- Nov 10, 2010 — [IBM Cognos BI: generic XSLT normalization for table data](/2010/11/10/ibm-cognos-bi-generic-xslt-normalization-for-table-data.html)

I was recently looking at a Cognos BI dataset output in the XML format. It’s a pretty generic approach for data sets that don’t know what type of data they are looking at upfron...

- Nov 29, 2009 — [Designing a System with Reporting in Mind](/2009/11/29/designing-a-system-with-reporting-in-mind.html)

If you’re going through a painful process of dealing with a database schema that is just not working out for reporting, maybe it’s time to step back and build a data warehouse. ...