Cognos to SAP BO

[Former Member]

Hi

We are currently running Cognos 6 on an oracle data warehouse and looking at upgrade to Cognos 10 or SAP.

Does anyone know if there is a migration tool or process (export/import xml) that can:

• migrate reports/catalogs/packages from Cognos 6 to SAP or
• migrate reports/catalogs/packages from Cognos 10 to SAP

Also, is there a way that SAP can use Cognos multidimensional cubes (mdc files) as a data source?

Thanks

Denise

[denis_konovalov · Accepted solution]

No official SAP tools that can do migration from eaither cognos versions. There could be some SAP consulting or third party solutions.

SAP can't use Cognos cubes are all.

[Former Member]

Hi Guys,

We have some reports in SAP BusinessObjects and we need same reports now in Cognos. Is their any possibility to import / use the reports from SAP BO into Cognos instead of creating them from scratch.

Thanks and best regards.

Fahad

[CdnConnection]

Fahad,

    ARE YOU KIDDING US.   THIS IS AN SAP FORUM.

You need to post something on the other vendor's forum.

Ajay

[Former Member]

Hi Ajay,

I AM NOT KIDDING US. Both solutions SAP BO and Cognos are relavent here thats why in my opinion forum doesn't matter. If BO reports can be imported in other BI Tools like Cognos then it's a big plus for SAP BO and this is what companies are looking for a BI Solution which is adoptable.

Best regards

Fahad

[denis_konovalov]

why would SAP help it competitor ?
why would cognos help their ?

each company wants you to use their software, not to be able to use competitors stuff inside their own solution.

reporting sources are general, reporting solutions are specific.

[Former Member]

Hi Denis,

You are right every one want to sell their software but in this scenario where customer is using both SAP BO and cognus, we need such solution to avoid creating reports from scratch but I also think such solution is not available. Nevertheless thanks for your input.

Fahad

[denis_konovalov]

why would anyone use highly inferior cognos tools instead of market leader SAP tools ?

[Former Member]

companies are using cognos and they have their own reasons and we as consultants should prove which solution is better for their needs .. nevertheless its totally different debate , the point here is to find a solution to import reports from SAP BO to cognos or vice versa .. if any one have any idea about it please let me know ,,. thanks

[Former Member]

Can you share the experience of the migration - we are also looking at such migrations with our customers.  Do you have a cookbook approach to migrate or managed to find a tool?  I am very curious to understand in which way the project went.  Thanks for your help.

[Former Member]

Denise,

I'm interested in hearing how the migration went. Did you end up migrating to SAP? If so, any details on the migration proces would be great to hear.

Thanks!

Kyle