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Migration utilities: examples of how to use impcat2xml, migratetoc8 and deploytoc8

Troubleshooting


Problem

The purpose of this document is to provide an example of how to use the impcat2xml, migratetoc8 and deploytoc8 commands.

Environment

Migration utilities from Series 7 to Cognos 8.

Resolving The Problem

impcat2xml:
D:\cognos\cer4\migs7>impcat2xml.exe d:\delete\model\gosales.cat d:\delete\modl\gosales.xml

migratetoc8:

D:\cognos\cer4\migs7>migratetoc8 -source D:\delete\reports -target D:\delete\deploy

Deploytoc8:

D:\cognos\c8\migdeploy>deploytoc8 -source D:\delete\deploy -target D:\delete\target --user admin --password password --namespace "Local NT" -a

[{"Product":{"code":"SSEP7J","label":"Cognos Business Intelligence"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud \u0026 Data Platform"},"Component":"Report Studio","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"1.0;1.1;8.1;8.2","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"","label":""}},{"Product":{"code":"SSEP7J","label":"Cognos Business Intelligence"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud \u0026 Data Platform"},"Component":"Migration Tools","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"","label":""}},{"Product":{"code":"SUNSET","label":"PRODUCT REMOVED"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud \u0026 Data Platform"},"Component":"ReportNet","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"","label":""}},{"Product":{"code":"SUNSET","label":"PRODUCT REMOVED"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud \u0026 Data Platform"},"Component":"ReportNet","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"","label":""}}]

Historical Number

1023033

Document Information

Modified date:
28 November 2022

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