Upfront Known Issues

This Readme document contains late-breaking information about Upfront, the Web portal normally used in IBM Cognos Enterprise solutions.

Note: The Upfront component is not used with IBM Cognos 8.

Look here for readme information about closely-related components:

• Installation Known Issues
• Configuration Manager Known Issues
• Data Access (UDA) Known Issues
• Access Manager Known Issues
• IBM Cognos Application Firewall Known Issues
• IBM Cognos Query Known Issues
• Impromptu Known Issues
• NoticeCast Known Issues
• PowerPlay Known Issues
• IBM Cognos Visualizer Known Issues

The Readme document also contains information about

• Features No Longer Supported in this release and those that will not be supported in subsequent releases
• Series 7 Version 4 Documentation Updates

To see Readme updates and information about deploying IBM Cognos Business Intelligence products, go to the Cognos Software Services Web site (http://support.cognos.com).

Problem Opening Quick Tours Due to Pop-up Blocker Setting in Browser

If you click the link for an IBM Cognos Series 7 Quick Tour and it fails to open, check the pop-up blocker setting in your Web browser. Some browsers, such as Firefox, block pop-up windows by default. For the tours to launch correctly from their links, you must disable pop-up blockers.

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Copying Required Files for Remote Operation of FMCommand

If you want to operate the FMCmd utility remotely from a computer that does not have a full installation of Upfront, you can do this. However, to get the files you need to run FMCmd on Windows, you need a full Windows installation of Upfront from which to copy the files for operation of FMCmd. Similarly for UNIX, you need a full installation of UNIX Upfront to retrieve the files needed to run FMCmd remotely on UNIX.

In a future release, there will be an installation of the files required to run FMCmd on Windows or UNIX, available from the installation CD.

For more information, see the section on Automation Interfaces in the Upfront Developer Guide.

Execute Permissions Do not Allow Users to Override Governor Setting for and IWR Report in Upfront

The documentation states that users can override governor settings for an IWR report in Upfront if they have write, owner, or execute permissions for the report set containing the report. If a user only has execute permission they are not able to change these settings. They must have either owner or write permissions to the report set.

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Error: The request failed because there is no valid cube mapping to handle the request

After upgrading from a previous version of IBM Cognos Series 7, the following error appears when you run an upgraded report.

The request failed because there is no valid cube mapping to handle the request

This error can occur if an entry name includes multiple consecutive spaces.

To prevent this error, before upgrading search the UpfPackage.pkg file for a double space and add an xml:space="preserve" attribute to the element.

For example, change:

<NewsItem>

 <Id>ABC123</Id>

   <Name>double    space</Name>

</NewsItem> 

to

<NewsItem>

   <Id>ABC123</Id>

   <Name xml:space="preserve">double    space</Name>

</NewsItem>

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Unreadable or Inaccessible Display

If you use Internet Explorer 7, you may get an unreadable display with higher zoom settings. For example,

• in PowerPlay and IBM Cognos query some display elements may overlap
• In IBM Cognos Visualizer, the Explain pane may not display correctly

To correct the display, reduce the Internet Explorer 7 zoom setting.

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