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Perceptive Content Update Guide
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Perceptive Content
Product
Perceptive Content Update Guide
Release
Foundation 24.1
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Upgrading an existing content store is the easiest and most effective way to upgrade Cognos while ensuring that all permissions are retained.

  1. Download the setup kit to a temporary directory.
  2. To install the version of Business Insight, complete the following steps.
    1. Open the setup kit and double-click the ImageNowBI_Setup.exe file.
    2. Run the installer according to your operating system and DBMS. Refer to the Business Insight Installation Guide for more information.
    3. In an Oracle DBMS for ImageNow, in the Installation Wizard Completed page, clear the Launch Business Insight Configuration check box and then click Finish.
    4. Copy the ODBC.jar file from the legacy system to your new <install_dir>\webapps\p2pd\WEB-INF\lib directory.
  3. Access the Business Insight Configuration program and adjust the content store setting to point to your existing content store.
    1. Select Data_Access > Content Manager > Content Store.
    2. Adjust the information to point to your existing content store.
  4. Within the Business Insight Configuration program, click the Start button to start the service.
  5. When prompted, upgrade your existing reports to the latest report specification.
  6. Cognos should now be running, and all reports should be upgraded.
  7. Access the <install_dir>\bin\utilities\biintegrator directory and run the Business Insight integration utility to configure the new environment and to import new versions of the reports.