Customizing the IBM® Cognos® Model

When you customize an IBM® EMM reporting schema to include additional metrics, attributes, or audience levels and then modify the reporting view or tables that are based on that schema, you must also edit the IBM® Cognos® BI model. Use IBM® Cognos® Framework Manager features to query the views or tables and then import the additional items in the data model.

The way you update the Cognos® model depends on the changes you made in the IBM® EMM reporting views or tables.

If you modified existing views by adding columns for attributes, metrics, or response types, import the new columns by updating the query object that represents the associated view.

If you modified the over time variations for performance or runtime reports or created new reporting schemas for additional audience levels, you have added new views. In this case, use the Framework Manager MetaData Wizard to import the views into the data model.

This section provides examples that you can use as guidelines for adding your customizations to the Cognos® model. For more information, see the IBM® Cognos® BI Framework Manager User Guide and the Framework Manager online help.