REPORTS TO DISPLAY ON A SINGLE PAGE |
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By Mike Vilhauer, Consultant
So, your report contains multiple list reports? No matter what you set for the Rows per page property or the pagination of the table you've put them in, you can't get them to render on a single page? Follow these steps and you'll be all set.
For detailed steps, click here to read the full article.
For questions on this technique, e-mail us at Contact@brightstarpartners.com .
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| TECHNIQUES TO FILTER A DIMENSIONAL MODEL |
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By Bonnie Hsueh, Consultant
Detail filters are one of the most common ways data is filtered in reports. Many people do not know that applying filters on a relational model do not have the same effect when applied to a dimensional model (e.g. DMR or cube). Depending on the size the data set, using relational filtering techniques (i.e. detail filters) can result in poor performance. This article shares techniques that can be used to efficiently filter data on a dimensional model (e.g. DMR, cube).
For detailed steps, click here to read the full article.
For questions on this technique, e-mail us at Contact@brightstarpartners.com.
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Baseball Postseason Playoffs
The World Series was "born" in 1903, but postseason play began as early as the 1884 season. Major League Baseball does not recognize those games as an official part of World Series history, but they did set the foundation for "The Fall Classic." A match-up that remained constant from its start in 1903 through 1968.
In 1969, both the American and National League split into two divisions and the League Championship was created setting the stage for some thrilling postseason moments (outside of the World Series). The best-of-five League Championship Series switched to a best-of-seven series in 1985 to increase revenue and match the length of the World Series.
The 1981 season was a separate case. A mid-season player's strike split the season in half and upset fans - some of which still remain discontent with our national pastime. Major League Baseball hoped to recoup some of the lost revenue and win back the disinterested fans so an extra level of playoff games were played.
Three divisions were created in 1993 to make room for the expansion teams. East, Central, and West divisions are the most recent major alignment changes. Club owners voted on divisional team placements - though nobody truly understands why & how certain decisions were made - and in 1995 the playoffs introduced the Division Series.
A best-of-five series would determine who would play for the pennant and the three division champions would face off with a fourth "wildcard", determined by the second-place team with the best record from any of the three divisions. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a series of charts meant to easily illustrate the history of postseason baseball.
- Wikipedia (2011) |
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