Navigating the interface

When you first log on to the product, it opens the 

portal, which is the access point to all areas in .

The user interface for 

consists of different areas for performing different types of functions, as follows:

• The reports portal (also called 

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  ): To store, view, share, and administer reports.

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  : To view report data and create or modify ad hoc reports.

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  : To edit built-in reports, create complex reports, or modify report templates.

  Note

  To use Report Studio, you must purchase a license for it and then enable it using the instructions that you are given when you purchase the license.

The 

portal is a tabbed browser window. The tabs store pages of content for quick access to that content.

The user interface includes two tabs: Public Folders and My Folders.

The Public Folders tab stores reports and report templates for access to many users. This tab includes the following folders:

• BladeLogic: Contains built-in (also called out-of-the-box) reports that are arranged in a hierarchical tree structure
• BladeLogic KPI: Contains built-in Key Performance Indicator (KPI) reports
• Templates: Contains the Query Tables Library, which contains all built-in report prompts.
• KPI Templates: Contains the Query Tables Library, which contains all KPI report prompts.

You can use the My Folders tab to store reports for your personal use. You can add more tabs to create a workspace that allows you to organize content of interest to you and gives you easy access to that content. For more information about general tasks in the user interface and how to personalize your workspace, refer to the following documentation (IBM Cognos documentation is available from the Help menu; for instructions on accessing it, see Additional-IBM-Cognos-documentation).

For information about	See
The workspace in which you view and work with reports	IBM Cognos Connection User Guide at PDFs
Creating shortcuts, URLs, and bookmarks in the workspace	IBM Cognos Connection User Guide at PDFs
Personalizing your workspace (setting preferences)	IBM Cognos Connection User Guide at PDFs
Adding, removing, and re-arranging tabs	IBM Cognos Connection User Guide at PDFs
Creating, editing, and sharing pages	IBM Cognos Connection User Guide at PDFs
Modifying entry properties (including reports and pages)	IBM Cognos Connection User Guide at PDFs
Organizing entries, such as folders (including creating, copying, moving, renaming, deleting, and re-ordering entries)	IBM Cognos Connection User Guide at PDFs
Creating ad hoc reports	Creating-ad-hoc-reports
Customizing built-in reports	Customizing-built-in-reports
Working with reports	Managing-reports-using-IBM-Cognos
Reports in the BladeLogic folder	Viewing-built-in-reports
Reports in the BladeLogic KPI folder	Viewing-built-in-reports
Using the Metadata Navigator	Using-the-Metadata-Navigator