Message-Id: <10710.124647@fatcity.com> From: "Tarkanyi Antal" Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:01:46 +0100 Subject: Re: Cognos Expertise? Urgent This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A1_01C0666D.451004C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi ! Could you suggest me something instead of COGNOS ? Thank you ! Anti =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D It IS costly! And if your are not running marketing numbers, then not = very intuitive either! We hired a consultant to build a cube for us a long = time ago (after a year ago) . Months after he has been far gone, we found = issues with the setup. The underlying queries are pulling up multiple records in = the total counts.....ahhhh.... so much for user testing and unfortunately I was = NOT involved in that phase of the project. I was basically trying to redefine a dimension with a new query, but = the whole cube went berserk. ..... ..... ..... Ok. Enough rant. Going for a little walk, take a little break, then = will come back and throw my computer out of the window! DILBERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------=_NextPart_000_00A1_01C0666D.451004C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi !

Could you suggest me something instead = of COGNOS=20 ?

Thank you !

Anti

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It IS costly! And if your are not running marketing = numbers, then=20 not very
intuitive either! We hired a consultant to build a = cube for=20 us a long time ago
(after a year ago) . Months after he has = been far=20 gone, we found issues with
the setup. The underlying queries = are=20 pulling up multiple records in the total
counts.....ahhhh.... so = much for=20 user testing and unfortunately I was NOT
involved in that phase of = the=20 project.

I was basically trying to redefine a dimension with a = new=20 query, but the whole
cube went berserk.
.....
.....

.....

Ok. Enough rant. Going for a little walk, take a = little=20 break, then will come
back and throw my computer out of the=20 = window!

DILBERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!= !!!!!!!!!