IBM Cognos Connection is a Web portal provided with IBM Cognos Express, providing a single
access point to the corporate data available for its products. It provides a single point of entry for
querying, analyzing, organizing data, and for creating reports. You can run all your Web-based
IBM Cognos Express applications from IBM Cognos Connection. Other business intelligence
applications, and URLs to other applications, can be integrated with IBM Cognos Connection.
Like the other Web browser interfaces in IBM Cognos Express, IBM Cognos Connection uses the
default configurations of your browser. It does not require the use of Java, ActiveX, or plug-ins,
and does not install them.
In addition to selections for viewing data and creating objects, IBM Cognos Connection includes
● portal pages
The new page button opens a wizard where you can create a customizable page that uses
portlets to show different types of content at the same time.
● Public Folders
Public Folders store shared IBM Cognos Express content, such as packages, reports, and
Xcelerator cubes.
● My Folders
My Folders store personal IBM Cognos Express content, such as packages, reports, and Xcelerator
cubes.
● User preferences
The my area button includes links to My Watch Items, alert lists and watch rules that help
you monitor business events; My Preferences, settings for format, language, time zone, contact
information, and portal content; and My Activities and Schedules, status windows where you
can set priorities for and monitor your IBM Cognos such as packages, reports, and Xcelerator
cubes activities.
● Link to tools and applications
The Launch button provides links to the IBM Cognos Express studios, Xcelerator Web, Advisor
Web, and IBM Cognos Administration.
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