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Creative uses for the Business Glossary
functionality in Cognos
IBM Cognos Rocky Mountain Users
Group
August 5,2011
Presentation Requests
• Please turn off your cell phone/beeper
• If you must leave the early, please do so as discretely as possible
• Please avoid side conversation during the presentation
Thank you for your cooperation!
Introduction
• Angela Hooper, Sr. Business Intelligence Consultant with Infolink Consulting.
• This presentation focuses on redirecting the IBM business glossary functionality in Cognos 10 to an external website for a low cost data dictionary solution.
Topics of Discussion
• Client’s Business Need• Infolink’s solution• Technical components• Take home points• Links of interest
Business Need
• Utilize a publically hosted online data dictionary
• Provide direct link between Client’s data elements and data dictionary.
• Boundaries and limitations:– Redesign/renaming of FM Query items
not Possible– Do not spend any money
Solution
• Use Business Glossary and redirect to appropriate webpage
• Create a crosswalk database table to handle naming differences
• Create custom JSP to read the crosswalk and redirect to new URL
Technical Components
• Enable Business Glossary• Install Database drivers **• Database table to handle crosswalk• JSP Code
Technical Components
Configure the business glossary URI following the steps outlined in the IBM Cognos 8.4/10 Security and Administration Guide
•Edit the IBM Business Glossary URI to read: http://10.xx.xxx:9300/p2pd/glossary.jsp *Where the ip is Cognos BI server.
•Place the glossary.jsp file into the following Cognos BI server location: ../ibm/cognos/c10/webapps/p2pd/
Technical Components
Deal with Database drivers and Connectivity•Oracle
– Create a copy of the Oracle JDBC drivers and place into the webapps/p2pd/WEB-INF/lib/ directory
– On the Cognos BI server append the CLASSPATH with
$ORACLE_HOME/jdbc/lib/ojdbc6.jar
•Restart the Cognos Services!
Take Home points
• Database/Driver connectivity was the hardest part.
• Could use ASP/PHP what works for you?
• Start small, redirect to main data dictionary page for every element