Cognos Insight

[mce]

Hi,

I have a question about Cognos Insight. If anyone can help, it is appreciated.
If I build a series of pages using Cognos Insight using a TM1 dev server (called budget_tm1_dev), how can I use the same Cognos Insight object (.cdd) for another tm1 server having the same cubes and views (called budget_tm1_tst)?

If I build a Cognos Insight application for a TM1 server instance, I want to be able to use it for other TM1 instances with the same cubes and views. How can I do this?

Regards,

[lotsaram]

This is also a requirement I have. I believe the answer from IBM is "this feature is not yet supported."

[nick_leeson]

Mostly like this capability won't be available due to the inherent nature of communication between Cognos Insight & TM1 Instance i.e. SOA.
Pretty Basic feature but its the IBM Way I guess.
It takes and awfully long time to refresh the first time around and is also very chatty ( IBM have a video on it somewhere on their website ).

[PlanningDev]

It may be possible to hack the .cdd file.

Change the .cdd to .zip and then open the .xml file inside.

A quick search produces a line with your connected server info. Its possible that changing this line and then changing the .zip back to .cdd could work.

Im going to try and test it out later unless someone has already tried.

[nick_leeson]

"It may be possible to hack the .cdd file." This may well work but is this what IBM would like its Partners to advise its clients especially when the competition is QlikView, HANA and BPC 10.

[mce]

It may be possible to hack the .cdd file.

Change the .cdd to .zip and then open the .xml file inside.

A quick search produces a line with your connected server info. Its possible that changing this line and then changing the .zip back to .cdd could work.

Im going to try and test it out later unless someone has already tried.

Thanks PlanningDev. This one worked. I was about to decide ignoring Cognos Insight as a front end option for TM1.