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Update Cognos Properties in Bulk

Add, delete, and modify properties across a set of Cognos objects in the same time it takes to update ONE object in Cognos Connection!

The Property Distributor panel from MotioPI Professional eliminates the time and effort spent on managing Cognos Object properties.

Consider the following scenario:  "A new segment of users has been created and you need to grant them a set of permissions on a number of reports, queries and packages in Cognos. You need to add permission properties to hundreds of Cognos Objects which would traditionally require a few days of work to complete!"  MotioPI Pro's Property Distributor feature was designed to minimize this type of workload by up to 80%. 

MotioPI Professional's Property Distributor enables you to blast properties from a prototype object onto groups of target objects from both Public and My Folders.   This includes Cognos Objects such as reports, queries, packages, folders, report views and analysis objects.  

The Property Distributor offers a preview of the target objects' properties before and after modifications are executed and safeguards against mistakes by creating backups of the target objects.

Watch this short video demonstrating a few of the powerful features from MotioPI Pro's Property Distributor component.

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"We could not manage our environment without MotioCI. The release team is no longer the bottleneck. Processes are going smoothly."

—Richard Wylde, Catlin

"Finding a solution which minimized risk and guaranteed that our existing security policies remained intact was very important to us. We were very impressed with the smoothness of the transition."

—Lisa Kelley, HealthPort

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—Molly Doyle, University of Colorado

"The automated testing provided by MotioCI proved invaluable. With so many reports being created and modified, and the framework model and data sources evolving, it was a huge advantage to have MotioCI proactively pointing out inconsistencies and errors."

—Tim McGuire, Ameripath...

"Our users were wowed by the functionality of MotioADF. The self-service nature of this application has reduced our number of support requests. Even a user with little or no training is able to figure the interface out and immediately become productive."

—Tim McGuire, Ameripath...

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—Dustin Jordan,...

"By having MotioCI we directly save 500 hours per year on hiring external specialists, so we actually reduce our out-of-pocket costs."

—Rob Bakker, Eneco

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"With the complexity of our user interface, it would have taken us twice as long as it did if we had not started with Motio's software. They worked alongside of us to provide the best user interface for the product and the end results are quite impressive."

—Sheila Higgins, Avaya...

 

"By using MotioCI, we reduced the time to upgrade to Cognos Analytics from 14 months to 3 months!"

— BI Manager, Pharmaceutical Industry

 

 

"MotioCI allows me to test all reports against the outputs of an upgraded environment and know if there are any data differences. This allows us to dramatically shorten the upgrade testing cycle from one to two months to one to two weeks."

—Enterprise Reporting and Analytics...

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—Sean Nguyen, Sr. Information Architect, Providence St. Joseph Health

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- Jon Coote, CIRA