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Sagae.....pleasse don't give me heart attack..cos we have alot of cognos work...and my company is moving to oracle 9 Thanks, TuskyNy IT/Programmer ---------------------------------------- "Everyday, I keep thinking about why I'm thinking too much..." TuskyNy

Dave, A star for that answer, I have been looking through documentation for how to update folder all to no avail and here with one search...u nailed my problem....maybe next time I should search your threads before looking at the documentations.....[medal] Thanks, TuskyNy IT/Programmer...

CogDev, Do you try borrowing some ideas from the Cognos website and fashion it to meet your specific presentation needs...your are promoting their product for them so I don't see any infringement in that....Goodluck...when I did my presentation there was no time limit...but there was alot of...

Esoftian, I don't think there are any restrictions on the number of folders to create....but the idea of folders is to put similar or related data elements in one folder depending on how your user lokks at the data...so in a way the restriction on the number of folders is determined by how your...

eSDoftian, Try checking out this FAQ faq401-2137 by Dave GRiffin..it might add some more light to what you get from the macros..and if you are having some prompt problem you might also wat to do a search on this forum..on Dave Grifin's response..he has responded to alot of prompt question...

Kakan, I don't know about connecting to Microsoft OLAP....I read in the documentation that it can be done never done it..but I believe alot of people here have done it...so wait for their answers..goodluck Thanks, Tusky IT/Programmer

Kakan, Like Flex13 is trying to tell you, there is "no why can't you store cubes int he database" the transformer creates an "mdc file" which contains your models..dimensions...and levels..with you can use powerplay to view this information...I dont know why oyu will want to...

Kakan, The options depends on what Cognos software you you...what do you currently have among the Cognos suite? Thanks, Tusky IT/Programmer

Yenfen, If you say you want to sumarrize the report as shown..then you should use powerplay..though impromptu can still do it....all i see in the report is that you are displaying only Job security and Fairness....but powerplay can easily do that Thanks, Tusky IT/Programmer

Dave, This is all I have to say....[2thumbsup] Thanks, Tusky IT/Programmer

Dave, This answer you gave I strongly believe will solve the same issue I just posted up this morning, but I'm afraid I will ask you if you don't mind to give me the steps on doing that....only dealing with cognos for 10+ weeks now..hope this is not too much to ask..Thanks in advance Thanks...

Hey Spanta, If you were able to open the .ppr you can close and save as excell..don't really know what your script looks like....can you paste it here so I can see if I can add the line to save as excell Goodluck Thanks, Tusky IT/Programmer

dm21, you might want to check out this FAQ.... faq401-2137 it might help clear things up for you about what about what you can and cannot not do with type-in prompt Thanks, Tusky IT/Programmer

Nimmy 99, I believe it is grayed out because you are running Impromptu User and not Impromptu Administrator..so you can't create Catalogs...hope this answer is still relevant..to you.cos I see it's been close to 4 months..but just putting in my 1 cents Thanks, Tusky IT/Programmer

Dave, Thanks, well I tried it it wouldn't work and I have the user ID and then password and password..and it worked fine....anyways [2thumbsup] for the thred on how to encrypt..it was very helpful...thanks again Thanks, Tusky IT/Programmer

Dave: the syntax you gave above: The actual syntax for sending the password along is: ObjImpApp.OpenCatalog filename,UClass,UCPwd,DBID,DBPwd,1. Is suppose to be : ........UCBID,UCPwd,UCPwd,1. I tried the syntax you have and it keep telling me that no data is there for export, just started...

Hello HFL, Well I just got into using Cognos last 3 weeks and this exact question you have is still on my mind till tis day, I'm workiing on htis huge report in cognos and spending hours setting up prompts and stuff and I keep hearing from my boss that Power play will be the delivering tool, I'm...