This is a tentative migration road map. All durations and sub tasks are estimates, more duration is required for Planning. All assumption are based on WINDOWS machines.
| Activity | Sub task | Duration | Res |
| Sandbox migration | |||
| Install series 7 | 1 day | 1 | |
| Instal Cognos8 | 1 day | 1 | |
| Configure LDAP/Access Manager | 1 day | 1 | |
| Import Sample Catalogs and Reports | 0.5 day | 1 | |
| Import Impromtu reports | 0.5 day | 1 | |
| Import Sample Cubes and reports | 0.5 day | 1 | |
| Migrate Catalog, IMPCAT2XML | 0.5 day | 1 | |
| Copy Unsecured cubes | 0.25 days | 1 | |
| Copy Secured Cubes | 0.25 days | 1 | |
| Publish a cube as a package | 0.25 days | 1 | |
| Create data source connection for catalog and cubes | 0.25 days | 1 | |
| Test them to see if they work | 1 day | 1 | |
| Use Migrate to C8 to migrate impromptu and PP reports | 1 day | 1 | |
| Use Deploment Manager to create a dmp file of web content such as newsboxes | 1 day | 1 | |
| Manually deploy reports to CC | 1 day | 1 | |
| Test your reports/open with AS/RS | 1 day | 1 | |
| 11 days | 1 | ||
| Actual Migration | 1 | ||
| Pre Clean the environment | 1 | ||
| Remove broken url's | 0.5 days | 1 | |
| Remove unwanted reports | 1 day | 1 | |
| Identify secured and unsecured cubes | 1 day | 1 | |
| Create administrator as the owner for all catalogs and cubes | 1 day | 1 | |
| Identify any image files | 0.5 days | 1 | |
| 4 days | 1 | ||
| Organize your source | 1 | ||
| Create a folder for Catalogs | 0.25 days | 1 | |
| Create a folder for Cubes | 0.25 days | 1 | |
| Create a folder for Impromptu reports | 0.25 days | 1 | |
| Use a deployment manager to create dmp files for web content | 0.5 days | 1 | |
| Create a folder for PPX reports | 0.25 days | 1 | |
| 1.5 days | 1 | ||
| step by step Migration | 1 | ||
| CATALOG Migration | 1 | ||
| Migrate Catalogs using Impcat2 XML | 1 day | ||
| Publish FM packages with Datasource connection | 1 day | 1 | |
| Test your migration extensively | 3 days | 1 | |
| 5 days | 1 | ||
| CUBE and MDL Migration | 1 | ||
| FTP your MDL and Cubes | 1 day | ||
| Edit the COGNOS.INI file for datasource connection | 0.5 day | 1 | |
| OPEN MDL in newer version of Transformer and save | 1 day | 1 | |
| Publish cubes using Transformer/FM | 2 days | 1 | |
| Create data source connections for cubes | 1 day | 1 | |
| Test your Cubes | 2 days | 1 | |
| 6.5 days | 1 | ||
| Migrate to C8 | 1 | ||
| Open CMD window | 0.25 ays | 1 | |
| Browse to the location | 0.25 days | 1 | |
| Type MigratetoC8 <source> <target> | 0.25 days | 1 | |
| Look at the target directories | 1 day | 1 | |
| Repeat the above 4 steps for various folders(IWR,IMR,PPX,DMP etc) | 1 day | 1 | |
| 2.75 days | 1 | ||
| DeployToC8 | 1 | ||
| Two Option-Manual or auto | |||
| Copy the .zip directory from target location to c8 deploment location | 0.5 days | 1 | |
| Check Migration service is on C8 ( defauly is always on) | 0.5 day | 1 | |
| Import the deployment file | 0.25 days | 1 | |
| Test your reports | 2 days | 1 | |
| AUTO(optionl) | 1 | ||
| Browse to location c8/deplotC8 | 0.25 days | 1 | |
| Type DeploytoC8 <source><target> | 1 day | 1 | |
| Test your reports | 2 days | 1 | |
| 5.75 days | 1 | ||
| Post Migration Tasks | 1 | ||
| Replace IQD's with package/report source | 7 days | 1 | |
| Disable/Interoperate series 7 and Cognos8 | 5 days | 1 | |
| Recreate broken reports | 10 days | 1 | |
| 22 days | 1 | ||
| Total duration (approx) | 60 days | 1 | |
