Cognos 8.2 -----> 10.1 Been a way for a while need to know what to focos on

[CharlesAZ]

Greetings!

I worked with Cognos from Version 2.8 - 8.2, then the company I was with Change to BOBJ, I changed jobs and I am back working Cognos again at version 10.1.    Would apreciate some advise on key areas I should focus on that have changed between 8.2 and 10.1. 

It feels good to be back working with Cognos Tools again.  :)

Thank You

Charlie

[cognostechie]

Report Studio has some new features. Business Insight Advanced is a new toll which is basically a strip down version of Report Studio and is bascially a combination of Query, Analysis and Report Studios. No significant changes in Framework or Transformer except that Dynamic Query mode has been introduced in Framework and Transformer can use a package as a Data Source. TM1 is better integrated with the portal. A new Dashboard has been introduced called Business Insight.

[CharlesAZ]

Thank you for the info!  I have seen something realted to Model Design accelerator have you worked with that at all ?  Also Active Report feature, have you worked with that at all, that looks cool?

Thanks

Charlie

[MFGF]

MDA is just a wizard front-end for creating simple single-star schema models in FM. It's really aimed at new modellers. If you have already been using FM, you will probably look at it once and dismiss it as something you would not use in production.

There's a good Active Reports section on here. Active Reports are reports whose saved outputs are active (who'd have imagined? :) ). They are rendered as MHT files, and built using Report Studio. There are some new objects and controls in the RS toolbox for Active Reports to allow you to define how the activity works. Look out for Ash's posts - he's something of an AR guru (he told me to say that) :)

Cheers!

MF.