IBM Cognos Analytics Custom Development and Certification

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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
Reuse of Existing Exposed Dimensions to Create a Hierarchy- IBM Cognos Analytics Custom Development

The preceding procedure requires the maintenance of the source tables for the Department, Team, and User. It is possible, as an alternative, to create a Dynamic Hierarchy from existing exposed user Dimension tables, using table views, to allow the relinking of related user Dimensions. This has the advantage of being a self-maintaining hierarchy. In the…
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2023-11-16
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
Procedure for Creating a Multilevel Dimension- IBM Cognos Analytics Custom Development

The following procedure was used to test the creation of a hierarchical Dimension in a custom cube based on the Queue Load fact table. This was set up to demonstrate the feasibility of using a department-employee table structure allowing the possibility of an employee moving from one team to another, for example. 1) A copy…
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2023-10-16
Time Dimension SLA Calculations on Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services- IBM Cognos Analytics Custom Development

The following URL link describes the Architecture which IBM Case Analyzer provides for support of OLAP cubes defined in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services: www.ibm.com/docs/en/filenet-p8-platform/5.5.x?topic=analyzer-as-analysis-tool IBM Case Analyzer services can use OLAP (online analytical processing). This is configured as an optional OLAP integration; the IBM Case Analyzer CASTORE must then be hosted on a Microsoft…
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2023-09-16
Updated Datasource Setup After Adding the Custom Views- IBM Cognos Analytics Custom Development-3

Figure 5-80The Add a source + icon is clicked to select our new datasource We have to navigate to the CaseAnalytics subfolder we created earlier as this is where we saved the Data module with our custom views. Figure 5-81The CaseAnalytics folder is double-clicked to display the saved Data module Figure 5-82The Add command is…
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2023-08-16
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