MotioCI proactively versions all modifications in a Cognos environment. This includes changes made in the authoring studios, changes made via Cognos Connection, and even changes to administration settings.
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One of the central capabilities of MotioCI is automated version control for all Cognos objects. While many of MotioCI's version control capabilities are transparent to BI Developers, key workflows around version control for certain types of objects are surfaced into the Cognos authoring studios.
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MotioPI gives you the ability to search for schedules associated with reports, jobs, report views, and query objects in Cognos.
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As a Cognos modeler I'm sure many of you have had this experience: After your latest round of model updates, you publish a new version of a package from Framework Manager. This new version of the package accidentally breaks a ton of reports.
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Posted by
Holly Rice on Thu, Mar 15, 2012 @ 01:58 PM
In Cognos environments which authenticate against LDAP or Active Directory, MotioPI can be configured to pull information directly from the external security provider. This enables some of the advanced features in the User Access panel without requiring a stored credential for each user.
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Have you ever needed to update an image or change the footer text on hundreds of reports? Have you ever refactored your framework model and needed to change the query item names across all reports which are built on it? Have you ever renamed a report that is referenced as a drill target in many other reports?
If you have ever faced one of these scenarios, then you know how tedious it can be when you have to manually apply the same change across a large number of reports. This is where MotioPI Pro's Search and Replace panel can save you a ton of time (and spare you a great deal of aggravation).
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Posted by
Holly Rice on Tue, Jan 03, 2012 @ 12:51 PM
The first time you log in to MotioPI, you will notice a dispatcher pre-filled in the "Cognos Dispatcher" text box. This is only an example, you will need to enter your own Cognos Dispatcher in this text box.
Continue by entering your Cognos Gateway, Cognos Username, and Cognos Password in the corresponding fields. The "Namespace" will be populated for you upon providing your dispatcher and gateway.
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Posted by
Holly Rice on Thu, Dec 22, 2011 @ 12:46 PM
If you received the error below while attempting to launch MotioPI, you are most likely behind a corporate proxy. The following workaround will enable you to run MotioPI.
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Posted by
Holly Rice on Thu, Nov 17, 2011 @ 05:04 PM
Using MotioPI's User Access panel you can quickly and easily identify (and export) security information on IBM Cognos users. The readily available information includes:
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Have you ever lost or corrupted a Cognos Framework Manager Model? Have you ever wished you could recover the lost model based on information which is stored in your Cognos Content Store (e.g. a package which was published from the lost model)? You're in luck! You can use MotioPI (a free tool for Cognos admins) to recreate your Framework Manager Model's "model.xml" file with just a few simple clicks.
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