You can use reports, cubes, and documents to analyze data and help you make informed and timely decisions. In Cognos 8, reports and cubes can be published to the portal to ensure that everyone in your organization has accurate and relevant information when they need it.
Typically, for Query Studio and Report Studio reports, your data
modeler creates models 
from subsets of corporate data. These
models are then published as packages in Cognos 8. Query
Studio and Report Studio users can create reports based on the packages
and publish them in Cognos 8. In Cognos Connection, a Query
Studio report is called a query and a Report Studio report is called
a report.
OLAP sources do not need additional modeling.
An Analysis Studio administrator can publish Analysis Studio reports and cubes in Cognos 8. Analysis Studio users can create reports and publish them in Cognos 8. In Cognos Connection, an Analysis Studio report is called an analysis.
A report can refer to the specification that defines the information to include in a report, or the results themselves. For Report Studio and Query Studio, report specifications can have saved results or you can run a report to produce new results. For Analysis Studio, reports are always run against the latest data in the cube.
After a report is published to the portal, you can view, run,
or open it or
view report output versions . You can also view the report in various
formats .
You can distribute reports by saving them, sending them by email,
printing them, or bursting them . You can also set run options for the current
run ,
and set advanced run options for the current run .
You can create an ad hoc report using Query Studio or you can
use Report Studio to define layouts, styles, and prompts for your
report .
You can also create Analysis Studio reports (analyses).
You can schedule a report to run at a later time or on a recurring
basis. You can schedule a report as part of a job or based on a
trigger. You can view the run history for a report. For more information,
see View the Run History for Entries. You can also
include a report in an agent .
You can add yourself to the alert list for a report so that you
are alerted when new versions of the report are created . You can
also specify watch rules in saved HTML report output so that you
are alerted whenever the events specified by the watch rules are
satisfied .
You can disable selection-based features ,
such as drilling up and down and drill-through.
You organize your report entries in a way that is convenient for you. For more information, see Cognos Connection.
Mixed currency values occur when you calculate values with different currencies. When using an OLAP data source, mixed currency values use the asterisk character (*) as the unit of measure.
Cognos is committed to assisting people with disabilities, and promotes initiatives that make workplaces and technologies accessible. Cognos 8 provides an accessible report reading solution. This solution allows disabled users and users of Assistive Technology the ability to access and display reports in Cognos Viewer.
For information on working with Series 7 reports and cubes in Cognos 8, see Series 7 Reports in Cognos Connection.
