what are the methods of version control for framework manager and resports

[cognoshelp@ymail.com]

All Cognos gurus here,

Please any one here tell me what are the methods of version controls for the reports and framework models.

I know that for framework we can use version control tools but if we dont have any version control tool, how I need to maintain version control?

What are the methods of version control for reports.

Please please let me know, I will be very gaid if you help me in this regard

[blom0344]

For reports we simply copy a set to a newly created backup folder that holds both the name of the developer and date. After implementing the entire content store at a site we simply delete the backup folders. It may not seem very sophisticated, but it works to our satisfaction.

The framework model consists of 4 seperate filetypes (model.xml,custom.xml,*.cpf,preferences.xml) and a set of log files. In theory implementing the logfiles on the original version of the framework would get you the subsequent versions. This is however very tricky and time-consuming. We use a version control tool for this, but it would be perfectly possible to store set of files on the development server in datestamped folders.