Date : June 3, IBM Cognos Open Mic. Extensible Visualization to Cognos Active Reports IBM Corporation

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1 Date : June 3, 2014 IBM Cognos Open Mic Extensible Visualization to Cognos Active Reports

2 IBM Cognos Open Mic Team Presentor Technical Panel Member

3 Agenda - What is RAVE - Prerequisites - Download and Import of Visualizations in Active Report library - Implementation of Visualization in Active Reports 3

4 What is RAVE: - RAVE is Rapidly Adaptive Visualization Engine.The RAVE technology is not based upon pre-defined chart types but rather on a visualization language (visjson) and uses the Grammar of Graphics approach to describe and define new visualizations. - RAVE technology brings the Visualizations capabilities to the Cognos BI Report Author which unleash report authors from a standard library of charts. Visualization types are rendered using the Rapidly Adaptive Visualization Engine (RAVE). 4

5 Advantages of Visualization in Active Reports : Using an extensible visualization in an Active Report provides a number of advantages over the existing static charts that are used today. - Animation from filtering the data in the visualization using a variety of transition effects provides a visual cue to the user of the change that occurred. - Since the data for extensible visualizations is rendered by the Active Report, the author can define the behavior of the visualization similar to what is available for other data controls today. - Data can be filtered and/or selected based on actions that the user does in the Active Report. 5

6 Prerequisites - Visualizations can be applied from IBM Cognos onwards. - If Microsoft Internet Explorer is used to view visualizations, then Microsoft Silverlight 5 must be installed on the computer. Firefox or ipad users do not need Silverlight. 6

7 Download and Import Visualization Download Visualizations Visualizations for Active Reports can be downloaded from the following site : Download and save the Line (straight) Visualization to the file-system location accessible to the Report Author. 7

8 Download and Import Visualization contd.. Import the Visualizations to the Active Report library - Login to Cognos Connection with System Administrator privileges - Go to Tools->IBM Cognos Administration 8

9 Download and Import Visualization contd.. Click on Library tab and then click on Import Visualization icon to navigate to the file-system location where Visualization has been downloaded 9

10 Download and Import Visualization contd.. In the Select Visualizations New Visualization Import Page click on Browse icon to navigate to the file-system location where Line-smooth Visualization has been downloaded. Choose the visualization (vis.sample.line.chart.default.zip) and click on Open 10

11 Download and Import Visualization contd.. Select the Visualization and click on Import. 11

12 Download and Import Visualization contd.. New Visualization has now been imported into the Visualization library and appears under the list of Visualizations. Follow the same steps to import other visualizations. 12

13 Visualization in Active Report Create a new Active Report with the imported Visualization - Login to Cognos Connection with the user having Report Author privileges. - From the Launch->Report Studio and then choose GO Sales (query) package. - Click on Create New button and in the New Window choose Active Report. Click Ok. 13

14 Visualization in Active Report contd.. Click on the Toolbox tab and drag Visualization to the Report Page 14

15 Visualization in Active Report contd.. Visualization Gallery window appears showing the list of Visualizations imported. From the available Visualizations select the Line (straight) visualization. Click OK 15

16 Visualization in Active Report contd.. This page will appear. 16

17 Visualization in Active Report contd.. Now drag the query items from the Sales (Query) namespace : a. From the Sales query subject drag <Quantity> to the Values section. b. From Products query subject drag <Product Line> to the Categories section. c. From Order method query subject drag <Order Method type> to the Series section. Visualizations will not run until all of the required drop zones contain data items. 17

18 Visualization in Active Report contd.. Click on Toolbox and drag Data Check Box Group to the bottom of the Line (straight) Visualization 18

19 Visualization in Active Report contd.. Data Check Box Group is placed to the bottom of the Line (straight) Visualization 19

20 Visualization in Active Report contd.. Drag <Sales Region> from the Sales Staff Query Subject to the Data Check Box Group: 20

21 Visualization in Active Report contd.. We will now define the behavior such that data on the Line Chart Visualization will be filtered with the value(s) chosen for the Sales Region : - On the Data Check Group click on the Interactive Behavior icon to define the interactive behavior 21

22 Visualization in Active Report contd.. On the Interactive Behavior Window click on Create a New Connection link to define the behavior 22

23 Visualization in Active Report contd.. From the Behavior Drop down choose Filter. For other fields leave the default setting and click on Connect : 23

24 Visualization in Active Report contd.. Click on OK on the Interactive Behavior Window. 24

25 Active Report Output with Visualization Run the Active Report to see the Visualization effect - Click on Run Active Report 25

26 Output is rendered showing the Quantity sold for each Product Line through different Order method type. At this stage Visualization effect is not noticed : Lines indicating different Order method type are static. 26

27 Check the Americas check box to see the Visualizations effect : Lines indicating different Order Method Type will move like wave on choosing Americas 27

28 See the Visualizations changing on selecting Asia Pacific and Central Europe : 28

29 References :

30 Thank You 30