DocuVisn Cognos Series 7 Documentation

DocuVisn provides end-to-end documentation for your IBM Cognos Series 7 environment.

DocuVisn keeps your Cognos Series 7 current by documenting new content as it is created or existing content when it is changed. With DocuVisn, you can automatically retain and archive prior versions of catalogs, reports, queries, or PowerPlay models.

Major features of DocuVisn include:

Impromptu Catalogs

• All information about the catalog, including data sources for all catalog items, file name, description, database information, folder links and hierarchy, join definitions, user classes, and more at your fingertips
• Provides fast and easy navigation of folder hierarchy
• All references to alias tables are maintained
• Calculations have database references, not folder references
• Validate user class permissions and governors
• Show which reports use which catalogs

Impromptu Reports

• Provide all relevant information about the report including file name, catalog used, database information, query items, and report items
• Identify data columns associated with report items and calculations
• Identify the source folder path for query items and source catalog used
• All catalog join definitions are shown for easy analysis

PowerPlay Cubes and Reports

• Full documentation of cubes including size (MB), create date, map of all dimensions, levels and measures, sources of measures and/or calculations, data sources, and everything else you need to know
• Identifies all attributes and data sources for dimensions and measures
• Fully documents PowerPlay client reports (.ppx and .ppr)

More

• Documents the entire Upfront Portal
• Fully documents all security settings
• Versioning and compare function
• Full search capability