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Challenge
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MetaManager Solution
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Framework Manager lacks simplicity in performing routine tasks like adding descriptions, screen tips and various other object attributes.
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Meta Editor provides an excel-like grid for making sweeping changes and updates to object properties, including sorting and advanced querying of objects.
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Model changes cause reports to be "invalidated". All reports built off of the model must be opened, validated and resaved.
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Report Validator automates report validation on selected objects in the content store when changes to the underlying packages are made.
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Model changes to the object names (the key field) break all associated reports.
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Global Name Changer automatically applies Framework Manager model changes to impacted objects in the content store, both public and personal.
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Report updates (changing text expressions, report expressions, images, etc.) are labor intensive and time consuming.
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Find / Replace enables full search and replace capabilities within selectable report objects.
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Consumers lack insight into the metadata attributes of model and package content. Screen tips are designed only to be seen by Report Authors, not consumers.
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Screen Tip Generator carries metadata through to end-user reports in the form of hover-over screen tips.
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Aside from backing up the content store database, Administrators have no way to backup selected objects and restore them at a later time.
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Backup / Restore enables full backup on selected objects in the content store. Backups can be restored to their original location or any other acceptable location in any Content Store.
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Report Studio lacks a method of applying a specific template to a selected group of existing reports.
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With Blasters, administrators can standardize the look and feel of existing reports (both Public and Personal) with the click of a button.
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Cognos Connection does not provide a way to easily share and distribute custom portal tabs to users.
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With Blasters, custom pages can be assigned to any number of users in a simple and automated fashion.
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Managing Security within Cognos Connection is cumbersome, and it is time consuming to assign the same security to various objects.
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With Security Painter, object security can be modified and replicated to any number of Cognos Connection Objects (reports, folders, packages, etc.) with the click of a button.
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Model documentation is difficult, and changes require substantial effort and time.
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Meta Documenter enables partial or full documentation of the contents of Framework Manager models to PDF, XLS, TXT or HTML.
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Content Store documentation is not possible, and Administrators lack insight into personal folder content, security, schedules, etc.
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Meta Documenter enables partial or full documentation of the contents of the content store, including report specifications, security, schedules, etc.
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It is not possible to extract the report specifications of Query Studio, Analysis Studio or PowerPlay Web objects in the event that modification is necessary or the object has become corrupt.
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Within MetaManager, extracting the specification (the underlying XML) of Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio or PowerPlay Web objects is a right click away. Once modified, the new XML can be pasted back to the content store in place of the old.
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Automating many of the above functionalities are not possible.
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MetaManager's command line interface for most modules enable scheduling of the various product functionalities.
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