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IBM Cognos 10 Platform => Upgrading to Cognos 10 => Topic started by: khutc on 20 Sep 2012 03:22:44 PM

Title: Is LifeCycle Manager usable with Cognos Express?
Post by: khutc on 20 Sep 2012 03:22:44 PM
Hi,

We currently have Cognos BI 8.2 and would like to migrate to Cognos Express 10.1.0. How do we migrate our current packages created in Framework Manager and reports to Cognos Express? Is LifeCycle Manager usable with Cognos Express?

Any info would help.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Is LifeCycle Manager usable with Cognos Express?
Post by: hardstep on 21 Sep 2012 03:02:54 AM
Hi there
You can do a deployment export of your FM packages and reports using the normal BI admin console.
You can use Lifecycle manager against Cognos Express if needs be.

Rgds
Nick
Title: Re: Is LifeCycle Manager usable with Cognos Express?
Post by: khutc on 21 Sep 2012 07:57:18 AM
Hi Nick,

Thank you for the information. Can the same packages be used with the new version of Framework Manager? How do you import the exported reports into Express?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Is LifeCycle Manager usable with Cognos Express?
Post by: hardstep on 22 Sep 2012 06:31:26 AM
Hello !.
Any old / existing FM package can be opened inside of Cognos Express (it comes with Framework Manager).
Once you have created / exported your reports etc via the deployment archived in Cognos Administration there should be a deployment archive
file in you v8 deployment folder...copy this file onto your cognos express server and copy this into the same deployment folder for express.
Then run a deployment import via the cognos administration console - you should see the newly copied file to import.

Cheers
Nick
Title: Re: Is LifeCycle Manager usable with Cognos Express?
Post by: khutc on 26 Sep 2012 02:21:26 PM
Thank you very much Nick! You have been really helpful.