Cognos 6 vs Cognos 7 1

[naveenshindhe]

hi,
Please let me know the differences between
1. Cognos 6 vs Cognos 7
2. Powerplay client and powerplay server.
Thanks
Naveen

 

[CognosProfessional]

We found that it runs faster , more stable and there are some bugs fixed. 7.2 has a transformer reading dimension problem that will probably be fixed soon.

Impromptu New Features 7:
Simplified Installation and Configuration 7
Supported Environments 7
Enhanced ERWin r3.5 Import in Architect 7
Use Access Manager Security in the Architect Expression Editor 8
Upgraded Informatica Support in Architect 8
Security Information Available for Filters 8
PowerPrompts Scripts Use JavaScript 9
Enhanced Security 9
Upfront Integration 10
Upgrading PowerPrompts Applications 10
New Ways to Control Authentication Process 10
Delegated Administration Enhancements 10
Authentication Files No Longer Supported 10
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Support 10

PowerPlay New features:
Streamlined, Easy-to-Use OLAP Web Interface 9
Use an easier, more powerful PowerPlay Web User Interface 9
Display both a chart and a crosstab together in PowerPlay Web Explorer 9
Advanced Analysis on the Web 9
Sort on rows in PowerPlay Web Explorer 9
Find Dimension or Measures in PowerPlay Web Explorer 9
Use new Calculation types in PowerPlay Web and PowerPlay Windows Explorer 9
Advanced Analysis 10
Forecast future measure values in PowerPlay Web Explorer and PowerPlay Windows
Explorer 10
Hierarchy Measures 10
Open PowerPlay for Excel sheets with prompting for data source 10
Use flexible charting options in PowerPlay Web 10
Define drill-through from third party OLAP sources more easily 10
Control printing options for PowerPlay Web PDF-based reports 10
Enhancements to CSV Format Export in PowerPlay 10
Chapter 2: Sophisticated Reporting 11
Flexible Report Publishing 11
Deliver zero-footprint (HTML) Impromptu Web Reports 11
Enhanced HTML-based Impromptu reports 11
Publish Impromptu reports directly to Upfront 11
Deliver XML-based content for IWR report output 11
Enhanced Report Presentation 11
Enhanced Impromptu Report Presentation 11
Advanced Deployment Control 12
Specify a graduated user interface for Cognos Query packages 12
Chapter 3: Comprehensive Information Delivery 13
Extended Openness 13
Deliver non-Cognos documents as Upfront NewsItems 13
View paginated search results in Upfront 13
Broader Notification Capabilities 13
See the last PowerCube update date and time in NewsItems 13
Edit NoticeCast Agents for PowerPlay 13
Use NoticeCast Notification Events to highlight report execution status 13
Trigger Cognos NoticeCast agents to run when a PowerCube is rebuilt 13
Suppress information during NoticeCast Web-based agent creation 14
Use database messaging in NoticeCast agents 14
Use topics as e-mail subjects for NoticeCast dynamic recipients 14
Send notification to additional e-mail address types for NoticeCast dynamic
recipients 14
Enhanced NoticeCast Server Administration 14
Chapter 4: Complete Enterprise Management 15
Improved Deployment 15
Accessibility for disabled users 15
Use improved international currency support 15
Store extended characters using Access Manager 15
Detect and react if PowerCubes are still in use during a rebuild 15
Disable the PowerPlay Table of Contents when accessing PowerPlay from outside of
Upfront 15
Use more sophisticated policies when redeploying Impromptu Web Reports
applications 16
Deploy NoticeCast agents 16
Control more deployment options in Deployment Manager 16
Audit user session activity 16
Audit Cognos Query usage 16
Audit changes to NoticeCast messages and subscription lists 16
Impromptu Web Reports task automation extensions 16
Save Impromptu report output as formatted Excel using OLE automation 17
Choose a PowerPlay user class prompting strategy 17
Eliminate specific IWR report versions 17
Terminate reports running in Impromptu Web Reports 17
Simplify Impromptu drill-through administration 17
Multilingual Cognos Query server support 17
Improved Installation and Advanced Configurations 17
Install and use different Series 7 versions on a single computer 17
Install and use multiple instances of Series 7, version 2 on a single Unix computer 17
Configure your applications to use Relative URLs 18
Improved Scalability and Performance 18
Time-based partitioned PowerCubes based on time-segmented data 18
Additional Web Server Gateway support (ISAPI, NSAPI) 18
Improve PowerPlay performance accessing Microsoft Analysis Services cubes 18
Multiple ticket server capability 18
Install and use multiple server groups 18
Improve PDF rendering performance in Impromptu Web Reports and PowerPlay 19
Process CSV files greater than 2GB in size using Transformer 19
Additional Impromptu PictureFrame support for JPG and PNG formats 19
Manage larger Impromptu catalogs more easily 19
Search Architect models 19
Leveraging Existing Infrastructure 19
HP-UX 11i and AIX 5L Support 19
Access Cognos content from your Netscape 7.0 Browser 19
Take advantage of NAT and VPN support in PowerPlay for Windows 19
Import Informatica PowerMart 6 metadata into Architect 19
Sun One Directory Server 5.1 support 20


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[nathi]

There are many features updated from 6 to 7.
Eg:configuration Manager:
A Single Configuration Tool.- helps even developer to configure web servers.
A Central Starting Point for Server Administration
go through pdf New features in series 7.
nathi