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No, our catalog is stored on the shared network drive, along with all the Cognos reports. the network people copied the folders with all Cognos files including the catalog to the new server. All we did was change the name of the server in the paths, ie old server= alamcdnt new server=...

Hi, we did get Impromptu to work. Our network guys had to create a users group on the new server and grant permissions to all users. On each users PC we first deleted the old drive that was mapped to the old server, then mapped a new drive to the new server. On each users PC we then opened their...

If you go to the Oracle website you can download for free the personal version of Oracle 8 Lite, which is not as large as the full version. Once you install it you can create the database and create users, tablespaces, tables etc and practice your SQL.

Hi, I have been asked to rename a column that is unused in one table. We have Oracle 8.05. I could make a copy of the table and insert the data in it, then drop the table (with cascade constraints) and recreate it with the column's name changed, and then insert the data back into it. The name of...

I have a follow up to this initial inquiry as we are still having a problem. Our network people moved the Cognos 5.0 application from an old NT server to a newer NT server. Our users have Cognos client software installed on their PC and map a drive on their PC to the Cognos application folder on...

I have a report that has one prompt on a column with Yes/No values, and another prompt on a 2nd column where records have a range of numeric values 1 - 10 IF the first prompt is a Yes. But if the first prompt is a No, records of the column for the second prompt are null. Results display for the...

Does anyone have advice on migrating our COGNOS Impromptu, PowerPlay and Transformer applications onto a new network server when the old network server is retired? Our Catalog and reports are stored on a shared network server, and Users have Cognos installed on their desktop PC. I know each...

Make sure you have sufficient space on the server's directory you're working in. Also on your PC go to C:/temp and delete any large temporary files that may have been produced by Cognos. These temp files will eat up all free space on your C drive, and Cognos by default uses your C drive temp...

I have inherited several Impromptu reports and have had to edit, save and rename some reports. On a few reports the word "Prompt..." is grayed out in the drop down menu under the word "Report" on the title bar. When I first open a report the prompt box appears and the report...