Moving away from Series 7 Access Manager?

For Cognos 8/10 customers who seek to move from their Series7 Access Manager namespace to another target namespace, FirstQuarter offers a comprehensive migration service to assist Cognos clients.

Whether you are changing security models or moving from development to test to production, this invaluable service automates the migration of each user's identity to the new namespace saving your IT staff time and the potential of costly mistakes. Whether you are migrating user identities from one Cognos Namespace to another,  changing security models (for example, migrating from Cognos Series 7 to Active Directory), or moving from development to test to production, the FirstQuarter Migration service safely and easily migrates the security.

FirstQuarter Migration Service

The FirstQuarter Migration service is a technology assisted service that addresses three key areas related to migration. The service addresses three key areas:

Namespace Migration

This process addresses the seamless movement of all Series7 user classes and memberships to the new target namespace. Read more...

Model Migration

If you have models with inhertent Series7 security. Our model migration service is a one-stop shop that upgrades your models using groups from your new namespace. The service addresses Transformer, Framework Manager, Metrics, and Planning model types. Read more...

Cognos Connection Migration

Migrating Cognos Connection security successfully is critical. The migration process has inhertent complexities involving more than 140 object types that need to be updated during a migration. Typical migrations of Cognos Connection can require that hundreds of thousands of objects be updated in the Content Store. Read more...

Summary

Most migrations require that security be reviewed and changed on hundreds of thousands of objects across the Cognos platform. FirstQuarter processes and software minimize risk and allow you to address migrations across each of your environments.

Security Migration - Buy It!

Security migration is a complex process that is performed just once for most organizations. Why consume your staff's time building a one-time use solution? Leverage FirstQuarter's knowledge and expertise.