Customizing or creating Cognos reports for IBM EMM applications

You can customize the example reports so they include your custom data and you can create new reports. From Cognos® Connection, you can configure options for the reports, schedule them to run at regular times, and use Report Studio to customize them.

Consult the following sources when you are planning and implementing your reports.

• The user's guides for your IBM® EMM applications include short descriptions of all the reports in the IBM EMM reports package for that product.

• The IBM EMM reports packages provide reference documentation that describes the specifications of each of the reports in the pack and the Framework Manager metadata model that supports the reports. You can find the reference documentation in the reports package installation directory, in a location similar to <ReportsPackInstallationDirectory>/cognos10/<Product>Docs.

  For example, the IBM EMM Campaign reports package documentation might be found in the Reports Pack installation directory under /IBM/EMM/ReportsPackCampaign/cognos10/CampaignDocs.

  Examine these documents before you customize a model or a report. Be sure that you understand how a report is constructed before you modify it.

• For detailed documentation about creating and editing IBM Cognos BI reports, see the IBM Cognos BI documentation, especially the IBM Cognos BI Report Studio Professional Authoring User Guide.

• For information about the report styles to use, see the appendix Formatting the Cognos reports.

• For information about customizing Marketing Operations reports, see the Marketing Operations Administration Guide.