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MOTIOCI - LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR IBM COGNOS.

The latest release of MotioCI, gives every report author access to zero-touch version control from within the IBM Cognos Connection window. Report authors can simply click on an icon and from there they can see all prior versions of a report, can revert or rollback to a prior version & with sufcient security privileges promote any version to another IBM Cognos instance. For example, from Development to QA. In addition to many enhancements, a new Documentation module was delivered. This gives unparalleled access to data about the IBM Cognos implementation and is a vital new tool for any BI manager serious about quality. MotioCI comes with a complete IBM Cognos Model to allow managers & teams to report on productivity, health of the system as well as who did what & when over time. MotioCI v1.4 sets the bar higher to redene BI life cycle management.

The Motio Continuous Integration Server is a patentpending, server based product which augments IBM Cognos environments with versioning, tracking and verication capabilities - acting as both a smoke detector and safety net for BI environments. MotioCI represents an ideal tool to enforce the best practices dened by a BICC, as it enables automated version control and regression testing of BI content, provides visibility into changes in the BI Ecosystem, and allows for managed deployments between BI environments. Zero-Touch Version Control. As BI Authors make changes to IBM Cognos artifacts (Reports, Queries, Analysis Objects, Packages), MotioCI automatically tracks these changes and versions the content. MotioCI allows BI team members to: View historical versions of BI Artifacts View historical outputs for each version of a Report Do "diffs" between multiple versions of the same BI Artifact Revert to a prior version of the Artifact Promote an Artifact to an upstream BI environment. Timeline Manager is a great tool to allow administrators and managers see who did what and when at glance. The timeline viewer can target in on problem areas, or look at trends over time. IBM Cognos Framework Model is available with certain congurations and allows a company to develop their own IBM Cognos reports. This provides added exibility to look at the myriad of data elements captured by MotioCI to help dramatically improve BI productivity and ensure service levels are achieved at all times. Regression Testing Framework for IBM Cognos Content: MotioCI provides powerful regression testing capabilities for IBM Cognos content. Customers can create test cases which ensure

report specications adhere to project standards with respect to look and feel, naming conventions, parameters and more. Test cases can also be developed to ensure that, when executed, reports produce the expected results and complete within the expected period of time. Continuous Verication of the Cognos Artifacts and the Outputs They Produce: The MotioCI continuous integration capabilities allow customers to apply all congured test suites automatically, at regular intervals (e.g. "run all tests every 2 hours"). This enables MotioCI to act as a "smoke detector" for IBM Cognos environments; proactively notifying project stakeholders when a problem surfaces rather than relying on the end users to discover it. Traceability - "Who is Changing What?' in your IBM Cognos Environment: Modem Business Intelligence environments often involve a large number of moving parts: disparate upstream datasources, ETL processes, data warehouses, framework models, report specications, applications which front-end the content, etc. When an issue arises with the consistency or accuracy of the BI content it is often difcult to determine what change caused the problem. MotioCI provides capabilities which allow customers to monitor their BI environment, track the changes that are being made and who is making them. 'When issues arise, this traceability greatly reduces the amount of time required to nd and correct the issue. This level of auditing is often of interest to customers seeking to attain Sarbanes Oxley compliance. Deployment-Promotion Capability: MotioCI enables the promotion of labeled, well-known baselines of BI content from one IBM Cognos environment to another. For example, MotioCI will allow customers to promote a baseline of BI content (which has passed all regression tests) from Development to QA or from QA into Production.

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