Torbin pretty much covered it. Hard coding is where a user is not allowed to change something, typically where a prompt/parameter/filter might be used. An example would be a filter that is coded as [Country] = 'United States' instead of [Country] = ?Country parameter?. You could also have a hard-coded sql statement where a developer directly types in a SQL statement instead of using the framework package in the report. I've done this where the framework is complex (coming directly from a transactional system) and the joins needed to be done in a very specific way.
If at all possible, I try to refrain from hard coding because, in many cases, it makes the report less useful to a wide audience.
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Jonathan McKnight
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Original Message:
Sent: Wed July 01, 2020 08:36 AM
From: Priyanka Joshi
Subject: hard coding in cognos
Hi,
What is mean by hard coding in cognos report.
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Priyanka Joshi
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