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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Hello Everyone, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">I'm emailing to let you know that Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) will be upgrading MIT's Cognos reporting platform to Cognos Analytics 11.1.7 this Saturday, May 7. The upgrade window
will be from 1-3 p.m. During this time, Cognos Reporting at <a href="http://reports.mit.edu/">
reports.mit.edu</a> and <a href="http://reports-test.mit.edu/">reports-test.mit.edu</a> will be unavailable. We will post upgrade progress to
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://3down.mit.edu/incidents/zpjpryrd3nhk" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none">https://3down.mit.edu/incidents/zpjpryrd3nhk</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Note that your existing reports will continue to function as expected once the upgrade is complete and scheduled reports will run as planned. This upgraded version of Cognos supports all current browsers; use of Firefox
ESR for building reports will no longer be required.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Support<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">For Cognos 11 (Cognos Analytics) usage questions, IBM offers a number of resources, including:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="attrlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_4RxtD-BL5sCbLma4TPNg5rW4jl5YcPj" target="_blank">IBM Cognos Analytics training videos</a></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span class="attrlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.1.0" target="_blank">IBM Cognos Analytics help documentation</a></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span class="attrlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.1.0?topic=SSEP7J_11.1.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.wig_cr.doc/c_gtstd_map_functionality.html" target="_blank">Functionality mapping from Cognos BI</a><a href="https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.1.0?topic=SSEP7J_11.1.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.wig_cr.doc/c_gtstd_map_functionality.html" target="_blank">
</a><a href="https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.1.0?topic=SSEP7J_11.1.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.wig_cr.doc/c_gtstd_map_functionality.html" target="_blank">(v10)</a><a href="https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.1.0?topic=SSEP7J_11.1.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.wig_cr.doc/c_gtstd_map_functionality.html" target="_blank">
to Cognos Analytics</a><a href="https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.1.0?topic=SSEP7J_11.1.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.wig_cr.doc/c_gtstd_map_functionality.html" target="_blank">
</a><a href="https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-analytics/11.1.0?topic=SSEP7J_11.1.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.wig_cr.doc/c_gtstd_map_functionality.html" target="_blank">(v11)</a></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">For Cognos issues not answered by the content above, contact us at
<a href="mailto:cognos-help@mit.edu">cognos-help@mit.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Thanks, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">George Roch</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Business Intelligence Analyst</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#7F0000">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Phone: 617-324-1140</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Email: <a href="mailto:g_roch@mit.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">g_roch@mit.edu</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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