So, as you prepare to analyze whether you will be upgrading your Cognos software, we have a few considerations to help you make the decision to transition to the more robust, flexible Cognos 10 platform. If you are not content with your financial performance, are not able to collaborate on key business decisions, do not have the capacity to support big data or do not have the ability to provide mobile analytics then the Cognos 10 upgrade should be a serious consideration for your organization.
If that is not enough to send you running toward an upgrade, here are our top 10 Cognos 10 features that we see as a sampling of the many upgrade benefits:. Our dedicated System Architecture team, a unique offering in the industry, can provide you with guidance when planning an upgrade to the latest release of Cognos. Why Upgrade to Cognos Table Management Reports to Delete. Delete the Pharmacovigilance reports listed in Table Table Pharmacovigilance Reports to Delete.
Skip to Section 6. This section describes how to set up Cognos Server and configure your environment for a new installation of Argus Insight. This section describes the following tasks that you must complete to configure Internet Information Services 7. Navigate to Administrative Tools and select Server Manager.
The Server Manager window opens. The Add Role Services dialog box opens. If these role services are not installed, select the appropriate check box and then click Install. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. If these role services are already installed, click Cancel. The system returns to the Server Manager window. The Add Virtual Directory dialog box opens. In the Physical path field, enter the complete path to the Cognos 8 Web content directory.
The default path is:. Right-click your newly-created Cognos 8 virtual directory and select Add Virtual Directory. In the Physical path field, enter the complete path to the Cognos 8 cgi-bin directory. Click the Add link in the Actions pane. Click the Edit Feature Settings link in the Actions pane. Expand the virtual directory folder and click the cgi-bin virtual directory. Click the Add Module Mapping link in the Actions pane.
The Add Module Mapping dialog box opens. In the Executable field, you enter a value depending on the module you are using. You can click the ellipsis icon to browse to the file location. In the Name field, enter a realistic name for this mapping.
Click the Mapping tab, and select Invoke handler only if request is mapped to: File. Click the Access tab, and select Specify the access required by the handler: Execute. Click OK to save your changes. The system returns to the Add Module Mapping dialog box. Depending on the method used in Section 6.
Click Yes. Your new module mapping should be added to the Module Mapping List. For Cognos Administration to function properly, you must manually edit the directive that you added to the IIS configuration file in the previous step see Section 6. Locate the appropriate add name statement in the web. Click the Edit Feature Permissions link in the Actions pane. The Edit Features Permissions dialog box opens. Copy the ojdbc5. This section describes the following tasks that you must complete to configure the Cognos 8 environment:.
You use the options in the IBM Cognos 8 Configuration window to define environment group and logging properties, security properties, and data access properties. Select Environment. The system displays the Environment - Group Properties in the right pane. Navigate to Environment and select Logging.
The system displays the properties for the Logging component. Navigate to Security, Authentication, and select Cognos. Set the Allow anonymous access? Set the Enable CAF validation? This is the name of the database resource. Select User ID and password, and click the icon next to it.
The Value - User ID and password dialog box opens. In the Password field, type the password for the content store database user. Make sure that the content store database entry is added in the TNSNames.
Enter the database instance name for the Cognos 8 repository in the Service name field. Navigate to Security, right-click Authentication, click New resource, and then select Namespace.
In the Type field, type Custom Java Provider. Open the File menu and select Save to save your changes to the configuration settings. The system displays the following dialog box and lists each task as it is performed:. If there are no problems with the configuration, the system completes the test phase and starts the IBM Cognos 8 service successfully.
If there are possible problems with the configuration, the system stops running the service and displays a warning message. When you click OK to acknowledge the warning message, the system opens another dialog box with more information. For example:. Click Cancel to stop the process. If the warnings or errors are due to reasons other than mail server connection failure, cancel the process and check your configuration again.
Click Continue to ignore the warnings and errors, and complete the process of starting the IBM Cognos 8 service. For example, you can ignore warnings that the mail server cannot be reached see the previous illustration. Click the Content Administration link. The Content Administration window opens. Click Next to continue. Welcome, Guest.
Please login or register. Did you miss your activation email? Author Topic: Cognos 8 BI 8. Transformer has been re-engineered so it is now a "true" Cognos 8 application.
Interesting news Seems to me that because Transformer will "reworked", they'll probably charge for it. Hi, To the best of my knowledge, it's still bundled in with the Administrator license. I'm not aware of plans to change this Regards, MF.
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