IBM Cognos Analytics Custom Development and Certification

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New Navigator for i- Technology Overview

Next, the new Navigator for i browser-based interface. “New Nav” as it’s fondly referred to first became available in Technology Refreshes (TRs) IBM i 7.3 TR11 and IBM i 7.4 TR5. At that time, it wasn’t the default, and you had to access it using the URL http://your-system-name:2002/Navigator/login. But as of IBM i 7.5 and…
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2024-06-16
Adding the Base CEReplicate Java Code- A Replication Java Program for IBM FileNet Object Stores

The base CEReplicate.java code is pasted in from the standard code module as a starting point for the development and comments and new Java code added for changes for our functionality. Figure 4-24The base Java Code is added for CEReplicate.java Adding the IBM FileNet Libraries to the AUDIT_CEReplicate Classpath IBM FileNet P8 5.5.x standard libraries…
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2024-04-16
Creating the Audit_Report Java Project- PDF Document Creation Using Java

Figure 6-1A new Java Project is selected in the Eclipse IDE Figure 6-2The Java Project type is selected For compatibility with the FileNet jar files, we select the same JRE Library we used for the Java in Chapter 2. Figure 6-3The JRE is selected for compatibility with the FileNet API jar files Figure 6-4The name…
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2024-02-16
Unit Test Phases- A Replication Java Program for IBM FileNet Object Stores-3

Phase 2 a) Ensure matching property values in the Source Object and with the same security ACLs and GUID values. b) Ensure major/minor versions of documents under the source Object Folders, Replicate Test 1 and subfolders, are created and linked correctly in the Target Object. c) Ensure Folders and Documents created in other Folder paths…
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2024-02-16
Creating an Image Object- PDF Document Creation Using Java

To create the TiffImage class object, we can use the package com.lowagie.text.pdf.codec and then use the iText RandomAccessFileOrArray class object class in the constructor method. As an argument of the RandomAccessFileOrArray constructor method, we pass a string argument defining the path of the image, as shown in Listing 6-6. // Creating an Image object String…
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2024-01-16
Unit Test Phases- A Replication Java Program for IBM FileNet Object Stores-2

Types/AUD_AuditDepartment/Cases/2022/06/19/0248/000000120007 Should be linked to :/AUDIT_TEST IGNORED: New Folder: 07 found linked to external Folder Path : /IBM Case Manager/Solution Deployments/Audit Master/Case Types/AUD_AuditDepartment/Cases/2022/07 Should be linked to :/AUDIT_TEST IGNORED: New Folder: 07 found linked to external Folder Path : /IBM Case Manager/Solution Deployments/Audit Master/Case Types/AUD_AuditDepartment/Cases/2022/07/07 Should be linked to :/AUDIT_TEST IGNORED: New Folder: 0279 found…
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2024-01-16
Expected Output from the AuditTest.java Code- PDF Document Creation Using Java

As shown in the preceding code, the generated PDF can be set with a metadata Header. This is a standard PDF format which can be used to set attributes such as the pdf author name, a title, a file description, etc. This is a useful additional feature for use with an Auditing system, where traceability…
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2023-12-16
Unit Test Phases- A Replication Java Program for IBM FileNet Object Stores-1

Phase 1 a) Source Object Store Connection is successful. b) Target Object Store Connection is successful. c) C) All Test folders under a source Object root Folder, Replicate Test 1, are created in the Target Object Store irrespective of the number of overlapping runs. Console Log output of the first Phase 1 run: log4j:ERROR No…
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2023-12-16
Static Constants for Property Types- A Replication Java Program for IBM FileNet Object Stores

The DataType property can have one of the values in the following table. Name Value Description BINARY 1 Specifies a binary data type. Represents binary data by using an array of unsigned 8-bit bytes. BOOLEAN 2 Specifies a Boolean data type. Represents Boolean data having a value of true or false. DATE 3 Specifies a…
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2023-11-16
Updated Datasource Setup After Adding the Custom Views- IBM Cognos Analytics Custom Development-2

The New data module is now ready to be edited to supply the necessary relationships we will need to associate the custom Daysin values with the Case types. Figure 5-68The new custom views are highlighted in the New data module We can now drag and drop the required tables into the Relationships tab pane,…
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2023-08-16