Emilia Clein

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Emilia Clein Sr. Manager SDK Development and
Diagnostic Tools, Cognos, an IBM Company
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Agenda
SDK upgrade path to IBM Cognos 8 BI version 8.4
IBM Cognos TM1 API Diagnostic Tools Working
Together
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SDK upgrade path to IBM Cognos 8 BI version 8.4
SDK version 8.4 A preview of what to
expect Planning the upgrade Deprecated APIs
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SDK upgrade path to IBM Cognos 8 BI version 8.4
Migration New - migration service to perform
migration tasks New - capabilities
canOpenPowerPlayInAnalysisStudio
canOpenPowerPlayInReportStudio Drill-Through Imp
rovement - convert a selection context from one
format to another. Selection context in
PowerPlay 8 filter format can be converted to the
IBM Cognos 8 format . New - Drill-through
Targets The drillPath class extended to support
additional types, such as Power Play Studio cubes
and powerPlay8Report objects. PowerPlay 8
Integration Integration of IBM Cognos PowerPlay
and the IBM Cognos 8 architecture. New -
PowerPlayService service to support PowerPlay
reports.
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SDK upgrade path to IBM Cognos 8 BI version 8.4
URL Validation Rules New IBM Cognos Application
Firewall validation rules are introduced Report
Output Annotations view questions\comments Gloss
ary Map metadata to terminology that is
meaningful to business users Lineage
Metadata Use the lineage specification to query
the lineage of objects in the CS Dynamic
Filtering of Report Data specify additional
filter criteria to be applied during the
execution of report objects. Valid for the batch
report service and report service
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SDK upgrade path to IBM Cognos 8 BI version 8.4
Hiding Objects in the Portal use the
_at_shown'true' search predicate to select
objects to show in the portal On Demand Refresh
of Prompt Cache instances of the reportCache
class stored as a child of a baseReport object
are now subject to Content Manager retention
rules Object Capabilities the ability to assign
certain capabilities has been refined to support
finer-grained configurations Packages, Public
Folders Mobile Service new options and classes
were added to specify the recipients of content
delivered using the mobileService
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IBM Cognos TM1 API
IBM Cognos TM1 API Cubes are the main repository
of data in a TM1 server The Cognos 8 TM1 API
installed with the product Complete list of TM1
APIs in the API Guide Available for C, C, Java
and Visual Basic Complete access to all
the features and functionality of the IBM Cognos
TM1 OLAP engine
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Diagnostic Tools
What are Diagnostic Tools? Why use Diagnostic
Tools? Where to find these tools?
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What are Diagnostic Tools?
Tools to help verify your environment Identify
and troubleshoot issues Provide you with the
details and systems information needed to log a
support case. Have been primarily developed in
Java for JRE1.4 or higher Each contains a JAR
file, a Batch file and a PDF that explains what
the diagnostic does and the results you can
expect
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Why Diagnostic Tools
Proactive Health Check your environment IBM
Cognos conformance Identify production issues by
comparing a test working environment with your
production system Validate your reports prior to
migration\upgrade Check for large objects in
your Content Store Trouble shoot your
environment Provide accurate information with
your Service Request Reduce Time to
Resolution No fee attached free!
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Diagnostics Tools Where? When?
Where to find these tools? http//support.cognos.c
om/en/support/diagnostics/ Available today IBM
Cognos 8 and IBM Cognos Report Net IBM Cognos 8
Controller and Planning IBM Cognos Series
7 Content Store Report Validation
Tool Conformance Health Check for IBM Cognos 8
Controller IBM Cognos 8 BI Cognos 8 Content
Manager Browser Cognos 8 Content Manager Size OS
- Windows and Unix Dispatcher Tools Copy Reports
Between Servers
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Working Together
SDK and Diagnostic Tools Community Check the
Developer Works site for resources http//www-128.
ibm.com/developerworks/data Public site Some
tutorials require registration, no fee
attached http//support.cognos.com/en/support/dia
gnostics/index.html 400 and growing, SDK
Techniques, search SDK on http//support.cogno
s.com/kb-app/knowledgebase Knowledge share
Web Seminars Technical resources