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Perceptive Content Update Guide
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When you upgrade to a new version, your custom reports are still configured to refer to the INOW6 data source. Because the data source name changed to INOW in version 7.0, you can create a copy of your data source labeled INOW6 to prevent the reports from breaking.

To create a copy of your data source labeled INOW6, complete the following steps.

  1. Open the Cognos Administration Portal.
  2. On the Configuration tab, in the left pane, click Data Source Connections.
  3. In the right pane, for the INOW data source connection, under Actions, click More.
  4. In the Perform an action – INOW screen, click Copy.
  5. In the Save as a copy screen, in the Name field, type INOW6.
  6. Click OK

    Your custom reports may still break, however, if there was a change to the model they were leveraging inside the report. To remedy the situation, you need to modify the report to refer to the INOW data source and update the usage of the model accordingly.