PRACTICALS CLASS 1:-CREATION OF PROJECT:-START PROGRAM->IBM COGNOS8->FRAMWEWORK MANAGER -FROM PROJECTS,CLICK ON CREATE A NEW PROJECT -ENTER THE PROJECT

NAME I.,E sales_retailes -SELECT THE LOCATION OF THE PROJECT LET IT BE C:\BATCH5_30AM\SALES_RETAILERS -CLICK OK -SELECT THE DESIGN LANGUAGE FOR THE PROJECT(default ENGLISH) -CLICK OK -SELECT THE META DATA SOURCE AS DATASOURCES -CLICK ON NEXT -SELECT THE DATA SOURCE(gosales) -CLICK ON NEXT -FROM gosales DATASOURCE, SELECT TABLES -CLICK NEXT -LEAVE THE DEFAULTS WHICH MAKES RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE IMPORTED TABLES -CLICK ON IMPORT -CLICK ON FINISH -GO ON LOCATION OF PROJECT AND SEE THE DEFAULT FILES -C:\BATCH5_30AM\SALES_RETAILERS PRACTICALS 2:CONNECTION MANAGEMENT -FROM PROJECT,SELECT CREATE NEW PROJECT -ENTER PROJECT NAME,CLICK OK -SELECT THE DESIGN LANGUAGE FOR THE PROJECT -SELECT DATASOURCE,CLICK NEXT -CLICK ON NEW TO MAKE NEW DATASOURCE -CLICK ON NEXT -ENTGER THE CONNECTION NAME OR DATASOURCE NAME -CLICK ON NEXT -FROM THE LIST,SELECT THE DB ORACLE OR SQL SERVER -CLICK ON NEXT -ENTER THE FOLLOWING CONNECTION PARAMETERS -SELECT * NET CONNECT STRING-ORCL -SELECT USERID AND PASSWORD(SCOTT/TIGER) -CLICK ON TEST CONNECTION -CLICK ON TEST -CLICK ON NEXT -CLICK ON FINISH

CREATE A MODEL FOR ORGANIZING THE META DATA PROCEDURE PRACTICAL-3 -FROM PROJECT VIEWER PANE FROM PROJECT SELECT THE gosales NAMESPACE, RIGHT CLICK AND ----RENAME IT AS A MODEL -FROM MODEL,SELECT ALL QUERY SUBJECTS RT CLICK SELECT NEW PARENT CLICK ON FOLDER -RENAME FOLDER AS BUSINESS VIEWS -SELECT THE BUSINESS VIEWS FOLDER RIGHT CLICK SELECT CREATE CLICK ON NAMESPACE -RENAME THE NAMESPACE AS SALES -FROM BUSINESS VIEWS FOLDER SELECT ALL QUERY SUBJECTS -DRAG,DROP ON SALES NAMESPACE. PRACTICAL-4 DELETE PROJECT -BROWSE THE LOCATION WHERE THE PROJECT IS CREATED. -FROM THE LOCATION,SELECT THE PORJECT FOLDER -CLICK ON DELETE.