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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I am new to Cognos. I need to install Cognos 8. I installed the software, typically i failed at Configuration of Cognos to SQL Server 2000. Please anybody help me in this or a support doc/link.
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Hi,

       I am new to Cognos. I need to install Cognos 8. I installed the software, typically i failed at Configuration of Cognos to SQL Server 2000. Please anybody help me in this or a support doc/link.

cognos 8 configuraion

A database report is the formatted result of database queries and contains useful data for decision-making and analysis. Most good business applications contain a built-in reporting tool; this is simply a front-end interface that calls or runs back-end database queries that are formatted for easy application usage.

DB Reporting Tools

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.