The Cognos 8 presentation service supports automatic upgrade of the ReportNet system.xml files. You can use this approach if many customization changes were made in ReportNet and implementing them manually in Cognos 8 would be time-consuming.
The system.xml files are upgraded to a Cognos 8 compatible version. All existing ReportNet system.xml parameters can be upgraded to Cognos 8.
If the automatic upgrade is not successful, the system.xml file is not upgraded successfully and a message is generated in the server log.
You can perform the upgrade manually using one of the following files in the c8_location/templates/ps directory:
for UNIX, system_upgrade.sh
for Windows, system_upgrade.bat
For more information, see the system_upgrade.txt file in the same directory.
Note: As a general approach, we recommend that you edit the system.xml files manually using a UTF-8-based XML or text editor.
Perform the following steps when Cognos 8 and ReportNet are installed in different locations.
Back up the original Cognos 8 versions and the customized ReportNet versions of the system.xml files.
Copy the required system.xml file from the ReportNet installation directory to the corresponding directory in the Cognos 8 installation directory.
Copy all system.xml files that require upgrade. The process cannot be repeated for each file separately.
For example: copy the system.xml file from the crn_location/templates/ps directory to the c8_location/templates/ps directory.
Restart the Cognos 8 service.