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IBM Cognos Proven Practices: Hands-on
IBM Cognos Software Development Kit
Programming
Nature of Document: Proven Practice; Product(s): IBM
Cognos Software Development Kit; Area of Interest:
Development
Claudiu Popescu
Software Engineer, IBM Cognos SDK Support
Group
IBM
Skill Level: Introductory
Date: 20 May 2011
An introductory document to the IBM Cognos SDK that explains the basic
requirements of an SDK application using a stand-alone sample.
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Introduction
Purpose
This document is addressed to the software designers who are very familiar with
the IBM Cognos BI product and who would like to use the IBM Cognos BI Software
Development Kit (SDK) component. The IBM Cognos Software Development Kit
contains many samples but they may be intimidating for someone just starting out
with the SDK because they are somewhat complex and are not stand-alone as they
make use of classes that are defined in other directories. This document offers a
simpler approach in that it contains only one source file with a self-contained SDK
application.
Applicability
This document has been written using IBM Cognos BI version 10.1 as the reference
version. However, the concepts presented also apply to versions 8.3 and greater
of IBM Cognos 8 BI. The code sample supplied with this document will need to be
adapted to work with IBM Cognos 8 BI.
