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In this month's article:

• Update on IBM Cognos Support Service Requests
• Creating IBM Web IDs
• Product Entitlement Update
• How to find IBM Cognos Training Courses on IBM.com
• How Are We Doing?

Organizations put a lot of thought into how performance management can help their business. However they may not always have the requisite knowledge or experience internally to implement the software on their own. Find out how IBM Cognos Guardian Services can make implementation a worry free experience.

Access to critical Business Intelligence (BI) and Performance Management can give your organization the advantage it needs to thrive even during a weak economy. With budgets tight all over, Instructor-led Online training keeps your people up to speed and your expenses in check.

IBM Cognos 8 BI for Linux on System z has captured the interest of many customers as they explore their options for deploying Cognos 8 BI. System z offers some surprising advantages, such as quick and easy scalability, seamless production system upgrades, and data security assurances.

Getting that balance between IT service commitments and the strategic initiatives of your business is a critical to your success. Find out how IBM Cognos 8 v4 will help you find your comfort zone.

Tale your IBM Cognos 8 reports to an interactive level with Yahoo! Maps that can be embedded and scripted using the JavaScript. The Yahoo! Maps AJAX API allows a report developer to add Yahoo! Maps, creating a richer experience for report consumers.

This document shows how to dynamically set the chart measures based on a customer multiple value selection through a multi select value prompt.

In IBM Cognos 8 BI Report Studio, you can display data source information in reports using custom session parameters created in Framework Manager. This technique works well when your model is based on one data source.