This is a late post, but I think I've found a solution to this problem. Using Microsoft article 259725 as it relates to your OS (in my case W2000) I was able to get a CreateObject line to work from a Cognos macro executed from a batch file kicked off by a scheduler. This process stopped working...
We had a similar problem when we ran reports. The solution I worked out was to close and then re-open the Cognos application from within the macro. I realize this should not work but it does for us in version 6. We have been using this solution for several months. Below is sample code. It is...
The reports pull data from several hotfiles, all of which are static. Some accounts do pull more data than others but they are random during the report run, not stacked at any one position. Your previous question about the catalog got me thinking - is there a possible benefit in closing the...
The reports are run from a loop within a macro with a new account number being selected at the start of each loop. The same 8 reports are then run for each account. Only one catalog is used. Each report is closed, but since it's only one catalog, it is left open. The filter for each report is...
We have a series of Impromptu reports that we run through for a number of accounts resulting in over 1500 reports being opened and saved in one run. Report speed is great at first but it continues to decrease over the course of the run. For example: in the first 15 minutes we get 200 reports...
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