Esri Maps for IBM Cognos Tips and Tricks Shirley Baffoe Eddie Koehn

Esri Maps for IBM Cognos Tips and Tricks Configure App’s look and feel Performance improvement Edit layer Style layer Where to get help

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Configure application’s look & feel Turn tools on/off Configure units and defaults for tools Configure data formats Specify a default theme or configure custom theme - Template for organization Specify default map configuration Demonstrate effect of different user privileges on availability of tools Esri Maps for IBM Cognos Tips & tricks Save as a template for organization

Improve the performance of your Cognos Report Store the coordinates in BI system… - also avoids unnecessary credit usage Install Microsoft Silverlight 5.x to improve rendering in Internet Explorer Upgrade map specifications from previous versions Remove unnecessary fields Esri Maps for IBM Cognos Tips & tricks IE Quirks vs Silverlight

Style layer tips Visualize data in different ways to discover trends Create custom classification breaks and rename groups Prevent invalid or null data from showing up as ‘others’ category in legend Use multiple styles rather than add the same layer multiple times Esri Maps for IBM Cognos Tips & Tricks …more than simple “dots on a map”

Where to get help Online Help Geonet Videos Esri Support: - support.esri.com Esri Maps for IBM Cognos Tips & Tricks

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