I'm interested in what 3rd party tools available are and what the pro's and con's are.
I'm looking for tools that can document frameworks & reports....
Hi RA,
I believe 4D have a software suite that will sit alongside Cognos 8 and allow you to document your reports and frameworks. I haven't looked at it in-depth, so I can't tell you what the pros and cons are, but I can point you towards a couple of guys who can.
Drop me an email and I will forward the names and addresses to you.
Best regards,
MF.
You know my address :D Sent over the names....
Sent!
I am excited to hear how this turns out for you. Can you keep this forum updated? We are talking about hiring a technichal writer within my group specifically for this role. If we could employ a decent software for this it might be worthwhile.
It depends on what the users reply...
I would like to know more about these thrid party tools also.
-k
I found another vendor: http://www.envisn.com/
seems a great tool... Anyone using it?
Envisn seems to only have a documentor that is compatible with Series 7 products, not RN or C8.
Are there any third party tools that can document a report to the level of listing the calculations in fields in the report? Something that really gets into the detail of a report.....
Thanks
-k ???
Envisn scales from Version 6 to Cognos8 and everywhere between
for documentation, impact analysis & compare functionality
There is a new section on COGNOiSe for the Powered By Cognos solutions. From Cognos' website (http://www.cognos.com/solutions/powered_by_cognos/index.html (http://www.cognos.com/solutions/powered_by_cognos/index.html)), "Customers in a wide range of industries and departments choose Powered by Cognos solutions to improve business performance.
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MetaManager http://www.bspsoftware.com/products/ (http://www.bspsoftware.com/products/), is one of these solutions that in addition to documentation of Framework Manager models and Content Store, provides a tremendous of administrative capabilities to enhance and automate your Cognos environment.