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IBM Cognos

Description

IBM Cognos is a business intelligence tool that helps you connect to data sources and create reports.

Objects extracted

Metadata Command Center extracts the following metadata from the IBM Cognos source system:
  • - ActiveReport
  • - ActiveReportVariable
  • - Argument
  • - Attribute
  • - BooleanVariable
  • - CalculatedMeasure
  • - CalculatedMember
  • - Calculation
  • - CalculationShortcut
  • - ChartNodeMember
  • - Column
  • - ConditionFilter
  • - Connection
  • - ConnectionPackageDataSource
  • - CrosstabNodeMember
  • - Dashboard
  • - DashboardModel
  • - DataAttribute
  • - DataAttributeMeasure
  • - DataModule
  • - DataModuleModel
  • - DataSet
  • - DataSetModel
  • - DataSource
  • - DatabaseConnection
  • - DatabaseQuery
  • - DatabaseQueryShortcut
  • - DatabaseSchema
  • - DelimitedColumn
  • - DelimitedFile
  • - Dimension
  • - DimensionAttribute
  • - DimensionAttributeCalculation
  • - DimensionMap
  • - DimensionShortcut
  • - Directory
  • - DynamicCube
  • - DynamicSource
  • - Field
  • - FieldBody
  • - Filter
  • - FilterShortcut
  • - FixedWidthColumn
  • - FixedWidthFile
  • - Folder
  • - FrameworkManagerModel
  • - Function
  • - Hierarchy
  • - Identifier
  • - KeyLevelAttribute
  • - LanguageVariable
  • - Level
  • - LevelAttribute
  • - Macro
  • - Measure
  • - MeasureDimension
  • - MeasureDimensionShortcut
  • - Member
  • - Model
  • - ModelConnection
  • - ModelQuery
  • - ModelQueryShortcut
  • - Namespace
  • - OlapSchemaNamespace
  • - Package
  • - Parameter
  • - ProcedureQuery
  • - Prompt
  • - PromptAnswer
  • - Query
  • - QueryItem
  • - QueryPackage
  • - QueryStudioModel
  • - QuerySubject
  • - Relationship
  • - Report
  • - ReportFieldMeasure
  • - ReportFilter
  • - ReportFilterCondition
  • - Repository
  • - ResultColumn
  • - ResultSet
  • - Schema
  • - ScopeRelationship
  • - StoredProcedure
  • - StringVariable
  • - SummaryStoreConnection
  • - Table
  • - Text
  • - TimeDimension
  • - Transformer
  • - TransformerModel
  • - UserAccount
  • - View
  • - ViewColumn

Data Lineage

The following lineage data is available for Report, Table, DatabaseQuery, Query, QueryItem, Column, FieldBody, and DataAttribute assets:
For more information about data lineage, see the Working with Assets help.