Data modules and Framework Manager
Data Modules is the primary metadata modeling environment in IBM® Cognos® Analytics. However, IBM Cognos Framework Manager, the metadata modeling tool that is associated with older versions (10.2.2 and earlier) of Cognos Analytics, is also supported.
If your organization still uses Framework Manager, you might be interested how the data module capabilities compare with Framework Manager capabilities, and how Framework Manager packages are used with the new versions (11.0.x and later) of Cognos Analytics.
For information about modeling concepts and best practices that are common for both tools, see the Metadata modeling guidelines.