Are you attending Data and AI Forum in Miami next week? Want to talk some Cognos with me? Snag a half hour of my time to chat free from sales guys. Thank you to those who attended Tuesday’s 11.1.4 livestream! Technical issues aside I had a great time doing it and will be hosting more […]
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Join me at Data and AI Forum 2019
I’ll be attending Data and AI Forum again this year, as I do every year. Data and AI Forum is THE conference to attend for Cognos, Planning Analytics and other IBM analytics technologies. THINK is the big IBM conference but for us, this is the valuable one. If you’re interested in saying hello you can […]
Why Gartner is Worthless
Gartner is probably your organization’s go-to resource for assessing software which is a shame because Gartner is worthless. Their process is misunderstood by the industry and their magic quadrants are utterly misleading. It’s all the worse for their ubiquity as a key reference for decision makers. Why do I feel this way? Let’s examine the […]
Data Modules as a Single Source of Truth
The conversation spurred by my What are Cognos Data Modules blog post continues with an excellent question by Heather, who asks what to do about maintaining a single source of truth in Cognos Analytics while still using data modules. This does pose a challenge. I’ll discuss some options below and rate them using a scale […]
Alias Shortcuts in Cognos Data Module
My recent What are Cognos Data Modules post generated some interesting discussion around the alias shortcut functionality of Framework Manager and whether or not it is available in data modules. I initially responded by saying you could make data module alias tables, however SirM challenged me that it isn’t the same at all. SirM is […]