Migrating Cognos Powerplay models.

<p>Are there any tools available to aid in converting CognosPowerplay models to Essbase?</p><p>I'm also interested in any other info on migration - methods /best practices /white papers/case histories/limitations, etc.</p>

I am not aware of a tool that directly converts Cognos reports into BIRT reports.
However, I am not overly familiar with Cognos reports.
If there is an API or a system available with Cognos reports to programmatically read their contents, you could then use the BIRT Design Engine API (DEAPI) to programmatically build report designs based on what is read from the Cognos designs.
Alternatively, each report can always be rebuilt individually using the BIRT Report designer as needed.

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