Inherently, version control can be a complicated workflow to utilize and administer, however through our many years of implementing and developing business intelligence solutions for customers worldwide, this solution strikes a delicate balance of usability and functionality. IVC is an incredibly powerful, yet straightforward and transparent solution that can be up and running in a matter of minutes.
Of the various development and compliance challenges associated with a performance management deployment, IVC addresses the following:
- Preservation of content during development lifecycle is challenging and cumbersome. With IVC, any and all authored IBM Cognos content is automatically versioned when modified (silently or with annotation).
- Restoration of previously authored content is difficult if even at all possible in out of the box solutions, but with IVC, historical content is reverted back to the current version with the click of a button.
- Multi-developer environments sometimes result in simultaneous editing of the same content. With the Check-In and Check-Out feature of IVC, authors can “lock” content so that others are prevented from editing it until it is checked back in.
- Audit / compliance reporting on content changes is often not possible, so organizations are often left guessing what content was changed, when was it changed, and who made the change. IVC provides real-time reporting within your IBM Cognos 8 environment on version history:
- Who made the change
- When was the change made
- What changed
- Why was it changed
- Comparisons of previously authored content (to current or other versions) does not exist, so it is often difficult to know which prior copy of content is the best to deploy. IVC allows users to view output or programmatic (XML) changes between any two versions in a transparent manner.
IVC is the ONLY Real-Time, Transparent and Truly Integrated Versioning and Governance, Risk and Compliance Solution for IBM Cognos.
- Directly integrated into IBM Cognos 8 BI Studios and IBM Cognos Connection.
- Versioned content is secured by existing IBM Cognos 8 security. Consumers must have access to the report to see previous versions.
- Prior versions are archived real-time as Authors save existing content within any supported Studio, regardless of where they store the current version (Public or My Folders).
- Prior versions are accessed through the applicable Studio or through IBM Cognos Connection.
- Recovery of versioned specifications is done with the click of a button.
- Security is integrated within Cognos Capabilities.
- Enable and disable IVC features through the IBM Cognos secured functions and features.
- IVC Administration console integrated directly within Cognos Administration.
- Integrated Change Management with elaborate workflow.
- Report locking capabilities to prevent multiple Authors from simultaneous development.
- Support for an unlimited number of previous versions to be stored and recovered.
- Preview any two versions side by side visually to compare visual differences.
- Preview any two versions side by side programmatically (XML specification comparison) to compare syntax differences.
- Supports both Public and Personal (My Folders) authored content.
- Promote reports between development, test and production environments.
- Real-time studio monitoring to determine what users are currently editing which reports in a given studio.
- Broadcast messaging to users that are currently working in any studio information such as, “The server is going to be rebooted. Please save your work and exit.”
Inherently, version control can be a complicated workflow to utilize and administer, however through our many years of implementing and developing business intelligence solutions for customers worldwide, this solution strikes a delicate balance of usability and functionality. IVC is an incredibly powerful, yet straightforward and transparent solution that can be up and running in a matter of minutes.
Of the various development and compliance challenges associated with a performance management deployment, IVC addresses the following:
- Preservation of content during development lifecycle is challenging and cumbersome. With IVC, any and all authored IBM Cognos content is automatically versioned when modified (silently or with annotation).
- Restoration of previously authored content is difficult if even at all possible in out of the box solutions, but with IVC, historical content is reverted back to the current version with the click of a button.
- Multi-developer environments sometimes result in simultaneous editing of the same content. With the Check-In and Check-Out feature of IVC, authors can “lock” content so that others are prevented from editing it until it is checked back in.
- Audit / compliance reporting on content changes is often not possible, so organizations are often left guessing what content was changed, when was it changed, and who made the change. IVC provides real-time reporting within your IBM Cognos 8 environment on version history:
- Who made the change
- When was the change made
- What changed
- Why was it changed
- Comparisons of previously authored content (to current or other versions) does not exist, so it is often difficult to know which prior copy of content is the best to deploy. IVC allows users to view output or programmatic (XML) changes between any two versions in a transparent manner.
IVC is the ONLY Real-Time, Transparent and Truly Integrated Versioning and Governance, Risk and Compliance Solution for IBM Cognos.
- Directly integrated into IBM Cognos 8 BI Studios and IBM Cognos Connection.
- Versioned content is secured by existing IBM Cognos 8 security. Consumers must have access to the report to see previous versions.
- Prior versions are archived real-time as Authors save existing content within any supported Studio, regardless of where they store the current version (Public or My Folders).
- Prior versions are accessed through the applicable Studio or through IBM Cognos Connection.
- Recovery of versioned specifications is done with the click of a button.
- Security is integrated within Cognos Capabilities.
- Enable and disable IVC features through the IBM Cognos secured functions and features.
- IVC Administration console integrated directly within Cognos Administration.
- Integrated Change Management with elaborate workflow.
- Report locking capabilities to prevent multiple Authors from simultaneous development.
- Support for an unlimited number of previous versions to be stored and recovered.
- Preview any two versions side by side visually to compare visual differences.
- Preview any two versions side by side programmatically (XML specification comparison) to compare syntax differences.
- Supports both Public and Personal (My Folders) authored content.
- Promote reports between development, test and production environments.
- Real-time studio monitoring to determine what users are currently editing which reports in a given studio.
- Broadcast messaging to users that are currently working in any studio information such as, “The server is going to be rebooted. Please save your work and exit.”