Cognos Repository Control by CVS

[afharidy]

I tried to create a repository for Cognos 8 BI using CVSNT in these steps:

In CVSNT, I created a new repository. the CVSNT uses the machine users(ex.. administrator)
In Cognos configuration, I created a new source control system under that refers to the cvs.exe.
In Cognos access manager, I made sure that the used cognos user has an OS signon from a valid user on the machine.
In Cognos framework manager, I created a new connection from the connection manager , and the connection test was successful.


The problem is I failed to add a new or existing project to this repository, every time I triy, I get this msg from Cognos framework manager (An error occurred while adding the project to the repository).


Has any one here made a working cvs repository for Cognos? What is missing in these steps?
Did any one  used CVS with cognos ? or I'm the first one here ...  ?

[bredendick]

I am trying nearly the same thing, but get the same error.

The cvs.exe version I'm using is 2.0.51d.  The repository is located on a remote server, but as I've seen documentation that Cognos can't use pserver to do cvs remotely, the repository is essentially just a network folder share.  I can connect to the share and read and write files correctly.  I'm able to initialize a repository locally.  The "test" inside framework manager succeeds.  However, when attempting to add a project to the repository, I get the error:  An error occurred while adding the project to the repository.

[cogknowhow]

remember that 8.4 is the last version where CVS is supported!

Cognos 8 BI 8.4 Software Environments - Environments Ending
Project Repositories
CVS
Visual Source Safe 6.0 & 2005

[John_Russell]

Since Cognos has decided to deprecate the integration of source control with Framework Manager (purportedly in 8.5), we have decided to employ Subversion and simply control the versioning of the models from the directory level.  So far Subverison seems to be very reliable and extremely easy to use.

[cschnu]

Since Cognos has decided to deprecate the integration of source control with Framework Manager (purportedly in 8.5), we have decided to employ Subversion and simply control the versioning of the models from the directory level.  So far Subverison seems to be very reliable and extremely easy to use.

Is there a link to this announcement?

It appears to me that Subversion will only be useful to provide a backup of your project and the ability to log commit comments.  I have seen Subversion work great in scenarios where you work with source code and can view differences line by line between commits. However, Cognos generates an XML file making it difficult to translate what you actually changed.  Would you agree with that assessment or am i wrong?