what are the methods of version control for framework manager and resports

[cognoshelp@ymail.com]

All Cognos gurus here,

Please any one here tell me what are the methods of version controls for the reports and framework models.

I know that for framework we can use version control tools but if we dont have any version control tool, how I need to maintain version control?

What are the methods of version control for reports.

Please please let me know, I will be very gaid if you help me in this regard

[josepherwin]

For FM:

If you dont have any version control tools, the only way to do it is to perform a manual backup of the .cpf and store it in your backup folder.

So for example you are planning to modify your current FM model, you will need to follow these steps:
1. Create a backup folder with necessary information (datestamp, what is the current situation of this backed up FM)
2. Copy the following files to the backup folder Model.cpf, customdata.xml, log.xml, model.xml, and preferences.xml
3. Make the modification required in your current model.

This way, if for some reason your FM becomes corrupted, you can just grab the files from the backup folder and re-publish that one.

For reports:
I dont think there is any tool that would allow you to do version control of reports. But there are a couple of ways you can perform version control:
1. Again, you can create a backup folder on your file system and before you modify the report, copy the report model to clipboard, open it in notepad and save it in that folder
2. Or, if you prefer to do it within Cognos Connection, just save the report in a backup directory folder which can only be accessed by admin or the owner of the group then modify the report.