# InForm to Cognos naming correspondence

InForm and Cognos naming conventions

Icon | Ad Hoc Reporting | Cognos Query Studio | Description
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| Package | Package | Subset of a data model that contains topics you can add to a report.
| Folder | Folder | Organizer for report items. You cannot import a folder into a report.
| Namespace | Namespace | Used to prevent naming conflicts within a package. Can contain a variety of objects such as dimensions, report elements, and filters.
| Report topic | Query Subject | Categories of different reporting areas representing tables in the database.
| Report element | Query Item | Representation of the data point to include in reports.
| Measure | Measure | Represents quantitative data such as counts, calculations, or aggregations.

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