Compare Objects Across Two Cognos Environments
Most Cognos developers have been confronted with this situation before: A report runs perfectly fine in the Cognos Development or Test environment, but has some sort of issue in the […]
Distribute Parameters to Multiple Cognos Report Views
Have you ever needed to update the parameters for a large number of report views? This can be very time consuming in Cognos Connection. For example, imagine a report which […]
Change the Package for Multiple Cognos Reports
With MotioPI Pro’s Property Distributor you have the ability to modify the properties on any Cognos object in bulk. In today’s example, we’ll use this feature to update the package associated with […]
Update the Default Action for Multiple Cognos Reports
MotioPI Pro provides a quick and easy way to mass update the Default Action for a set of Cognos reports. First – let’s revisit the “Default Action” for a Cognos Report. This determines […]
Celebrating 13 Years of Motio
Today Motio celebrates its 13th anniversary. For the past thirteen years, Motio has been a home for software professionals who are passionate about the art of software development. Our mission […]
4 Common Cognos Version Control Scenarios
MotioCI proactively versions all modifications in a Cognos environment. This includes changes made in the authoring studios and administration settings. Today we’ll walk through some of the basic concepts of MotioCI version […]
Mass Update Cognos using Search and Replace
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 […]
Find Schedules Associated with Cognos Reports
MotioPI gives you the ability to search for schedules associated with reports, jobs, report views, and query objects in Cognos. Select the “Schedule Tab” from the panel column in MotioPI. […]
Cognos Validation – Batch Validation of Cognos Reports
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 […]
Log In to MotioPI
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 […]
