How to burst in Cognos 8 without a Burst Table

       This document will describe how to set up a report for bursting via email that does not require a burst table. This is the Cognos 8 equivalent of the bursting demo that was included in the Report Authoring Part 2 book for CRN. 

        Requires Argosoft mail server with an account for Alessandra Torta (atorta@grtd123.com), Notification configured in Cognos Configuration, Outlook Express with an account set up for Alessandra Torta (atorta@grtd123.com).

Resolving the problem

        Basically, you create a calculation that holds the names of the people to which you want to burst reports. This requires that their names exist in the data source in such a way that you can create an email address from the first and last name fields.

The calculation would then be used as the burst key.

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