COGNOS SERIES 7v4 POWERPLAY TO IBM COGNOS BI 8.4 POWERPLAY

Migrate to the latest version of IBM Cognos 8 BI.

Recommendations

Cognos recommends that customers who migrate from Series 7 to IBM Cognos BI 8.4 PowerPlay follow these proven practices to ensure success:

Build new applications in IBM Cognos 8.
Migrate active PowerPlay applications and users to IBM Cognos 8 BI PowerPlay.
Maintain existing IBM Cognos Series 7 applications "as is".
Set up interoperability between IBM Cognos Series 7 applications (other than PowerPlay) and IBM Cognos 8 BI.
Gradually migrate other IBM Cognos Series 7 applications and users to IBM Cognos 8 BI.

Migration Tools

Cognos 8 PowerPlay includes a migration assistant to migrate Series 7 PowerPlay content to Cognos 8 PowerPlay. Please review the Proven Practice site for the latest migration preparation checklist.

Technical Documents

Planning a Migration from Series 7 to IBM Cognos 8 BI (PDF)
Migration and Administration Guide (PDF)
IBM Cognos 8 BI PowerPlay Migration FAQ
Why move to IBM Cognos 8 BI PowerPlay? (white paper, PDF)
IBM Cognos 8 BI PowerPlay 8.4 Readme Updates

Demos, Podcasts & Webinars

Supported Environments

PowerPlay 8 Supported Environments

Proven Practices

Migration to PowerPlay 8 checklist

Professional Services

Education

Partner Offerings

Cognos partners have made available tools to assist with planning a migration to Cognos 8 PowerPlay.

PowerPlay Validation Utility (Brightstar)