Hotfiles in Impromptu

Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:01:30 -0500

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Can someone help me with changing a hot file in Impromptu?
We are running Cognos Impromptu Administrator version 7.1.339.0

I have a hot file that needs to be updated.
When I try to open the hot file with impromptu I don't have an option to
open .ims files (the hotfile).
So I created a new one with the same columns, the same file name, etc. and
copied it to the directory where the current hot file is saved.
When I run the report I get the following error message:

DMS-E-RBI-COLULMN, Column c21 was not found.

I tried an 'open with' on the file and selected Impromptu but get an error
message that the file is not a report. So my dilemma is I can't really look
at the old hot file to see exactly what it looks like and creating a new one
does not seem to work with existing reports - only new ones.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks,
-Kristina
Ext. 2459

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style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:9.0pt'><span
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Can someone help me with changing a =
hot file
in Impromptu?<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle17><font size=3D1 =
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style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>We are running Cognos Impromptu =
Administrator
version 7.1.339.0<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></span></p>

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style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></span></fon=
t></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle17><font size=3D1 =
color=3D"#333399"
face=3D"Century Gothic"><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:9.0pt'><span
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>I have a hot file that needs to be =
updated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle17><font size=3D1 =
color=3D"#333399"
face=3D"Century Gothic"><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:9.0pt'><span
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>When I try to open the hot file =
with
impromptu I don&#8217;t have an option to open .ims files (the =
hotfile).<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></span></p>

So I created a new one with the =
same columns,
the same file name, etc. and copied it to the directory where the =
current hot
file is saved.<o:p></o:p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle17><font size=3D1 =
color=3D"#333399"
face=3D"Century Gothic"><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:9.0pt'><span
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>When I run the report I get the =
following
error message:<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></span></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DEmailStyle15><font size=3D1 =
color=3D"#333399"
face=3D"Century Gothic"><span =
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:9.0pt'><span
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>DMS-E-RBI-COLULMN, Column c21 was =
not found.</span></span></font></span><span
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>

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I
tried an &#8216;open with&#8217; on the file and selected Impromptu but =
get an error
message that the file is not a report. So my dilemma is I can&#8217;t =
really look at
the old hot file to see exactly what it looks like and creating a new =
one does
not seem to work with existing reports &#8211; only new =
ones.<o:p></o:p></fon=
t>

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Gothic"><span
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style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Any
suggestions are appreciated.</span></span></font><font =
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Gothic"><span
style=3D'font-size:9.0pt;color:#333399'><span =
style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks,</span></span></font><span
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mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>-Kristina<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>=

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