Bridge Specifications
| Vendor | IBM |
| Tool Name | Cognos Framework Manager |
| Tool Version | Cognos 8.1 to 12.x |
| Tool Web Site | http://www.ibm.com/software/analytics/cognos/ |
| Supported Methodology | [Business Intelligence] BI Design (RDBMS Source, OLAP Source, Dimensional Target, Transformation Lineage, Expression Parsing) via XML File |
SPECIFICATIONS
Tool: IBM / Cognos Framework Manager version Cognos 8.1 to 12.x via XML File
See http://www.ibm.com/software/analytics/cognos/
Metadata: [Business Intelligence] BI Design (RDBMS Source, OLAP Source, Dimensional Target, Transformation Lineage, Expression Parsing)
Component: CognosRnFrameworkManager2 version 11.2.0
OVERVIEW
The import bridge imports IBM Cognos Framework manager models in XML format.
REQUIREMENTS
n/a
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
n/a
LIMITATIONS
Refer to the current general known limitations at http://metaintegration.com/Products/MIMB/MIMBKnownLimitations.html or bundled in Documentation/ReadMe/MIMBKnownLimitations.html
Cognos expressions may use a Cognos proprietary macro language, the syntax of this language is not supported (parsed). Therefore lineage might be incomplete if any such macros are used.
FrameworkManager allows defining models with many locales, and selecting one of them as the default locale.
Please note that the bridge only supports the default locale for unique identification of objects, and lineage tracing purpose.
If you create FM QuerySubjects with different names in different locales, only the name in default locale will be used to connect to reports' expressions.
As requirement, FM models should be designed with a single locale, or your reports should match the default locale of their source FM model.
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).
Q: How do I provide IBM Cognos Framework Manager metadata to support team to reproduce an issue?
A: If you have the Framework Manager project from which you published the package, please ZIP up that project and submit to support team.
If you do not have the Framework Manager project, you can export the IBM Cognos package of interest and send the resulting archive to support team.
For more details on exporting IBM Cognos server metadata please refer to IBM Cognos documentation, or to the description of IBM Cognos Content Manager import bridge.
Bridge Parameters
| Parameter Name | Description | Type | Values | Default | Scope | |||
| File | The import bridge uses the native XML file from IBM Cognos Framework Manager: Use the ellipsis (...) button to navigate to the project's directory you want to import and select the file 'model.xml'. |
FILE | *.xml | Mandatory | ||||
| Folder representation | Select how folders from IBM Cognos Framework Manager should be represented. 'Ignore' Folders are ignored. 'Flat' Folders are represented as Diagrams. Their hierarchy is not preserved. 'Hierarchical' Folders are represented as Diagrams and their hierarchy is preserved. |
ENUMERATED |
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Ignore | ||||
| Package representation | Select how the packages from IBM Cognos Framework Manager should be represented. 'Ignore' Ignore subject areas. 'Subject Areas' Represent packages as subject areas. 'Model' Represent the package as the model. (For published packages only) |
ENUMERATED |
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Ignore | ||||
| Tables design level | This option controls the design level of the imported tables. It is particularly relevant when exporting metadata to a target tool which supports two views of the model: a logical view and a physical view. Some Data Modeling tools support this concept, where you can decide if a table appears both as a physical table and as a logical entity. Some Business Intelligence tools also support this concept, where you can decide if a table appears both in the physical model and in the business view of the model. 'Logical and physical' The tables will appear both in the logical view and in the physical view of the model. 'Physical' The tables will appear only in the physical view of the model . |
ENUMERATED |
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Physical | ||||
| Ignore usage property | Specify whether the usage property of a queryItem should be used. 'True' QueryItem of usage attribute will be represented as a dimension attribute, and a queryItem of usage fact will be represented as a measure. 'False' Ignore query items. |
BOOLEAN |
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True | ||||
| Macro values file | File defining list of macro replacement values: macro1=value1 macro2=value2 ... macroN=valueN For example: $machine=localhost $runLocale=en sq($runLocale)='en' dq('Column ' + $runLocale)="Column en" $Language_lookup{$runLocale}=EN prompt('CountryName')=France '[NAMESPACE].[QUERYSUBJECT].[QUERYITEM_'+$Language_lookup{$runLocale}+']'=[NAMESPACE].[QUERYSUBJECT].[QUERYITEM_EN] FrameworkManager models may use macros to parameterize SQL statements. The macros may contain dynamic prompts, which are only defined at runtime. In such cases, the import bridge will print warnings in the log that it could not determine the value of a macro and will simply leave that macro without any substitution in the resulting model. In order to determine the correct macro substitution values, the import bridge reads a macro values file with the macro and the correct value to substitute. |
FILE | *.* | |||||
| 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 FRAMEWORKMANAGER OPTIONS |
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Bridge Mapping
| Meta Integration Repository (MIR) Metamodel (based on the OMG CWM standard) |
"IBM Cognos Framework Manager (FM)" Metamodel Cognos BI Reporting (FrameworkManager) |
Mapping Comments |
| AliasClassifier | Filter - Shortcut | |
| Description | Description | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | Native Id | |
| NativeType | Native Type | |
| Argument | Argument | |
| DefaultValue | Default Value | |
| Description | Description | |
| Kind | Kind | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | Native Id | |
| NativeType | Native Type | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name | |
| Position | Position | |
| Attribute | Column | |
| Comment | Comment | |
| Description | Definition | |
| DesignLevel | Design Level | |
| InitialValue | Initial Value | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | Native Id | |
| Optional | Nullable | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name | |
| Position | Position | |
| Class | Table | |
| Description | Description | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | Native Id | |
| NativeType | Native Type | |
| 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 | |
| ConnectionPackage | ConnectionPackage Data Source | |
| Description | Description | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | Native Id | |
| NativeType | Native Type | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name | |
| DesignPackage | Dynamic Source, Data Source, Data Sources, Folder, Namespace | |
| Description | Description | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | Native Id | |
| NativeType | Native Type | |
| Dimension | Calculation - Shortcut, Procedure Query, Database Query, Database Query - Shortcut, Model Query - Shortcut, Measure Dimension, Measure Dimension - Shortcut, Calculation, Dimension, Dimension - Shortcut, Model Query | |
| Description | Description | |
| Hide | Hide | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | Native Id | |
| NativeType | Native Type | |
| Type | Type | |
| DimensionAttribute | Attribute, DimensionAttribute Calculation, Query Item, 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 | Filter | |
| Description | Description | |
| Hide | Hide | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | Native Id | |
| NativeType | Native Type | |
| Hierarchy | Hierarchy | |
| Description | Description | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | Native Id | |
| NativeType | Native Type | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name | |
| Type | Type | |
| Join | Relationship, Scope Relationship | |
| 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 | |
| OlapSchema | OlapSchema Namespace | |
| Description | Description | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | Native Id | |
| NativeType | Native Type | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name | |
| Stereotype | Stereotype | |
| SQLViewAttribute | View Column | |
| Comment | Comment | |
| Description | Definition | |
| DesignLevel | Design Level | |
| InitialValue | Initial Value | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | Native Id | |
| Optional | Nullable | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name | |
| Position | Position | |
| SQLViewEntity | View | |
| Description | Description | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | Native Id | |
| NativeType | Native Type | |
| StoreConnection | StoreConnection Data Sources | |
| 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 | FrameworkManager 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 | |
| StoredProcedure | Function, StoredProcedure | |
| Description | Description | |
| Name | Name | |
| NativeId | Native Id | |
| NativeType | Native Type | |
| PhysicalName | Physical Name | |
| Postcondition | Postcondition | |
| Precondition | Precondition | |
| Semantics | Code |