New to SDK

[Sudha]

Hi Friends,
Can any one help me understand how this SDK stuff works and what is the Software to start off..
Where to install/start/make use of it???
Thanks
S

[mikewalker]

The SDK lets you use programming languages (.NET, Java, VB etc) to read & write, and query most of the Cognos services and Cognos content.

The SDK is licensed separately, so the first thing to check is that you have a valid licence for the SDK.

I've used Java and .NET (C#) to connect to the Cognos SDK, although I haven't done much more than basic querying of the content store (eg getting a list of all packages).

The SDK documentation is very comprehensive, so once you have setup the SDK environment & got your development tools ready, be prepared to do some reading!!

What exactly are you trying to achieve?

Regards
Mike

[Sudha]

Thanks for whatever information you shared but I want to setup install SDK on my laptop to do that do I need to download JDK also if I want to work with JAVA or can you suggest me some documentation which helps me to start off...I'm really interested to find how does this stuff work and I heard we can customize lots of defaults which come from Cognos.

I would really appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks
S

[mikewalker]

The SDK Getting Started Guide is a must-read - also recommending reading is the SDK Installation Guide which would have come with the SDK.

Yes, you will need to install the JDK if you want to develop with Java.

Likewise, you will need to install some kind of .NET code compiler (eg MS VisualStudio) if you want to develop with .NET.

HTH & happy developing!

Regards,
Mike

[Sudha]

I tried browsing the entire Knowledge Base but could not get "any Reference material for using JDK with Cognos Web Services" or SDK Getting Started Guide
Can you please forward me any material you have or any links to download the Documentation/Worked Samples/PPT/Multimedia's

Help is appreciated
Thx
Sudha

[mikewalker]

On page 1246 of the SDK Developer Guide (dg_sdk.pdf) there is a section called "Set Up Your System to Use the Java Samples".

This section documents how to configure your JDK installation to use the Cognos SDK, and what's more is it explains how to configure & run the Java samples provided with the SDK.

Have you look at these samples yet?

RTM

[Sudha]

Thanks Mike-I found this just because of you will study this and practice accordingly and come up with q's

[meetgopi]

Hi Friends,

I am Gopi new to Reportnet SDK. I want to access reports through JAVA.
Can any one plz tell me where i can download SDK Developers Guide.

Thanks in Advance.
Gopi

[Blue]

http://support.cognos.com -> Documentation option in the menu.