MetaManager User Guide

Product Information This document applies to MetaManager^TM Series 5 version 5 and may also apply to subsequent releases. Publication Date: May 2024. Copyright Copyright © 2008-2024 BSP Software. All Rights Reserved. &nbs...

Introduction MetaManager^TM simplifies and automates many of the complexities associated with metadata management, security, backup & recovery and more, at the developer, administrator and consumer level. As an extension to Framewo...

Control Panel MetaManager^TM Control Panel Use the MetaManager^TM Control Panel to load and navigate the various product modules. To begin using the Control Panel, you can: Set product options. Navigate t...

Introduction This document describes the proprietary MetaManager^TM Portal Tree view seen throughout the various modules of the application. MetaManagerTM Portal Tree The proprietary view of the IBM Cognos Connection environment ...

Introduction This document describes the proprietary MetaManager^TM Grid seen throughout the various modules of the application. MetaManager^TM Grid Overview The MetaManager^TM proprietary grid provides deta...

Report Validator Once metadata modeling has been updated, the value to end users is realized in the ability to quickly re-validate the existing reports under the newly published package(s). Report Validator allows administrators to easily valida...

Security Auditor Security Auditor is used to generate datasets containing detailed membership and access rights information describing who has access to what and why. Generate Datasets with Security Auditor To begin generating a dataset yo...

Introduction Once a reporting and analytical environment has been established, it is important to perform periodic backups of the environment in the event of corruption, accidental deletion or other unexpected loss of content occurs. We strongly...

Canned Reports The canned reports module is designed to create specific reports that are commonly used. This module was created to quickly allow MetaManager^TM customers to see value and get insight out of their environment right out o...

Dashboard The Dashboard provides fast, at-a-glance health information related to an IBM Cognos environment. Users can get real-time information on: server availability, CPU usage, and memory consumption across the infrastructure. In addition to ...

Introduction MetaManager^TM for TM1 (MM4TM1) simplifies and automates many of the complexities associated with metadata management, security, documentation and more, at the developer, administrator and consumer level. As an extension t...

Introduction License Auditor offers users the ability to compare their current purchased IBM Cognos Licenses with those they have in use to gauge their potential need for additional licenses. The utility will traverse the entire directory to det...

Script Runner Script runner is an API that allows that ability to unlock the power of MetaManager^TM by writing custom scripts that can run in a bulk fashion. We have created our own classes and methods that perform functions within Co...

Understanding the Client Connector Version Control provides a version control solution for folders and files located on a Windows file system. This functionality was designed specifically for providing Version Control capabilities for Framework ...

Command Line Interface Using the MetaManager^TM command line interface, users can integrate MetaManager^TM with external scheduling packages that initiate MetaManager^TM processes. Users can use the command line int...

Appendix A: Creating an XML Data Source The following steps detail the setup of an XML data Source in IBM Cognos 8.3 NOTE : These steps may vary from version to version of IBM Cognos 8 BI. Open IBM Cognos Connection Under the L...