PM48949: NEITHER THE TM1 PACKAGE CONNECTOR NOR THE SYSKOPLAN CONNECTOR ARE SUPPORTED BY CX 9.5 XCELERATOR

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• Neither the TM1 Package Connector nor the TM1 SAP BW RFC
  Connector aka the Syskoplan Connector are supported by Cognos
  Express (CX) 9.5 Xcelerator.???But according to the manual IBM
  Cognos Analytic Server 9.5.0 Turbo Integrator Guide both the TM1
  Package Connector and the the Syskoplan Connector are supported
  by CX 9.5 Xcelerator.???The CX 9.5 Xcelerator documentation is
  wrong:??(1)?Cognos Express (CX) 9.5 Xcelerator does NOT support
  the TM1 SAP BW RFC Connector aka the Syskoplan Connector because
  it is the product of a Joint Venture by Applix Inc and
  Syskoplan, a german SAP business partner. Syskoplan delivered
  the SAP component of the Syskoplan Connector.??Thus the Chapter
  6: "Importing Data Using the TM1 Connector for SAP Business
  Warehouse" in the manual IBM Cognos Analytic Server 9.5.0 Turbo
  Integrator Guide is obsolete and shall be deleted.???See also
  the corrresponding IBM website
  ->??http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/cx/v9r5m0/topic/com
  .ibm.swg.im.cognos.tm1_turb.9.5.0.doc/tm1_turb_id2106ImportingDa
  tafromSAPRFC_NB0007.html#ImportingDatafromSAPRFC_NB0007?IBM
  Cognos Analytic Server 9.5.0 Turbo Integrator Guide?Importing
  Data Using the Connector for SAP Business
  WarehouseXcelerator??IBM Cognos  Xcelerator TurboIntegrator
  allows you to import data from SAP BW using Remote Function
  Calls (RFC). This section describes the SAP objects that you can
  import using the Xcelerator Connector for SAP, and the
  procedures for importing those objects. It also describes how to
  write data back to SAP through ODS tables.???Note:?As of
  10.08.2010 IBM Cognos has stopped selling the Syskoplan
  Connector, see the IBM website
  ->??http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=A
  N&subtype=CA&htmlfid=897/ENUS910-190&appname=USN%29?Software
  withdrawal: IBM Cognos TM1 Connector for SAP
  ??http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/0/897/ENUS910-190/ENUS910
  -190.PDF??To
  summarize, the Syskoplan Connector is a commercial software you
  have to purchase. In contrast to it's successor, the TM1 Package
  Connector, it is not free but you have to pay for it. If you did
  not buy the Syskoplan Connector from IBM Cognos prior
  10.08.2010, there is no legal way that you can purchase and use
  the Syskoplan Connector.???(2)?Cognos Express (CX) 9.5
  Xcelerator does NOT support the TM1 Package Connector.??Thus the
  Chapter 7: "Importing Data Using the IBM Cognos TM1 Package
  Connector" in the manual IBM Cognos Analytic Server 9.5.0 Turbo
  Integrator Guide is obsolete and shall be deleted.???See also
  the corresponding IBM website
  ->??http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/cx/v9r5m0/topic/com
  .ibm.swg.im.cognos.tm1_turb.9.5.0.doc/tm1_turb_id3795ImportTM1Pa
  ckageConnector_NB0001.html#ImportTM1PackageConnector_NB0001?IBM
  Cognos Analytic Server 9.5.0 TurboIntegrator Guide?Importing
  Data Using the IBM Cognos Package Connector??IBM Cognos supports
  connectivity to IBM Cognos BI packages using the Xcelerator
  Package Connector. Packages can be based on SAP Business
  Warehouse InfoQueries and InfoCubes.???
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All Users                                                    *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * See error description.                                       *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Upgrade to Cognos Express 10.1                               *
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Problem conclusion

• Updated in documentation
  

Temporary fix

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