Power2000

[MarkStewart]

I actually used this tool for a Y2K project.  It was kind of cool.  Is it still actually for sale? 

Mark Stewart
Consultant
Windsor, Ontario

[nichS]

Was Power2000 a patch/upgrade for the then PowerHouse? Or did P2k supersede it?

But to answer your question, it appears to be an obselete product :
http://support.cognos.com/en/support/products/obsolete_products.html

nichS

[Erik]

Power2000 was a tool written in Delphi which assisted customers with PowerHouse applications to find all potential problems which may arise from the new millenium (remember all the scare stories in the late 20th century about disasters as a result of the millennium bug?)
It was essentially a global edit and change facility which could be programmed to find any syntax which may need to be changed because of date problems. It also came with a set of Impromptu reports. However, as you know, it is no longer supported.
Also, it was completely separate from PowerHouse and only ran on Windows.
However, it could be programmed to find any problem areas, not just problems relating to the millennium.

[Blue]

Nice short description.

While Power2000 is from Cognos' point of view "obsolete" and no longer sold it may be that there is a second hand market for it.  It really requires no support, is self-contained, and does a great job at making complex (as well as simple) code to changes to many source files at once.

I don't remember exactly how many copies were sold but ther must be quite a number of companies out there with a copy gathering dust on a shelf.  Where not sell or trade it online?

Also if we lobby Cognos enough it might see the light and make the tool available on demand.

[Blue]

I heard from someone at Cognos it couldn't rerelease/sell this product if it wanted to as it lost/missplaced the source code!!!

[blackadder]

Oh dear. I was one of the team in the UK who came up with the idea for P2k and I was responsible for a fair amount of the code so I hope not! I agree that it was a really neat product, although of course I may be biased...

Actually we could do with something similar for some global searches through Cognos Planning models that we are having to do following a recent change in UK tax regulations.

Happy days...

[Blue]

G'day blackadder.  Maybe there is an opportunity for you if you can write something similar and publish it.