IBM Cognos Mashup Service Screen Shots

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IBM Cognos Mashup Service

Ed Gonzalez

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A mashup combines data or functionality from two or more sources to create a new service

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In the past Simple Text or CSV output along with Cognos macros provided rudimentary mashup capabilities

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With Impromptu XML files Cognos Mashups became easier to create



The number of methods for extracting mashup data from Cognos grew in Series 7 and Cognos 8

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Some of the methods we used for mashups were…



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Screen Scraping by embedding Javascript code in an HTML item to read data right from the table on the screen



Using the SDK to run and extract report results

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Using report XML output saved to the filesystem

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Using Content Manager RSS Feeds to create quick and easy

custom portals



These methods are still available however …

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IBM Cognos recently introduced the Cognos Mashup Service that automatically exposes content from Cognos 8

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The following screen shots were created while testing the Cognos Mashup Service and hierarchy visualizations

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Mashups using a modified version of Slickmap CSS lets us explore a hierarchy3 levelsdeep



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The 3rd

Level is visibleby clicking on a node



Combining data with The JIT Space Tree

allows for larger hierarchies

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Use the Cognos Drill down Functionality to add children nodes dynamically

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The JIT also provides a Tree Map visualization for viewing hierarchies



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We can add multiple levels to the tree map



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We can add multiple levels to the tree map



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Fusion Charts offers a multilevel pie chart



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Additional levels can be added as an outer ring



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Clicking on a node will highlight the node and its ancestors



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Mashups can be embedded into HTML layouts to create dashboards or add information



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Report fragment embedded using an Iframe



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Tree Map embedded using a Div with data retrieved through the mashup service



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Place holders for additional information



IBM Cognos Mashup Service allows the developer to augment and extend the Cognos toolset in seemingly endless ways



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Below is a list of the services used to create the mashups

Mashup Index

Slide Method 3rd Party Service / App4 Impromptu XML file Flex Table by Joe Orr

http://www.screenbooks.net/jorr/js/7 JavaScript Yahoo Maps API

http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/

8 Java SDK Google Visualization API (Motion chart)http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery/motionchart.html

9 Report Studio XML output Google Maps API and modified sample code by Esa lmari http://mapsapi.googlepages.com/categories.htm

10 Content Manager RSS Feed Custom XSL tansformation by Ed Gonzalez

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Modified version of Slick Map CSShttp://astuteo.com/slickmap/


JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Space Tree visualization )http://thejit.org/


JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit (Tree Map visualization) http://thejit.org/


Multi Level Pie by Fusion Charthttp://www.fusioncharts.com/

24 Report URL & Mashup Service Rest interface

Layout based on a tutorial by James Padolseyhttp://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/inettuts/



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