PK94514: AUTOMATIC DELETION IN TRANSFORMER DELETE ANY VER FILE WHICH HAS THE CUBE NAME AS THE BEGINING.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Automatic deletion of old powercubes is deleting any version
  file which have powercube name as the beginning.
  
  From the manual, version file will be named as
  
  POWERCUBENAME followed by 2 underscores then timestamp, and .ver
  at the end.
  
  i.e. cubename__timestamp.ver
  
  However, transfromer is also deleting other version file as long
  as it start with cubename.
  
  e.g.
  
  Name of the cube is: abc.mdc
  Version file that matches: abc__TIMESTAMP.ver
  
  however, seeing
  
  abc_f__TIMSTAMP.ver to be deleted as well which is INCORRECT.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * This issue affects customers deploying PowerCubes in IBM     *
  * Cognos 8 Business Intelligence Transformer.                  *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Automatic deletion of old PowerCubes is deleting any version *
  *                                                              *
  * file which have PowerCube name as the beginning.             *
  *                                                              *
  * From the manual, version file will be named as               *
  *                                                              *
  * POWERCUBENAME followed by 2 underscores then timestamp, and  *
  * .verat the end.                                              *
  *                                                              *
  *   i.e. cubename__timestamp.ver                               *
  *                                                              *
  * However, Transformer is also deleting other version file as  *
  * long as it start with a cubename.                            *
  *                                                              *
  *   e.g.                                                       *
  *                                                              *
  * Name of the cube is: abc.mdc                                 *
  * Version file that matches: abc__TIMESTAMP.ver                *
  *                                                              *
  * however, seeing                                              *
  *                                                              *
  * abc_f__TIMSTAMP.ver to be deleted as well which is           *
  * INCORRECT.                                                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Upgrade to IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence 8.4.1.         *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Code fix.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  COG8 BI TRANSFO

• Fixed component ID

  5724W12TR

Applicable component levels

• R841 PSN

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