Transformer difference 7 vs 8

[dssd]

Is there a huge difference between 7 transformer with respect to 8? Also, how is the migration like?

[MFGF]

The smart-alec answer is 1, of course! :)

Transformer is largely the same between 7 and 8.  Changes include the ability to use Cognos 8 packages and reports as data sources (thereby making IQDs obsolete), and the ability to use Cognos 8 security rather than the old Cognos 7 Access Manager user classes.  The core functionality is the same, though.

Regards,

MF.

[cognostechie]

There is one other major difference which MFGF forgot to mention !

In 7, it is called 7 and in 8, it is called 8  ;)

[Arsenal]

There is one other major difference which MFGF forgot to mention !

In 7, it is called 7 and in 8, it is called 8  ;)

Not quite...I remember distinctly that in 8.2, Transformer was still branded as 7.4  ;) Though that was before integration in 8.3 onwards

dssd, if you're asking whether there'll be a learning curve for you to go from series 7 to 8, then mfgf is right...other than learning how to use packages for creating cubes (if you were using iqd's from FM/Impromptu), there isn't really much change. You still build your dimensions etc. in the same way.

I haven't had much chance to work with dimension views in 8, so I am not sure how that part changes vis-a-vis Cognos 8 security, but I suspect MFGF's post also partly answers that