Integration with Cognos SDK

[deepak]

Guys,
I'm very new to cognos. I'm a C#.net developer and i need to implement the integration to Cognos Viewpoint. I have read some guides about cogons, different products and their features; also went through the 'Approach to Cognos 8 SDK' guide. I have installed the trial version of Cognos 8, Oracle and got the cognos dll's.

Now i need to know that how can i connect cognos with oracle and how to generate the reports using code?
can you please give me some pointers to start the process? As i don't know much about this process, so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[Andrei I]

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/c8bi/v8r4m0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.swg.im.cognos.sdk_vpt.8.4.1.doc/sdk_vpt_id120bvsdk_components.html
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C# .NET samples

The C# .NET sample, BVExecuteAction, is located in the <installation_location>\sdk\csharp\BVExecuteAction directory. The executable program is located in <installation_location>\sdk\csharp\BVExecuteAction\bin. If you receive an automation error when you launch an .exe program, you must recompile the program for your environment.

This sample sends a run request to the server using a user-specified file, which must contain a valid XML specification.

Note: In your .NET project, add a Web reference to the Business Viewpoint WSDL file: <installation_location>\BusinessViewpoint\sdk\wsdl\BusinessViewpoint.wsdl. The sample includes a reference to C:\Program Files\cognos\BusinessViewpoint\sdk\wsdl\BusinessViewpoint.wsdl, which you must update if your installation location differs.

[deepak]

stork, Thanks a lot for the information. Can you please tell me the difference between using cognosdotnet.dll and Wsdl? which is better and easy to use for integration?

Thanks again for your help.

[SerhanY]

WSDL shipped in 8.4 is not intended to be used directly, and is for reference purposes only (Quite pointless imo). We learned this the hard way. Your best approach would be to use the dll.