Started off this week, with some quite interesting learning about this IBM tool called "Dynamic ReportSpec Updater [DRU]".
While currently involved in migrating some Cognos 8.3 reports to Cognos 10.1, We have faced some issues with our applications reports. This is because almost 100% of the application reports are designed to use the JavaScript. None of the migrated reports were working because of links used in the javascripts which requires updates. We found the problem and the solution is to update the links used in the Javascripts to the new URLs after the migration. During this time, we were actively searching for a tool capable of doing massive update to the ReportSpecs(XMLS). With this specific requirement in mind, we were searching for a tool which have this capability and this quest leads us to DRU tool from IBM.
Further details about this tool can be found below:
https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/basupportlink/entry/the_dynamic_reportspec_updater_dru7?lang=en_us
Learnt a drawback of this tool already from the below comment from one of the user:
"The tool does not list the reports in which the transformation effectively has been performed. The folder 'UpdatedSpecifications' contains all the reports that were searched and not only the modified reports. In Cognos Connection all reports that were searched have an updated modification date."
