Retrieving FM package from a published package in Cognos connection
By Dilip Aghav: It often happens that you need to work a package that was published long time back and you don't have or can't find the original Framework Model now. What to do in that? Recreate the FM model? No need... Find below the steps to recover, or we can say recreate, the FM Model using published package. 1. Create a blank file called cqeconfig.xml and save under Cognos8/bin on the server. 2. Write following code in this file: 3. Restart the Cognos 8 service for the change to take effect. 4. Stop the Cognos 8 service. 5. Rename the cognos8/data/cqe/rtmodel directory on app server to a different name. 6. Start the Cognos 8 Service 7. Create a new report using the package you wish to recover. 8. A new Cognos8/data/cqe/rtmodel directory will be created, and an XML file will be added to it. This model contains the information you need for your framework model. Take a copy of this file on your local or on the machine where you have FM installed. 9. Create empty project