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IBM Cognos QueryStudio - Import

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Bridge Specifications

Vendor IBM
Tool Name Cognos QueryStudio
Tool Version Cognos 8.3 to 12.x
Tool Web Site http://www.ibm.com/software/analytics/cognos/
Supported Methodology [Business Intelligence] BI Report (Dimensional Source, Expression Parsing, Report Structure) via XML File
Data Profiling
Incremental Harvesting
Multi-Model Harvesting
Remote Repository Browsing for Model Selection

SPECIFICATIONS
Tool: IBM / Cognos QueryStudio version Cognos 8.3 to 12.x via XML File
See http://www.ibm.com/software/analytics/cognos/
Metadata: [Business Intelligence] BI Report (Dimensional Source, Expression Parsing, Report Structure)
Component: CognosRnQueryStudio version 11.2.0

OVERVIEW
This import bridge imports IBM Cognos Query Studio reports, specified in XML format.
REQUIREMENTS
n/a

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
n/a

LIMITATIONS
Refer to the current general known limitations at MIMB Known Limitations or bundled in Documentation/ReadMe/MIMBKnownLimitations.html

SUPPORT
Provide a troubleshooting package with:
- the debug log (can be set in the UI or in conf/conf.properties with MIR_LOG_LEVEL=6)
- the metadata backup if available (can be set in the Miscellaneous parameter with -backup option, although this common option is not implemented on all bridges for technical reasons).


Bridge Parameters

Parameter Name Description Type Values Default Scope
File Specify the IBM Cognos Query Studio XML file to import.

To create this file from inside IBM Cognos Query Studio, use 'Tools->Copy Report to Clipboard', paste into empty file, and save with .xml extension.
FILE *.xml   Mandatory
Model name Type the name of the reporting model. IBM Cognos Report Studio XML files do not contain the model name. If you do not type a name, the file name is used as the model name. STRING      
Miscellaneous INTRODUCTION
Specify miscellaneous options starting with a dash and optionally followed by parameters, e.g.
-connection.cast MyDatabase1="MICROSOFT SQL SERVER"
Some options can be used multiple times if applicable, e.g.
-connection.rename NewConnection1=OldConnection1 -connection.rename NewConnection2=OldConnection2;
As the list of options can become a long string, it is possible to load it from a file which must be located in ${MODEL_BRIDGE_HOME}\data\MIMB\parameters and have the extension .txt. In such case, all options must be defined within that file as the only value of this parameter, e.g.
ETL/Miscellaneous.txt

JAVA ENVIRONMENT OPTIONS
-java.memory <Java Memory's maximum size> (previously -m)

1G by default on 64bits JRE or as set in conf/conf.properties, e.g.
-java.memory 8G
-java.memory 8000M

-java.parameters <Java Runtime Environment command line options> (previously -j)

This option must be the last one in the Miscellaneous parameter as all the text after -java.parameters is passed "as is" to the JRE, e.g.
-java.parameters -Dname=value -Xms1G
The following option must be set when a proxy is used to access internet (this is critical to access https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/ and exceptionally a few other tool sites) in order to download the necessary third-party software libraries.
Note: The majority of proxies are concerned with encrypting (HTTPS) the outside (of the company) traffic and trust the inside traffic that can access proxy over HTTP. In this case, an HTTPS request reaches the proxy over HTTP where the proxy HTTPS-encrypts it.
-java.parameters -java.parameters -Dhttp.proxyHost=127.0.0.1 -Dhttp.proxyPort=3128 -Dhttp.proxyUser=user -Dhttp.proxyPassword=pass

MODEL IMPORT OPTIONS
-model.name <model name>

Override the model name, e.g.
-model.name "My Model Name"

-prescript <script name>

This option allows running a script before the bridge execution.
The script must be located in the bin directory (or as specified with M_SCRIPT_PATH in conf/conf.properties), and have .bat or .sh extension.
The script path must not include any parent directory symbol (..).
The script should return exit code 0 to indicate success, or another value to indicate failure.
For example:
-prescript "script.bat arg1 arg2"

-postscript <script name>

This option allows running a script after successful execution of the bridge.
The script must be located in the bin directory (or as specified with M_SCRIPT_PATH in conf/conf.properties), and have .bat or .sh extension.
The script path must not include any parent directory symbol (..).
The script should return exit code 0 to indicate success, or another value to indicate failure.
For example:
-postscript "script.bat arg1 arg2"

-cache.clear

Clears the cache before the import, and therefore will run a full import without incremental harvesting.

If the model was not changed and the -cache.clear parameter is not used (incremental harvesting), then a new version will not be created.
If the model was not changed and the -cache.clear parameter is set (full source import instead of incremental), then a new version will be created.

-backup <directory>

This option allows to save the bridge input metadata for further troubleshooting. The provided <directory> must be empty.

The primary use of this option is for data store import bridges, in particular JDBC based database import bridges.

Note that this option is not operational on some bridges including:
- File based import bridges (as such input files can be used instead)
- DI/BI repository import bridges (as the tool's repository native backup can be used instead)
- Some API based import bridges (e.g. COM based) for technical reasons.

DATA CONNECTION OPTIONS
Data Connections are produced by the import bridges typically from ETL/DI and BI tools to refer to the source and target data stores they use. These data connections are then used by metadata management tools to connect them (metadata stitching) to their actual data stores (e.g. databases, file system, etc.) in order to produce the full end to end data flow lineage and impact analysis. The name of each data connection is unique by import model. The data connection names used within DI/BI design tools are used when possible, otherwise connection names are generated to be short but meaningful such as the database / schema name, the file system path, or Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). The following option allows to manipulate connections. These options replaces the legacy options -c, -cd, and -cs.

-connection.cast ConnectionName=ConnectionType

Casts a generic database connection (e.g. ODBC/JDBC) to a precise database type (e.g. ORACLE) for SQL Parsing, e.g.
-connection.cast "My Database"="MICROSOFT SQL SERVER".
The list of supported data store connection types includes:
ACCESS
APACHE CASSANDRA
DB2/UDB
DENODO
GOOGLE BIGQUERY
HIVE
MYSQL
NETEZZA
ORACLE
POSTGRESQL
PRESTO
REDSHIFT
SALESFORCE
SAP HANA
SNOWFLAKE
MICROSOFT SQL AZURE
MICROSOFT SQL SERVER
SYBASE SQL SERVER
SYBASE AS ENTERPRISE
TERADATA
VECTORWISE
HP VERTICA

-connection.rename OldConnection=NewConnection

Renames an existing connection to a new name, e.g.
-connection.rename OldConnectionName=NewConnectionName
Multiple existing database connections can be renamed and merged into one new database connection, e.g.
-connection.rename MySchema1=MyDatabase -connection.rename MySchema2=MyDatabase

-connection.split oldConnection.Schema1=newConnection

Splits a database connection into one or multiple database connections.
A single database connection can be split into one connection per schema, e.g.
-connection.split MyDatabase
All database connections can be split into one connection per schema, e.g.
-connection.split *
A database connection can be explicitly split creating a new database connection by appending a schema name to a database, e.g.
-connection.split MyDatabase.schema1=MySchema1

-connection.map SourcePath=DestinationPath

Maps a source path to destination path. This is useful for file system connections when different paths points to the same object (directory or file).
On Hadoop, a process can write into a CSV file specified with the HDFS full path, but another process reads from a Hive table implemented (external) by the same file specified using a relative path with default file name and extension, e.g.
-connection.map /user1/folder=hdfs://host:8020/users/user1/folder/file.csv
On Linux, a given directory (or file) like /data can be referred to by multiple symbolic links like /users/john and /users/paul, e.g.
-connection.map /data=/users/John -connection.map /data=/users/paul
On Windows, a given directory like C:\data can be referred to by multiple network drives like M: and N:, e.g.
-connection.map C:\data=M:\ -connection.map C:\data=N:\

-connection.casesensitive ConnectionName

Overrides the default case insensitive matching rules for the object identifiers inside the specified connection, provided the detected type of the data store by itself supports this configuration (e.g. Microsoft SQL Server, MySql etc.), e.g.
-connection.casesensitive "My Database"

-connection.level AggregationLevel

Specifies the aggregation level for the external connections, e.g.-connection.level catalog
The list of the supported values:
server
catalog
schema (default)

IBM COGNOS QUERYSTUDIO OPTIONS
-cognos.removeReportPages (previously -r)

Remove the report pages and their graphical structure.
STRING      

 

Bridge Mapping

Meta Integration Repository (MIR)
Metamodel
(based on the OMG CWM standard)
"IBM Cognos QueryStudio"
Metamodel
Cognos BI Reporting (QueryStudio)
Mapping Comments
     
Condition Report Filter Condition, Condition Filter  
Description Description  
Hide Hide  
InitialValue Initial Value  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Optional Optional  
PhysicalName Physical Name  
Position Position  
DataAttribute QueryItem, CalculatedMember, Language Variable, Calculated Measure, Boolean Variable, Member, String Variable, DataAttribute, DataAttribute Measure  
Description Description  
InitialValue Initial Value  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Optional Optional  
PhysicalName Physical Name  
Position Position  
Usage Usage  
DataSet Variables, Query  
Description Description  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
PhysicalName Physical Name  
Dimension Measure Dimension, Dimension  
Description Description  
Hide Hide  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Type Type  
DimensionAttribute Attribute, Key Level Attribute  
Description Description  
Hide Hide  
InitialValue Initial Value  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Optional Optional  
OriginalName Original Name  
Position Position  
Sort Sort  
Filter Report Filter  
Name Name  
Hierarchy Hierarchy  
Description Description  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
PhysicalName Physical Name  
Type Type  
Level Level  
Description Description  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Measure Measure  
DefaultAggregation Default Aggregation  
Description Description  
Hide Hide  
InitialValue Initial Value  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Optional Optional  
Position Position  
Sort Sort  
Prompt Prompt  
MultipleSelection Multiple Selection  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Question Question  
PromptAnswer PromptAnswer  
InitialValue Initial Value  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Optional Optional  
Report Report  
Description Description  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
ReportAttribute Active Report Variable  
InitialValue Initial Value  
Name Name  
ReportAxis Crosstab Corner, Crosstab Rows, Crosstab Columns, Axis  
Description Description  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Position Position  
Role Role  
ReportChart Chart  
Description Description  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Position Position  
ReportDataSet Active Report Variables  
Name Name  
ReportField ReportField Measure, Field, Crosstab Node Member Body, Crosstab Node Member, ReportField Measure Body, Field Body, Chart Node Member, Chart Node Member Body  
Description Description  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Position Position  
ReportMatrix Crosstab  
Description Description  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Position Position  
ReportPage Page  
Description Description  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Position Position  
ReportPageBody Body  
Description Description  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Position Position  
ReportPageFooter Footer  
Description Description  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Position Position  
ReportPageHeader Header  
Description Description  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Position Position  
ReportRectangle Crosstab Nested Nodes, Rectangle, ReportTable, Chart Nested Nodes, Chart Node, Image, Crosstab Node  
Description Description  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Position Position  
ReportTable ReportList  
Description Description  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Position Position  
ReportText Html Item, Text  
Description Description  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
Position Position  
Value Value  
StoreConnection Model Connection  
Connection Connection  
Description Description  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
PhysicalName Physical Name  
StoreType Store Type  
SystemMajorVersion System Major Version  
SystemMinorVersion System Minor Version  
SystemReleaseVersion System Release Version  
SystemType System Type  
SystemTypeOld System Type Old  
StoreModel QueryStudio Model  
Author Author  
CreationTime Creation Time  
Description Description  
ModificationTime Modification Time  
Modifier Modifier  
Name Name  
NativeId Native Id  
NativeType Native Type  
PhysicalName Physical Name  
StoreType Store Type  
SystemMajorVersion System Major Version  
SystemMinorVersion System Minor Version  
SystemReleaseVersion System Release Version  
SystemType System Type  
SystemTypeOld System Type Old  

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