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About the IBM Cognos catalog source

You can use the IBM Cognos catalog source to extract metadata from the IBM Cognos source system.
IBM Cognos is a business intelligence tool that helps you connect to data sources and create reports.

Extracted metadata

You can extract specific metada from an IBM Cognos source system with an IBM Cognos catalog source.
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