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IBM Cognos 10 Platform => Cognos 10 BI => Framework Manager => Topic started by: jv_oz on 29 Apr 2015 07:34:41 AM

Title: FM Model ID'd From Package
Post by: jv_oz on 29 Apr 2015 07:34:41 AM
Hi all,

We have a new client and their environment is a mess. They have an FM package and are not sure exactly which version of FM Models (v1, v2, v3 or v3a) was used to create the package.

So, is there any way to tell from the package what the source model is?

Thanks
Title: Re: FM Model ID'd From Package
Post by: Michael75 on 29 Apr 2015 12:57:45 PM
If you know where in your client's portal the package is published, you should be able to compare the package timestamp shown in Cognos Connection with that of the FM models which you are aware of.

But I suspect this isn't going to be quite as simple as that . . .  :)
Title: Re: FM Model ID'd From Package
Post by: bdbits on 29 Apr 2015 03:51:16 PM
If necessary, you can reverse engineer the current published model from the content store. I could swear I had an article that showed how to do it without the restarts and no additional tools, but I seem to have lost the URL.  :(

So I googled and found you a couple links. First is the IBM way. You'll need to stop and restart Cognos during this process.
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21505488 (http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21505488)

Motio implies they have something in their free version that makes it simpler with no Cognos stop/restarts.
http://info.motio.com/Blog/bid/70358/Recover-a-Lost-Cognos-Framework-Manager-Model-in-60-seconds-or-less (http://info.motio.com/Blog/bid/70358/Recover-a-Lost-Cognos-Framework-Manager-Model-in-60-seconds-or-less)
Title: Re: FM Model ID'd From Package
Post by: jv_oz on 03 May 2015 09:52:08 PM
Thanks everyone.