Cognos Mapping Mashups

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+ Ed Gonzalez 6 months ago
I used 2 distinct methods to integrate the Map APIs with Cognos. Which you choose depends on the amount of data, how often the data is refreshed and the amount of interactivity the user will need.

The first method is to simply create a list report that contains all the data you need to create the map and with any filters you want. Then add an HTML item to hold the map and an HTML item to hold the JavaScript. The key here is that the JavaScript will traverse the html table that makes up the list report, and extract the data it needs to send to the Map API. This method works well for small sets of data and allows you to use the built in Cognos prompts for filtering.

The second method is to simply schedule a report to run on a regular basis and output the results to the file system either as a CSV or XML. Then use JavaScript to loop through or parse the file and pass the data to the Map API. You can filter the resulting dataset through JavaScript. This method works well for data that is refreshed on a regular basis i.e. Daily or Weekly. One of the screenshots that used method 2 was based on this example http://mapsapi.googlepages.com/categories.htm by Esa Ilmari.
+ Hanzeman 6 months ago
Hello Ed Gonzalez,

May I ask some questions about your presentation? Because, I would like to integrate google maps within Cognos Reports. I have the following questions:

1) Did you use the Cognos SDK, or did you use javascript or something else?
2) Was it also possible to add a table to the report and integrate it with a map in combination with Google Maps?
3) To show the Cognos table did you do that within a html-item or did you just add a insertable object from the Cognos Menu?
4) How did you commicate between Google Maps and Cognos? Did you use XML, did you use a Cognos Webservice (I don’t know if that is possible or exists). Because for now I don’t know how I can transfer data from Cognos to Google Maps.

I hope you are willing to answer the questions.

Thanks in advance.

Greetings, Hans van Zon

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Cognos Mapping Mashups - Presentation Transcript

1 © 2009 Vizion Solutions, LLC
Cognos Mapping Mashups Cognos provides rich mapping visualizations But… 2 © 2009 Vizion Solutions, LLC
Cognos Mapping Mashups The built in mapping visualizations in Cognos fall short of matching the granularity and rich features provided by 3rd party web services, i.e. Yahoo Maps, Google Maps. However… 3 © 2009 Vizion Solutions, LLC
Cognos Mapping Mashups You can fully integrate Web Service Maps in Report Studio using simple JavaScript 4 © 2009 Vizion Solutions, LLC
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Cognos Mapping Mashups We can load all data onto the report and allow the Map API to control the filter 11 © 2009 Vizion Solutions, LLC
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Cognos Mapping Mashups We can create overlays and allow users to hide and show them 13 © 2009 Vizion Solutions, LLC
Cognos Mapping Mashups Overlay can be KML or GEO RSS and can be converted from shape files 14 © 2009 Vizion Solutions, LLC
Cognos Mapping Mashups Overlay can be combined with map markers 15 © 2009 Vizion Solutions, LLC
Cognos Mapping Mashups Overlay can also be dynamically controlled by user input 16 © 2009 Vizion Solutions, LLC
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Cognos Mapping Mashups Again the overlay can be combined with map markers 18 © 2009 Vizion Solutions, LLC
Cognos Mapping Mashups Multiple overlays can be combined for a specific purpose. In this case to create a concentric radius 19 © 2009 Vizion Solutions, LLC
Cognos Mapping Mashups This only scratches the surface of what can be accomplished by Mashing Cognos Reports with Web Maps. © 2009 Vizion Solutions, LLC
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