Understanding the IBM Cognos Software Development Kit

As a developer, you can use the IBM® Cognos® Software Development Kit to integrate IBM Cognos into your existing software or portals and to provide several methods for developing custom solutions. The IBM Cognos Software Development Kit provides the following tools for integrating with IBM Cognos services and components:

• IBM Cognos toolkits

  to provide programmers with access to the BI Bus API in Java and the Microsoft^® .NET Framework programming environments

• A URL interface

  to automate actions by passing commands and parameters over HTTP to integrate with other applications

• Published IBM Cognos DTD or Schema and documentation

  to support the development of customized solutions

• Custom report function libraries

  to provide customized report functions to report authors

• Published IBM Cognos Framework Manager schemas and documentation

  to support the development and publishing of Framework Manager models.