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Dec 05, 2014
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Cognos Reports on the iPhone
Proof of Concept
Ed Gonzalez
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Cognos does notofficially support the iPhone
But…
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By understanding the limitations and with a little forethought you can design Cognos reports that look good and function well through the iPhone Safari browser.
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Cognos’ ability to create a RSS feed provides simple navigation
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iPhone Reports can be easily created in Report Studio
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Despite it’s small size you can display a generous amount of information through the iPhone Safari Browser
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Small focused reports work best
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More information can be obtained by linking reports as in a drillthrough
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Reports can link to native iPhone Apps
Email Map Phone
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Formatting an address field correctly will allow it to link to the iPhone Google Map Application.
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Tapping a Phone Number field will give the user the option of calling the number
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Default text can be attached to the email link in Report Studio
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This report uses Javascript to enable horizontal scrolling
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Use Cascading Style Sheets, CSS, to ensure the report fits nicely within the width of the iPhone Screen
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Yes you can!There are technical issues to be aware
of, but the biggest challenge is one of design not of functionality.
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Cognos Reports on the iPhone