Report Studio Professional Authoring User Guide
IBM provides a complete set of documentation that supports Cognos framework. This topic lists Cognos documentation. BMC Decision Support for Server Automation uses the Cognos 10.2 reporting framework for its reporting product.
BMC documentation includes references to the following Cognos documentation for additional information about BMC Decision Support for Server Automation. The Cognos documentation is available from the product Help menu. In the menu, select a specific document, select More Documentation for a list of additional documents, or select Help for a document related to the current product area. Most Cognos documents include a Related Documentation section, which includes a hyperlinked list of all Cognos documents. Always refer to the BMC documentation first as the primary source of instructions for installing, configuring, and using BMC Decision Support for Server Automation.
For information about Cognos 10.2 reporting framework, use the following Cognos documentation available at the page. Title Description IBM Cognos Administration and Security Guide Documents how to view, organize, schedule, create, and distribute reports IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Query Studio User Guide Describes how to create simple reports IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Report Studio Professional Authoring User Guide Describes how to create complex reports Note that if you have not purchased a Report Studio license and enabled it, you cannot see the features described in this document. IBM Cognos Administration and Security Guide Provides information about administering BMC Decision Support for Server Automation and security IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Installation and Configuration Guide Provides configuration information.
This topic lists some of the main tasks that you can perform on built-in and ad hoc reports and provides references to documentation for detailed instructions on performing the tasks. When you first log on to BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation, several built-in reports are available for your use.
These reports provide a wide-range of information about your server environment. You can change the filter settings and schedules of a report to meet your needs. You cannot modify built-in reports unless you installed the Report Studio add-on package; however, you can create new reports that are customized to deliver information that is of interest to your organization. For information about the built-in reports that are included with BMC BladeLogic Decision Support for Server Automation, see. For assistance with issues running reports, see. Your role must have the appropriate permission to perform some of these tasks. This list is a subset of all of the report-related tasks; for information about using reports, consult the following documentation (IBM Cognos documentation is available from the Help menu; for instructions on accessing it, see ).
For information about creating reports, see. For information about modifying reports, see. The following table lists the main tasks and references to documentation. For information about See Creating, removing, and rearranging folders, pages, and tabs IBM Cognos Connection User Guide Organizing your report definitions IBM Cognos Connection User Guide Searching for reports IBM Cognos Connection User Guide Moving, copying, renaming, or deleting reports Note that you cannot delete built-in reports.
Report Studio Professional Authoring User Guide
IBM Cognos Connection User Guide Creating shortcuts to reports or bookmarking reports IBM Cognos Connection User Guide Running reports Note: Do not confuse saving reports as report views with running, viewing, and saving reports. For more information about troubleshooting the report views issues, see. IBM Cognos Connection User Guide Saving reports as report views Note: Do not confuse saving reports as report views with running, viewing, and saving reports. For more information about troubleshooting the report views issues, see. IBM Cognos Connection User Guide Viewing reports in PDF, HTML, Excel, or XML format IBM Cognos Connection User Guide Viewing report output versions IBM Cognos Connection User Guide Specifying default report run options, including the default behavior when a report is selected (viewing the results of the most recent report run is the default setting), setting the default report format and language, or specifying the default prompt values.