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Planning & Consolidation => COGNOS Planning => Topic started by: EP_explorer on 14 Oct 2009 12:32:44 AM

Title: Change statuses of e-list in the table nodestate
Post by: EP_explorer on 14 Oct 2009 12:32:44 AM
I want to change statuses of e-list of one Contributor application based on statuses of another Contributor application - they must be the same.

I don't see any ideas to make it using base instruments. May be anybody can give advises?

I know that statuses of any Contributor application are contained in a table nodestate. I can use SQL Update to change the statuses - I even did it and saw that Contributor application changed statuses. But I want to ask - is it dangerous to application to make such things or not? May be I must change other tables as well - not only nodestate.

Cognos Planning 8.4

Wait for advises.
Title: Re: Change statuses of e-list in the table nodestate
Post by: adityashah27 on 14 Oct 2009 02:03:15 PM
so you just want to change the elist wf state? and not data?

just curious,whats the business need to do this?
Title: Re: Change statuses of e-list in the table nodestate
Post by: EP_explorer on 15 Oct 2009 01:04:11 AM
Quote from: adityashah27 on 14 Oct 2009 02:03:15 PM
so you just want to change the elist wf state? and not data?

just curious,whats the business need to do this?

I will change data by using D-link ;-). But I can't change wf of state of certain elements of e-list using base methods.
And I ask ideas.
Title: Re: Change statuses of e-list in the table nodestate
Post by: mizu on 19 Oct 2009 08:00:13 AM
what about running a GTP macro from CAC which would reset the states of the application?
Title: Re: Change statuses of e-list in the table nodestate
Post by: EP_explorer on 20 Oct 2009 12:36:12 AM
This macros will reset every status of e-list elements. I want to change some statuses and don't change others.

For example - at first 100% statuses are 'Submit' and after the marcos - 30% are 'Submit' and other 70% are 'Work in Progress'.
Title: Re: Change statuses of e-list in the table nodestate
Post by: craig_karr on 20 Oct 2009 03:14:46 AM
We made a solution like that for a customer with a script setting the node states in one app based on another. Uppon review by Cognos they said that they could not apporve that, but the app worked fine anyway
Title: Re: Change statuses of e-list in the table nodestate
Post by: EP_explorer on 20 Oct 2009 03:41:42 AM
Quote from: craig_karr on 20 Oct 2009 03:14:46 AM
We made a solution like that for a customer with a script setting the node states in one app based on another. Uppon review by Cognos they said that they could not apporve that, but the app worked fine anyway

Did you only update table 'nodestate'? or any other tables as well?

Or was it another solution?
Title: Re: Change statuses of e-list in the table nodestate
Post by: craig_karr on 20 Oct 2009 08:10:38 AM
Only the nodestate table. Cognos said it was a smart solution, but too "outside the box" in order for them to approve the solution and support it. Works fine though  ;D
Title: Re: Change statuses of e-list in the table nodestate
Post by: EP_explorer on 20 Oct 2009 09:02:53 AM
Quote from: craig_karr on 20 Oct 2009 08:10:38 AM
Only the nodestate table. Cognos said it was a smart solution, but too "outside the box" in order for them to approve the solution and support it. Works fine though  ;D

Thank you a lot.