Upgrading IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office

There is no action required to update the server components for IBM® Cognos® for Microsoft Office. They are included in the upgrade to the new version of IBM Cognos Analytics. Users of the client components must first uninstall the older version and then run a setup file that installs a new version of Microsoft .NET Framework, updates the .NET components, and installs the new version of IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office.

About this task

To upgrade reports, users must open them in the new version and then save them.

To support the addition of other IBM Cognos products that work with Microsoft Office, the name used to install the new product is now IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office. This name is used in the installation wizard and in the name of the action pane that appears in your Microsoft Office product after upgrading. In addition, the name of the default installation directory is changed to IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office.

If you deployed IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office enabled files or templates, you do not have to revise the custom properties in the new version. The custom properties and templates are no longer required.

Procedure

To upgrade IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office, you first uninstall the older components and then install the new components.

  1. Install the current supported version of Microsoft .NET Framework.
  2. Uninstall the older components for IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office.
  3. Install the new components for IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office.
  4. Test the installation.

Results

After installing the software, you can open all existing business intelligence content. To save the content with the new features and functionality of IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office, republish it to IBM Cognos Connection.