Administrator / Architect: Infrastructure

Installing and Configuring JBoss Application Server and Cognos 8.2

Step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring JBoss Application Server for use with Cognos 8.2.

Document Type: Guideline (6/15/2007)

Installing and Configuring Oracle Application Server and Cognos 8.2

Step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring Oracle 10G Application Server for use with Cognos 8.2.

Document Type: Guideline (6/15/2007)

Advanced Installation and Configuration of BEA WebLogic Application Server and Cognos 8.2

Additional instructions for installing and configuring BEA WebLogic Application Server for use with Cognos 8.2.

Document Type: Guideline (6/15/2007)

Installing And Configuring SAP Application Server and Cognos 8.2

Step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring SAP Application Server for use with Cognos 8.2.

Document Type: Guideline (6/15/2007)

Installing and Configuring BEA WebLogic Application Server and Cognos 8.2

Step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring BEA WebLogic Application Server for use with Cognos 8.2.

Document Type: Guideline (6/15/2007)

Installing and Configuring IBM WebSphere Application Server and Cognos 8.2

Step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring IBM WebSphere Application Server for use with Cognos 8.2.

Document Type: Guideline (6/15/2007)

Installating and Configuring a IBM WebSphere clustered environment and Cognos 8.2

This document outlines the concepts and steps required to implement Cognos 8.2 in a IBM WebSphere cluster environment.

Document Type: Guideline (6/15/2007)

Installing the SAP Web Application Server

This document describes how to install the SAP Web Application Server suitable for a Cognos 8.2 deployment.

Document Type: Guideline (6/15/2007)

Installing and Configuring Cognos 8.2 for Application Server Deployment

This document provides step-by-step instructions on installing the Cognos 8.2 application components in preparation for deployment into an application server environment.

Document Type: Guideline (6/15/2007)

Installing the BEA WebLogic Application Server

This document describes how to install the BEA WebLogic Application Server suitable for a Cognos 8.2 deployment.

Document Type: Guideline (6/15/2007)

Installing IBM WebSphere Application Server

This document describes how to install the IBM WebSphere Application Server suitable for a Cognos 8.2 deployment.

Document Type: Guideline (6/15/2007)

Application Servers and Cognos 8

High level overview of Application Servers and considerations for selecting which one to use with ReportNet or Cognos 8.

Document Type: Guideline (5/30/2006)

Cognos BI and your SAP environment

Join us for this Web Seminar on integrating your existing ReportNet deployment with SAP NetWeaver. Hear how other Cognos customers are easily combining data from their heterogeneous systems (including SAP BW and non-SAP BW sources) with ReportNet -- providing self service access, report bursting and distribution, and flexible formatting. Learn how you can leverage your existing SAP BW data infrastructure, integrate with your SAP security and deploy into your SAP Enterprise Portal implementation.

Document Type: Webinar (3/11/2007)

Cognos 8 BI Scorecard Application Development
A two-day, instructor-led course in which scorecard application developers learn how to plan, create, set up, and maintain scorecard applications using Cognos 8 BI Metric Studio.

Document Type: Classroom Training (11/15/2007)

Cognos 8 BI Server Administration
A one-day, instructor-led course that provides practical skills on administering the Cognos 8 BI server environment.

Document Type: Classroom Training (11/15/2007)

Cognos 8 BI Server Administration
A one-day, instructor-led course that provides practical skills on administering the Cognos 8 BI server environment. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on workshops, attendees will learn about the Cognos 8 BI and Server Administrator workflow processes, Cognos 8 BI architecture, security implementation, managing the Cognos 8 BI server components, and setting up Cognos Office Connection.

Document Type: Classroom Training (1/1/2006)

Cognos 8 BI Content Administration
A one-day, instructor-led course designed to teach new System Administrators, Directory Administrators and Report Administrators the fundamental administration responsibilities in Cognos Business Intelligence.

Document Type: Classroom Training (1/1/2006)

Cognos pm2Rapid-Scorecard Service
Transform your business strategy into action with this workshop. Highlight your strategic objectives, identify key indicators and measures, and set up a pilot scorecard to monitor results.

Document Type: Consulting (1/1/2006)

Cognos 8 Go! Search 8.2 Administration recording
This is designed to give administrators the skills to install and administer Cognos 8 Go! Search 8.2.

Document Type: e-Learning Training (11/15/2007)

Performing a Cognos 8 Go! Mobile Pull Install

This document contains the steps required for a BlackBerry user to install the Cognos 8 Go! Mobile client on their mobile device.

Document Type: Guideline (9/18/2007)

High Availability in the Application Tier of Cognos 8

A document discussing high availability in the Application tier of Cognos 8.

Document Type: Guideline (8/23/2007)

Resolution of images in Cognos 8 and ReportNet

How Cognos 8 and ReportNet resolve images embedded in reports.

Document Type: Guideline (7/18/2007)

Cognos 8.2 Special Edition - Installation and Configuration

Installation and Configuration the Cognos 8.2 Special Edition (IBM WebSphere

Document Type: Guideline (6/18/2007)

Cognos Planning Backup and Recovery Guide

Backup and Recovery recommendations for Cognos Planning 8.1 and 7.3.

Document Type: Guideline (6/15/2007)

Cognos Office Connection for Cognos8 MR 2

A step by step guide on how to setup Cognos Office Connection for Cognos 8 MR2 for Excel

Document Type: Guideline (5/8/2007)

Doing a push deployment of the Cognos 8 Go! Mobile Client

Pushing the Cognos 8 Go! Mobile Rich Client from the BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Document Type: Guideline (3/26/2007)

Cognos 8 GO! Mobile Network Infrastructure

Details on the different methods that the Cognos 8 GO! Mobile client and server components communicate with each other.

Document Type: Guideline (2/27/2007)

Managing Report Server Database Connections

A description of the differences between settings available within Cognos ReportNet 1.x warpproperties.xml and Cognos 8 rsvpproperties.xml regarding report server connections.

Document Type: Guideline (2/7/2007)

Cognos 8 Logging and Monitoring Console

This document describes how to use the Cognos Logging Console.

Document Type: Guideline (2/1/2007)

Customizing Cognos User Interfaces
The following is a collection of resources that provide the big picture around how to customize the Cognos Connection and the Cognos Welcome page for Cognos 8 BI and Cognos ReportNet.

Document Type: Multimedia (2/1/2007)

Use of PowerCubes in Cognos 8

Use of PowerCubes in Cognos 8 PCOptimizer

Document Type: Proven Practice (2/14/2007)

Contributor Client Installation Methods

This document discusses the different methods for installing the Contributor Web Client onto a user's workstation.

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (9/24/2007)

Hiding Internet Explorer Toolbar Buttons in Cognos 8 BI or Cognos ReportNet
Create a customized HTML file that will automatically remove the IE toolbar buttons when you are using Cognos 8 BI or Cognos ReportNet.

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (8/1/2007)

How to Change Multiple URLs in Metric Studio at One Time
For development reasons, you may want to change the location of your Report Studio reports to a different folder. However, these reports may be referenced by URLs on the Metric Studio report tab, and changing report locations will make that link unavailable. Manually changing these URLs one by one could be time consuming learn how to change them in one step.

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (8/1/2007)

Triggering a Cognos 8 Event Externally

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (7/26/2007)

Creating a RSS Channel to Inform Users When Cubes are Refreshed
Users want to know when cubes are updated without opening Upfront and checking modified date properties.

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (5/1/2007)

Managing PowerCubes (cubeswap)

How to manage deployment of PowerCubes to Cognos 8 and Series 7 PowerPlay Enterprise Server using CubeSwap and similar tools. Includes sample code

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (3/16/2007)

Managing Fonts

Where to find TrueType fonts on Unix

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (2/2/2007)

Run Reports on Cube Update

An example of how to use Event Studio to check for updates within an OLAP source and then

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (11/10/2006)

Cognos Metrics Manager - Oracle Installation on other character sets

Information on how to modify the CMM install scripts to allow the use of different Oracle character sets

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (5/1/2006)

IBM Dynamic Warehousing Initiative - Delivering Business Insight
IBM�s Dynamic Warehousing is not a product, tool or simple one-off solution.� It is an approach that enables customers to deliver business insights by integrating, transforming, harvesting and analyzing insights from structured and unstructured information.

Document Type: Article (6/1/2007)

Cognos Data Quality Rapid Assessment
Uncover data quality issues; set a baseline for ongoing data quality strategy; reduce project risk from poor data quality; and educate business leads on data quality and show them how to improve it.

Document Type: Consulting (1/1/2006)

Cognos 8 BI 8.2 Metadata Modeling for SAP BW
2 recordings: one designed for metadata modelers using SAP BW as a data source and the second one where you will learn how to design models for report bursting, manage and maintain your SAP BW Framework Manager projects.

Document Type: e-Learning Training (11/15/2007)

Caching Views with Composite 4.0.1

The following document provides step by step instruction on how to enable view caching within the Composite Studio.

Document Type: Guideline (4/26/2007)

EP Integration with Essbase

Document Type: Proven Practice (5/23/2006)

Introspecting the Composite MYSQL sample database

A step by step guide on how to setup the samples for the earlier versions of Composite Information Service

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (7/16/2007)

Setting up a Connection to LDAP via Composite.doc

A step by step guide to introspecting the Cognos Series 7 namespace as a Composite LDAP datasource.

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (7/16/2007)

Setting Up a MSSQL JDBC connection via Composite

A step by step guide on how to setup a MSSQL JDBC connection as a Composite datasource.

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (7/16/2007)

Using Composite for SAP R3 Query Reporting

This document outlines the steps required to use Composite Information Server to report on SAP R/3 ABAP queries and Infosets.

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (3/21/2007)

How to import a Stored Procedure and Prepare for use with FM1

A step by step guide on how to prepare a database stored procedure within Composite for Framework Manager digestion.

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (6/6/2006)

Cognos Metrics Manager - Oracle Installation on other character sets

Information on how to modify the CMM install scripts to allow the use of different Oracle character sets

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (5/1/2006)

Cognos 8 Data Manager
a five-day, instructor-led course designed for enterprise data manager developers.

Document Type: Training (1/1/2006)

How to Leverage Your Lotus Notes Data for Your BI Deployments

If you are challenged with ODBC connectivity to Lotus Notes data and want a more efficient way to access Lotus Notes data for your BI deployments, then you should attend this webinar as we will be discussing in detail the Cognos data modeler and how it easily navigates single or multiple Lotus Notes databases, creates Cognos 8 metadata and how it optimizes query performance.

Document Type: Webinar (10/2/2007)

How to Get the Best Performance Out of IBM DB2 & Cube Views

IBM DB2 Cube Views adds dimensional awareness to IBM DB2, it creates a unique dimensional platform for Business Intelligence solutions. We shall discuss the metadata integration that populates the Cognos 8 metadata layer and how Cognos 8 BI SQL takes advantage of query re-routing performed by the DB2 optimizer by hitting MQTs instead of the base table(s).

Document Type: Webinar (4/20/2007)

Cognos BI and your SAP environment

Join us for this Web Seminar on integrating your existing ReportNet deployment with SAP NetWeaver. Hear how other Cognos customers are easily combining data from their heterogeneous systems (including SAP BW and non-SAP BW sources) with ReportNet -- providing self service access, report bursting and distribution, and flexible formatting. Learn how you can leverage your existing SAP BW data infrastructure, integrate with your SAP security and deploy into your SAP Enterprise Portal implementation.

Document Type: Webinar (3/11/2007)

Cognos 8 Business Intelligence and IBM WebSphere Portal
Cognos 8 Business Intelligence provides Cognos Portal Services as a set of out-of-the-box "portlets" that allow you to easily manage and display Cognos Business Intelligence and reporting solutions within the IBM WebSphere Portal.

Document Type: Article (3/1/2007)

Cognos 8 BI Scorecard Application Development
A two-day, instructor-led course in which scorecard application developers learn how to plan, create, set up, and maintain scorecard applications using Cognos 8 BI Metric Studio.

Document Type: Classroom Training (11/15/2007)

Cognos 8 BI Server Administration
A one-day, instructor-led course that provides practical skills on administering the Cognos 8 BI server environment. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on workshops, attendees will learn about the Cognos 8 BI and Server Administrator workflow processes, Cognos 8 BI architecture, security implementation, managing the Cognos 8 BI server components, and setting up Cognos Office Connection.

Document Type: Classroom Training (1/1/2006)

Citrix Platform Guide

This document provides a guideline for sizing a Citrix-based implementation of Cognos Planning Analyst. The document may also be used to specify a Microsoft Terminal Services platform for Analyst.

Document Type: Guideline (7/13/2007)

Enabling HTTP Compression on IIS 6

A discussion and guide to enabling HTTP compression for Microsoft IIS 6 and how it helps Cognos 8 make more efficient use of network bandwidth.

Document Type: Guideline (4/25/2007)

Customizing the Cognos 8 Welcome Page

Details on how to customizing the Cognos 8 Welcome Page

Document Type: Guideline (2/6/2007)

Adding and Removing UI Sections in Cognos Connection

This document will show you how to add and remove any section of the UI.

Document Type: Guideline (1/31/2007)

Fail over in the Cognos 8 Web Server Tier

Overview of fail over in the Cognos 8 Web Server Tier

Document Type: Guideline (1/29/2007)

Customizing Cognos User Interfaces
The following is a collection of resources that provide the big picture around how to customize the Cognos Connection and the Cognos Welcome page for Cognos 8 BI and Cognos ReportNet.

Document Type: Multimedia (2/1/2007)

Managing Apache WebServer

Specific guidance is provided on the operation and configuration of the Apache WebServer v2.0.x for use with Cognos 8 and Series 7. Updated with content for Cognos GO!Mobile (Blackberry integration) and more notes re Kerberos Single Signon.

Document Type: Proven Practice (8/23/2007)

Deploy a secured Cognos 8 Servlet Gateway in WebSphere 6

This document outlines the steps necessary to deploy a Servlet Gateway under WebSphere security for SSO purposes.
Backgrounds on WebSphere security

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (9/11/2007)

Hiding Internet Explorer Toolbar Buttons in Cognos 8 BI or Cognos ReportNet
Create a customized HTML file that will automatically remove the IE toolbar buttons when you are using Cognos 8 BI or Cognos ReportNet.

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (8/1/2007)

Time Syncronisation

How to implement clock synchronisation amongst many hosts so that logs and schedules operate meaningfully. Clock Synchronisation is a prerequisite to distributed installations of Cognos software

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (6/22/2007)

Displaying Event News Items on a Portal Page

How to create an event with status text and description and then reference the event on a portal page in Cognos Connection to display the event status to the users.

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (6/19/2007)

Creating a RSS Channel to Inform Users When Cubes are Refreshed
Users want to know when cubes are updated without opening Upfront and checking modified date properties.

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (5/1/2007)

Customizing the Cognos 8 UI

Customizing the Cognos 8 user interface using Stylesheets

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (2/1/2007)

Redirecting from within Contributor Application Help

Redirecting users to web-resources once they click on the help button. This will enable user to navigate directly to reports

Document Type: Tips & Techniques (2/1/2007)

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Document Type: Guideline (2/1/2007) Customizing Cognos User Interfaces The following is a collection of resources that provide the big picture around how to customize the Cognos Connection and the Cognos Welcome page for Cognos 8 BI and Cognos ReportNet. Document Type: Multimedia (2/1/2007) Use of PowerCubes in Cognos 8 Use of PowerCubes in Cognos 8 PCOptimizer Document Type: Proven Practice (2/14/2007) Contributor Client Installation Methods This document discusses the different methods for installing the Contributor Web Client onto a user's workstation. Document Type: Tips & Techniques (9/24/2007) Hiding Internet Explorer Toolbar Buttons in Cognos 8 BI or Cognos ReportNet Create a customized HTML file that will automatically remove the IE toolbar buttons when you are using Cognos 8 BI or Cognos ReportNet. Document Type: Tips & Techniques (8/1/2007) How to Change Multiple URLs in Metric Studio at One Time For development reasons, you may want to change the location of your Report Studio reports to a different folder. However, these reports may be referenced by URLs on the Metric Studio report tab, and changing report locations will make that link unavailable. Manually changing these URLs one by one could be time consuming learn how to change them in one step. Document Type: Tips & Techniques (8/1/2007) Triggering a Cognos 8 Event Externally Triggering a Cognos 8 Event Externally Document Type: Tips & Techniques (7/26/2007) Creating a RSS Channel to Inform Users When Cubes are Refreshed Users want to know when cubes are updated without opening Upfront and checking modified date properties. Document Type: Tips & Techniques (5/1/2007) Managing PowerCubes (cubeswap) How to manage deployment of PowerCubes to Cognos 8 and Series 7 PowerPlay Enterprise Server using CubeSwap and similar tools. Includes sample code Document Type: Tips & Techniques (3/16/2007) Managing Fonts Where to find TrueType fonts on Unix Document Type: Tips & Techniques (2/2/2007) Run Reports on Cube Update An example of how to use Event Studio to check for updates within an OLAP source and then Document Type: Tips & Techniques (11/10/2006) Cognos Metrics Manager - Oracle Installation on other character sets Information on how to modify the CMM install scripts to allow the use of different Oracle character sets Document Type: Tips & Techniques (5/1/2006) Databases IBM Dynamic Warehousing Initiative - Delivering Business Insight IBM�s Dynamic Warehousing is not a product, tool or simple one-off solution.� It is an approach that enables customers to deliver business insights by integrating, transforming, harvesting and analyzing insights from structured and unstructured information. Document Type: Article (6/1/2007) Cognos Data Quality Rapid Assessment Uncover data quality issues; set a baseline for ongoing data quality strategy; reduce project risk from poor data quality; and educate business leads on data quality and show them how to improve it. Document Type: Consulting (1/1/2006) Cognos 8 BI 8.2 Metadata Modeling for SAP BW 2 recordings: one designed for metadata modelers using SAP BW as a data source and the second one where you will learn how to design models for report bursting, manage and maintain your SAP BW Framework Manager projects. Document Type: e-Learning Training (11/15/2007) Caching Views with Composite 4.0.1 The following document provides step by step instruction on how to enable view caching within the Composite Studio. 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Document Type: Tips & Techniques (3/21/2007) How to import a Stored Procedure and Prepare for use with FM1 A step by step guide on how to prepare a database stored procedure within Composite for Framework Manager digestion. Document Type: Tips & Techniques (6/6/2006) Cognos Metrics Manager - Oracle Installation on other character sets Information on how to modify the CMM install scripts to allow the use of different Oracle character sets Document Type: Tips & Techniques (5/1/2006) Cognos 8 Data Manager a five-day, instructor-led course designed for enterprise data manager developers. Document Type: Training (1/1/2006) How to Leverage Your Lotus Notes Data for Your BI Deployments If you are challenged with ODBC connectivity to Lotus Notes data and want a more efficient way to access Lotus Notes data for your BI deployments, then you should attend this webinar as we will be discussing in detail the Cognos data modeler and how it easily navigates single or multiple Lotus Notes databases, creates Cognos 8 metadata and how it optimizes query performance. Document Type: Webinar (10/2/2007) How to Get the Best Performance Out of IBM DB2 & Cube Views IBM DB2 Cube Views adds dimensional awareness to IBM DB2, it creates a unique dimensional platform for Business Intelligence solutions. We shall discuss the metadata integration that populates the Cognos 8 metadata layer and how Cognos 8 BI SQL takes advantage of query re-routing performed by the DB2 optimizer by hitting MQTs instead of the base table(s). Document Type: Webinar (4/20/2007) Cognos BI and your SAP environment Join us for this Web Seminar on integrating your existing ReportNet deployment with SAP NetWeaver. Hear how other Cognos customers are easily combining data from their heterogeneous systems (including SAP BW and non-SAP BW sources) with ReportNet -- providing self service access, report bursting and distribution, and flexible formatting. Learn how you can leverage your existing SAP BW data infrastructure, integrate with your SAP security and deploy into your SAP Enterprise Portal implementation. Document Type: Webinar (3/11/2007) Portals / Web Servers / Operating Systems / Hardware Cognos 8 Business Intelligence and IBM WebSphere Portal Cognos 8 Business Intelligence provides Cognos Portal Services as a set of out-of-the-box "portlets" that allow you to easily manage and display Cognos Business Intelligence and reporting solutions within the IBM WebSphere Portal. Document Type: Article (3/1/2007) Cognos 8 BI Scorecard Application Development A two-day, instructor-led course in which scorecard application developers learn how to plan, create, set up, and maintain scorecard applications using Cognos 8 BI Metric Studio. Document Type: Classroom Training (11/15/2007) Cognos 8 BI Server Administration A one-day, instructor-led course that provides practical skills on administering the Cognos 8 BI server environment. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on workshops, attendees will learn about the Cognos 8 BI and Server Administrator workflow processes, Cognos 8 BI architecture, security implementation, managing the Cognos 8 BI server components, and setting up Cognos Office Connection. Document Type: Classroom Training (1/1/2006) Citrix Platform Guide This document provides a guideline for sizing a Citrix-based implementation of Cognos Planning Analyst. The document may also be used to specify a Microsoft Terminal Services platform for Analyst. Document Type: Guideline (7/13/2007) Enabling HTTP Compression on IIS 6 A discussion and guide to enabling HTTP compression for Microsoft IIS 6 and how it helps Cognos 8 make more efficient use of network bandwidth. Document Type: Guideline (4/25/2007) Customizing the Cognos 8 Welcome Page Details on how to customizing the Cognos 8 Welcome Page Document Type: Guideline (2/6/2007) Adding and Removing UI Sections in Cognos Connection This document will show you how to add and remove any section of the UI. Document Type: Guideline (1/31/2007) Fail over in the Cognos 8 Web Server Tier Overview of fail over in the Cognos 8 Web Server Tier Document Type: Guideline (1/29/2007) Customizing Cognos User Interfaces The following is a collection of resources that provide the big picture around how to customize the Cognos Connection and the Cognos Welcome page for Cognos 8 BI and Cognos ReportNet. Document Type: Multimedia (2/1/2007) Managing Apache WebServer Specific guidance is provided on the operation and configuration of the Apache WebServer v2.0.x for use with Cognos 8 and Series 7. Updated with content for Cognos GO!Mobile (Blackberry integration) and more notes re Kerberos Single Signon. Document Type: Proven Practice (8/23/2007) Deploy a secured Cognos 8 Servlet Gateway in WebSphere 6 This document outlines the steps necessary to deploy a Servlet Gateway under WebSphere security for SSO purposes. Backgrounds on WebSphere security Document Type: Tips & Techniques (9/11/2007) Hiding Internet Explorer Toolbar Buttons in Cognos 8 BI or Cognos ReportNet Create a customized HTML file that will automatically remove the IE toolbar buttons when you are using Cognos 8 BI or Cognos ReportNet. Document Type: Tips & Techniques (8/1/2007) Time Syncronisation How to implement clock synchronisation amongst many hosts so that logs and schedules operate meaningfully. Clock Synchronisation is a prerequisite to distributed installations of Cognos software Document Type: Tips & Techniques (6/22/2007) Displaying Event News Items on a Portal Page How to create an event with status text and description and then reference the event on a portal page in Cognos Connection to display the event status to the users. Document Type: Tips & Techniques (6/19/2007) Creating a RSS Channel to Inform Users When Cubes are Refreshed Users want to know when cubes are updated without opening Upfront and checking modified date properties. Document Type: Tips & Techniques (5/1/2007) Customizing the Cognos 8 UI Customizing the Cognos 8 user interface using Stylesheets Document Type: Tips & Techniques (2/1/2007) Redirecting from within Contributor Application Help Redirecting users to web-resources once they click on the help button. This will enable user to navigate directly to reports Document Type: Tips & Techniques (2/1/2007) These documents are a portion of all documents available, if you can't find what you are looking for try looking in the Knowledge Base or perform a site search


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