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Apparo Fast Edit Data management in an IBM Cognos environment
Technical Document
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Apparo Fast Edit
Data management in an IBM Cognos environment
Technical Document
2 Apparo Fast Edit
… is the extension for IBM Cognos Analytics, with which
data can be altered and imported and data entry
workflows can be realized.
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3 Fields of activity
• Multi level data entry workflows
• Manual input of plan data
• Report comments incl. further processing
• Import of large amounts of data directly from
Excel (copy & paste or as file)
• Master Data Management (MDM)
• Data driven small web apps
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4 At a glance
Incorporated into IBM Cognos Analytics and other BI
systems – including security
Easy to use, the business department can
define masks without IT support
Completely web-based, only a browser is required
Excel-Interface for fast import of data
Programming knowledge not required,
simple click-definition of application cases
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5 Commentate an IBM Cognos report
Flexible layout: Integrated into a Cognos Report
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6 Usage in Reports66666
Apparo is called with freely defineable
parameters from lists, crosstables,
buttons, and so on.
7 Output of a single data record
Flexible layout: Single record output
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8 Output examples8888
Flexible layout: Workflows…
9 Import of Excel rows using copy & paste
Excel interface via copy & paste. Excel users can easily import their 10000+ rows
to Apparo Fast Edit: intuitive and time-saving.
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10 Import of Excel data files
The user can import Excel-Data files from the browser
… including instant feedback of data errors
Excel files can be automatically imported
from the server side too
Import Excel files by sending it as e-mail attachment
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11 Master/detail relationships
Master/Detail incl. automatic database transaction handling.
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12 Example definition of a “Lookup Widget”
With Apparo Fast Edit you just define „what you want“ using the mouse.
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13 Improvement in data quality
Date & number fields: Validity interval definable
Examples:
Date only valid from 15.03.04 until the 31.12.06
Number only valid between 1 and 6
Text fields: regular expression
Example:
The Text must begin with „AB“ or „AC“ and must
contain a number
User-defined Java-class for complex data examination
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14 Integration in IBM Cognos Connection
Apparo Fast Edit Business Cases can be called up in Cognos Reports and also as Links
in IBM Cognos Connection.
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15 Designer section (I)
All Business Caes will be managed in the Designer section.
These sides and folders are protected using security groups.
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16 Designer section (II)
The definition of masks is completely web-based–
even the business department can develop own business cases.
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17 Designer section (III)
Enabling functionality with check boxes – no programming, technical concept, meetings.
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18 Apparo Fast Edit & security (I)
• Apparo Fast Edit Business Case is accessing the source
data using own database connections.
• All access rights to individual tables and database
users are defined in the database
• This is precisely defines which data can
be changed and what not
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19 Apparo Fast Edit & security (II)
Using filters to limit the data output.
Using security group filtering for limiting the output of different user groups.
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20 Language support
English
German
French
Polish
Italian
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are supported.
Further languages can be defined. Apparo Fast Edit takes the
language settings from the current Cognos session.
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21 Data hierarchies (I)
Look up-Fields can be combined to form hierarchies.
Example:
1. Look up: Product name
2. Look up: Show only product parts of the previously
chosen product
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22 Data hierarchies (II)
In the example only countries in Europe can be chosen.
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23 Using variables
Expressions from Cognos Report Studio can be
passed on to Apparo Fast Edit Report Variables
Results of a SQL SELECT can be stored in a SQL Variable