Upgrade to Cognos 10

• IBM Cognos Tech Talk - Upgrading to Cognos 10.1

  Download this 40 minute Tech Talk presentation by Cognos that discusses practices, applications and resources available to help you during the upgrade to IBM Cognos 10.1.

• Upgrading to IBM Cognos 10.1 Info and Practices - Presentation Format

  Valuable information about upgrading to IBM Cognos 10.1. The information in this presentation can be used to help you plan and implement your upgrade to IBM Cognos 10.1.

• IBM Cognos 10.1 Lifecycle Manager Data Sheet

  Cognos Lifecycle Manager validates, generates and then compares report output to ensure there are no differences in reports after upgrading or introducing any type of change to the software environment. This data sheet can be distributed for an overview of Lifecycle Manager and it's powerful features.

• Presentation - Understanding Lifecycle Manager

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• Upgrade Workflow

  Every upgrade requires planning. Use this upgrade workflow as a template so that the plan created to upgrade to IBM Cognos 10.1 is complete. This is a guide and meant to help generate an upgrade strategy.

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• Demo - Using Lifecycle Manager to Validate BI content during the upgrade from 8.x to Cognos 10.1

  IBM Cognos Lifecycle Manager is an application that performs automated testing of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence report content making it the perfect application to help you get your Cognos 8 applications upgraded to Cognos 10.1 quickly and seamlessly. In this demo you will see how Lifecycle Manager quickly helps validate report content between Cognos 8 and Cognos 10.1.

• Demo - Multi-Version Coexistence (staging an upgrade) IBM Cognos 10.1

  Multi-Version Coexistence provides customers with the ability to stage the upgrade process by allowing two versions of the software to be accessed through a single portal. This can help provide the business with a more seamless experience through the upgrade process. Multi Version Coexistence provides IT with the ability to address business demands for functionality in a new version while providing the flexibility to plan an entire application upgrade to IT capacity.

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• IBM Cognos 10.1 Information Center

  This information center contains product documentation and other information for IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1. This includes but not limited to Release Notes, Installation and Configuration of Cognos 10.1, New Features of Cognos 10.1 and much more.

• Cognos Business Intelligence V10.1 Handbook

  This IBM Redbooks publication addresses IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.1. You can use this book to understand core features of IBM Cognos BI V10.1, realize the full potential of IBM Cognos BI, and learn by example with practical scenarios.

• IBM Cognos Proven Practices Site

  Created by Cognos experts from real-life customer experiences, Cognos Proven Practices is your source for rich technical information that is tried, tested, and proven to help you succeed with Cognos products in your specific technology environment.

• Cognos 10.1 Supported Software Environments

  Get up to date product environment information on the following areas - Recent Releases, Cognos Product Software Environments, Cognos and Virtualization, Cognos Products and 64-bit Architecture and Cognos Unsupported Environments Policy.

• Cognos 10.1 Fix List

  A comprehensive list of defect corrections for major releases, refresh packs and fix packs of Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1.

• IBM Cognos APAR (Authorized Program Analysis Report)

  An Authorized Program Analysis Report, or APAR, is a formal report to IBM development of a problem caused by a suspected defect in a current release of an IBM program. From this link one can search all IBM Cognos APARs.

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IBM Cognos BI v10 Upgrade Initiate Package
The IBM Cognos BI v10 Upgrade Initiate Package is best for existing IBM Cognos BI v8 customers who are currently planning to initiate an upgrade to IBM Cognos BI v10. This Service Package includes:
- Establishing an IBM Cognos BI v10 Upgrade Environment
- Determining your most suitable upgrade strategy
- Upgrading your existing IBM Cognos BI v8 content
- Validating a selected set of your IBM Cognos BI v10 content
- Exploring new IBM Cognos BI v10 functionality and opportunities
- Recommending a go forward strategy for maximizing your IBM Cognos BI v10 investment

SDK Cognos 8 to Cognos 10 Upgrade SDK application
IBM Cognos 10.1 BI was developed using Axis 1.4. The advantage of upgrading the SDK Java application to Axis 1.4. is the performance improvements and issues addressed compared to Axis 1.1. The slight disadvantage is that the SDK application has to be upgraded with some syntax changes. This utility will help with upgrading the SDK code.

Security Replication Tool
Need to move from one security provider to another? Want to get off a Series7 namespace?
The SDK Java based Security Replication Tool addresses the need to programmatically copy user/group/role related security settings from an existing to a new namespace in IBM Cognos BI.

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