Cognos deploys World's 1st PowerHouse Web 2.4 Application

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That's correct. The PowerHouse, PowerHouse Web, and Axiant documentation
will still be available to anyone for download. And soon, we'll post the
docs for the new versions.

The application Conrad is talking about provides additional information for
supported customers.
Bob Deskin              
Product Manager, Application Development Tools 
Cognos Inc. 3755 Riverside Drive, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA 
bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 7268 

-----Original Message-----
From: Whittall, Conrad [mailto:Conrad.Whittall@cognos.com]
Sent: June 9, 2003 6:26 PM
To: 'Jeff Hoffman'; powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
Subject: RE: Cognos deploys World's 1st PowerHouse Web 2.4 Application

No, so far as I know the PowerHouse manuals will still be available for
download from the PowerHouse site, http://powerhouse.cognos.com
<http://powerhouse.cognos.com> .

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Hoffman [mailto:wonicon@optushome.com.au]
Sent: 9 June 2003 17:39
To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
Subject: Re: Cognos deploys World's 1st PowerHouse Web 2.4 Application

Hi 

Had a look at the site just about everything requires a login, does this
mean that we are back in the 'bad old days' where consultants (who are
usually not 'supported') cannot down load a copy of the manuals? 

Jeff 

At 08:34 PM 08-06-03 -0400, Conrad wrote: 

>>>> 

I'm very pleased to announce that the Cognos Global Customer Services web
site (<http://support.cognos.com>http://support.cognos.com) became host to
the world's first PowerHouse Web 2.4 application at just after midnight on
Friday morning (Ottawa time). I know, 'cause I was there!

The application can be found from a link on this page... 

<http://support.cognos.com/en/support/documentation/>http://support.cognos.c
om/en/support/documentation/ 

...and enables supported customers to browse the entire Cognos product
documentation library, then read on-line or download the documents they are
interested in. 

There is another part to the application (the biggest part) that only
authorized Cognos staff can access, to catalog and cross-reference all of
the documentation available on the site. 

I'm hoping that this is just the first of many PHWeb applications that we're
able to deploy on this site. Even this one has enough flexibility that we're
already looking to extend it to also handle the software downloads and
patches that are available to supported customers. 

I was able to design, build, test and deploy this entire application --
including the new Oracle 9i database tables and views -- in only two weeks
of part-time effort (hey, I had to keep the rest of the team redesigning the
entire support.cognos.com site busy too). The app was initially built on my
notebook PC under Windows 2000 Professional, using the new PowerHouse 4GL
8.41C and PowerHouse Web 2.41C. I then transferred the completed code to a
Solaris box and recompiled (without any code changes) using PH 8.43C and
PHWeb 2.43C -- and this is the environment that the app is deployed in on
the support.cognos.com site. 

The documentation for PowerHouse 4GL 8.4 and PowerHouse Web 2.4 will be
available through this new application later this week (try Wednesday
morning). Documentation for earlier versions is already available. 

My thanks to Bob Deskin for his help explaining the PowerHouse Web enigmas I
encountered along the way (I'm sure we'll both get plenty of Supportlink
articles out of this), and for ensuring that we were able to get hold of the
released product to install at almost the same time as it went to
manufacturing. 

Best regards, 

Conrad 

Conrad Whittall 

Solutions Architect, Global Customer Services 

Cognos Incorporated, 3755 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 4K9, Canada 

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<DIV>That's 
correct. The PowerHouse,&nbsp;PowerHouse Web, and Axiant&nbsp;documentation will 
still be available to anyone for download. And soon, we'll post the docs for the 
new versions.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>The 
application Conrad is talking about provides additional information for 
supported customers.</DIV>
<DIV>
Bob 
Deskin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Product Manager, Application Development Tools 
 Cognos Inc. 
3755 Riverside Drive, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA 
 bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 7268 </DIV>
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 <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: Whittall, Conrad 
 [mailto:Conrad.Whittall@cognos.com] Sent: June 9, 2003 6:26 
 PM To: 'Jeff Hoffman'; powerh-l@lists.swau.edu Subject: 
 RE: Cognos deploys World's 1st PowerHouse Web 2.4 
 Application </DIV>
 <DIV>No, so far as I 
 know the PowerHouse manuals will still be available for download from the 
 PowerHouse site, <A 
 href="http://powerhouse.cognos.com">http://powerhouse.cognos.com</A>.</DIV>
 <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
 <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Hoffman 
 [mailto:wonicon@optushome.com.au] Sent: 9 June 2003 
 17:39 To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu Subject: Re: Cognos 
 deploys World's 1st PowerHouse Web 2.4 Application </DIV>
 Hi 
 Had a look at the site just about everything requires a login, does this 
 mean that we are back in the 'bad old days' where consultants (who are usually 
 not 'supported') cannot down load a copy of the manuals? 
 Jeff 
 At 08:34 PM 08-06-03 -0400, Conrad wrote: 
 &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; 
 I'm very pleased to announce that the Cognos 
 Global Customer Services web site 
 (&lt;http://support.cognos.com&gt;http://support.cognos.com) became host to 
 the world's first PowerHouse Web 2.4 application at just after midnight on 
 Friday morning (Ottawa time). I know, 'cause I was there! 
 The application can be found from a link on this 
 page... 
 &lt;http://support.cognos.com/en/support/documentation/&gt;http://support.cognos.com/en/support/documentation/ 
 
 ...and enables supported customers to browse the 
 entire Cognos product documentation library, then read on-line or download the 
 documents they are interested in. 
 There is another part to the application (the 
 biggest part) that only authorized Cognos staff can access, to catalog and 
 cross-reference all of the documentation available on the site. 
 
 I'm hoping that this is just the first of many 
 PHWeb applications that we're able to deploy on this site. Even this one has 
 enough flexibility that we're already looking to extend it to also handle the 
 software downloads and patches that are available to supported customers. 
 
 I was able to design, build, test and deploy this 
 entire application -- including the new Oracle 9i database tables and views -- 
 in only two weeks of part-time effort (hey, I had to keep the rest of the team 
 redesigning the entire support.cognos.com site busy too). The app was 
 initially built on my notebook PC under Windows 2000 Professional, using the 
 new PowerHouse 4GL 8.41C and PowerHouse Web 2.41C. I then transferred the 
 completed code to a Solaris box and recompiled (without any code changes) 
 using PH 8.43C and PHWeb 2.43C -- and this is the environment that the app is 
 deployed in on the support.cognos.com site. 
 The documentation for PowerHouse 4GL 8.4 and 
 PowerHouse Web 2.4 will be available through this new application later this 
 week (try Wednesday morning). Documentation for earlier versions is already 
 available. 
 My thanks to Bob Deskin for his help explaining 
 the PowerHouse Web enigmas I encountered along the way (I'm sure we'll both 
 get plenty of Supportlink articles out of this), and for ensuring that we were 
 able to get hold of the released product to install at almost the same time as 
 it went to manufacturing. 
 Best regards, 
 Conrad 
 Conrad Whittall 
 Solutions Architect, Global Customer 
 Services 
 Cognos Incorporated, 3755 Riverside 
 Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 4K9, Canada 
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