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Title: How can i transfer iqd's to Framework manager from powerplay transformer
Post by: geinel on 20 Sep 2005 08:30:14 PM
How can i transfer iqd's to Framework manager from powerplay transformer ???
Geinel
Title: Re: How can i transfer iqd's to Framework manager from powerplay transformer
Post by: BIsrik on 21 Sep 2005 12:41:08 AM
I couldn't get what u want...as far as i know U can transfer the catlog to FM. if u open an iqd in notepad u see only sql there. i couldn't get what u were saying by transferring the iqd's in transformer to FM...

Srik
Title: Re: How can i transfer iqd's to Framework manager from powerplay transformer
Post by: sir_jeroen on 21 Sep 2005 03:39:03 AM
Or do you want to build IQD's using FrameWork Manager instead of Impromptu?
Title: Re: How can i transfer iqd's to Framework manager from powerplay transformer
Post by: Draoued on 21 Sep 2005 05:32:12 AM
I agree with BISrik , there is no way to import IQD into Framework manager, Except if you copy/paste the IQD SQL part into a query subject.... No easy to modify or maintain.

If you want to create IQD in Framework Manager to be used in Transformer, then have a look to this (http://cognoise.com/community/index.php?topic=263.0)
Title: Re: How can i transfer iqd's to Framework manager from powerplay transformer
Post by: geinel on 21 Sep 2005 08:28:00 AM
Hi everybody,
Actually i already have a model in transformer, but because of the security reason i can't run it. i was thinking if i could do anything to run that model/cube in report net.
Title: Re: How can i transfer iqd's to Framework manager from powerplay transformer
Post by: sir_jeroen on 21 Sep 2005 09:37:17 AM
You can run the query (using cut & paste) ... that's all you can do for now maybe in series 8..
Title: Re: How can i transfer iqd's to Framework manager from powerplay transformer
Post by: geinel on 21 Sep 2005 10:13:48 AM
Ok Thanks alot.
Geinel
Title: Re: How can i transfer iqd's to Framework manager from powerplay transformer
Post by: cognosfreelancer on 21 Sep 2005 10:26:48 AM
This is my major grievance with ReportNet. (I have more...)

You cannot create .iqds directly from ReportNet.

I was speaking to the product manager of Powerplay at Cogns forum 2005 and she assured me that it will make it into Cognos 8 and that it barely missed making into ReportNet 1.1 MR2.

I have not had a chance to review Cognos 8 to verify her statement.

NKT
Title: Re: How can i transfer iqd's to Framework manager from powerplay transformer
Post by: sir_jeroen on 21 Sep 2005 10:37:02 AM
Sorry CognosFreelance..
There's 1 thing I have to say about that:
RTFM

It's pretty easy to create IQD's DIRECTLY from ReportNet...


Create Database/Model Query subject -> externalize method = iqd -> publish (incl. externalizatioin) that's all...
Title: Re: How can i transfer iqd's to Framework manager from powerplay transformer
Post by: sir_jeroen on 21 Sep 2005 11:32:23 AM
And to prove it:

http://www.jeroendegraaff.nl/tutorials
Title: Re: How can i transfer iqd's to Framework manager from powerplay transformer
Post by: cognosfreelancer on 21 Sep 2005 12:11:30 PM
Hi Jeroen

This is a very simplistic feature.

The externalize feature works only with individual query subjects.

We have IQDs that span multiple tables and contain multiple joins.

The only way to work around is to copy the required SQL and use that to create a query subject,

And that is precisely what we are doing.

We are creating Framework Manager packages exclusively for generating .iqd files.

The reason we are doing this is that we are abandoing Impromptu in total.

We cannot modify our production FM packages for .iwd generation as the modeling was done to solve a business problme rather than Cogno's problem.


NKT
Title: Re: How can i transfer iqd's to Framework manager from powerplay transformer
Post by: sir_jeroen on 21 Sep 2005 12:40:15 PM
Hi Cognosfreelance,

Maybe I don't understand you, but at work I use my standard ReportNet package for ReportStudio as for Transformer. In my iqd's I use the standard relations (eg. Productline, producttype, Order #, Revenue) and this gives no error at all.


In some cases I create a completely new model query subject, in which I collect all needed data.
So why don't you add a new namespace called e.g. IQD in which you put all the needed Query Subjects and (if you want) recreate all necessary relations.

This won't interfere with you production / business environment.
Title: Re: How can i transfer iqd's to Framework manager from powerplay transformer
Post by: BIsrik on 22 Sep 2005 03:26:05 AM
What would be the use of having relations in ur iqd namespace....Powerplay can't recognise ur relations b/w query subjects.

I follow this pattern...during modeling itself i rename all the columns involved in the relationships to a common name b/w both of them. Then externilize and publish. by this u get ur model and ur iqds also.

Srik