IBM Cognos 10 Active Report is a disconnected and interactive report that is developed for employees in the field and growing ranks of telecommuters and business partners who are not connected to an intranet and need information and analytics to make quick decisions and actions.
IBM Cognos Report Studio to create active reports. IBM Cognos Active Report is a report output type that provides a highly interactive and easy-to-use managed report. Report authors build reports that are targeted at users’ needs, keeping the user experience simple and engaging.
How it works
Click the developed Active Report in IBM Cognos Connection and then select download to local storage. The file has a .mht extension.
Send the .mht file to the business partner by email.
To open an active report right-click the file, and select appropriate browser (for example, Internet Explorer (V7 or higher) or Mozilla Firefox (with UnMHT).
In order to allow for offline interactivity by the end user, all the data that may be viewed by the end user through report prompts must be stored in the output file.
In addition, the entire data set needed to support the report is published in the self contained MHT file. This eliminates the need to interact with larger and potentially slower data sources and provides rapid performance for small and medium sized reports (more on this later). The development of these reports leverages the existing skill sets of your organizations Report Studio developers. There are no limitations on the quantity or type of data sources in your report, as this functionality is unchanged from that of any standard report developed in Report Studio. Many of the capabilities that were available to developers through report studio remain, so the ability to meet strict business requirements, calculations, and layouts is still available. From an end user perspective, there are no additional skills needed to begin consuming and working with active reports.
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