Framework Manager And Transformer May Display Different Locale Session Parameters For Some Languages; Regular Columns Cannot Be Converted To Calculated Columns And Vice Versa; Transformer Takes A Long Time To Retrieve Data From An Sap-Based Data Source - IBM Cognos User Manual

To avoid this problem, you have two choices:
v You can open the cogtr.xml.sample file in a text editor, search for the string
ObjectIDOutput, and change the setting to 0. Save the cogtr.xml.sample file as
cogtr.xml. Restart Transformer, and resave the model.
v You can use your RDBMS or a tool such as Framework Manager to perform the
required calculations, and then import the data into your model.
Whichever strategy you choose, you can then open the .mdl or py?-format model
without error.
Framework Manager and Transformer May Display Different
Locale Session Parameters for Some Languages
Transformer may not return data in the expected locale during test or cube build
when the following conditions are encountered:
v The locale shown in the File/Session information in Transformer is not included
in the Framework Manager parameter map for session parameters.
v The modeler attempts to create a data source in Transformer using a query
subject from the package where the locale does not exist.
When this is encountered, the locale of the modeler's session parameter does not
exist in the Framework Manager parameter map. As a result, the data returned
will not be the locale of the Session information shown in Transformer.
To avoid this problem, add the locale string that is displayed in the Transformer
File/Session information to the Framework Manager parameter list so that
Transformer can retrieve the expected data when accessing the data source.
However, the model metadata will still be shown in English, or in the Framework
Manager design language.
Regular Columns Cannot Be Converted to Calculated
Columns and Vice Versa
When you attempt to convert a regular column to a calculated column by opening
the Column property sheet, the Calculated button is unavailable.
In Transformer version 10.1.0, you can no longer convert an existing regular
column to a calculated column by changing the column properties. Similarly,
existing calculated columns cannot be converted into regular columns by changing
the column properties.
You can only create calculated columns using the Insert Column feature. For more
information, see "Define a Calculated Column" in the Transformer User Guide.
This does not affect how calculated columns are imported from an IBM Cognos
Series 7 model into Transformer. Existing calculated columns originally created in
IBM Cognos Series 7 will be imported correctly.
Transformer Takes a Long Time to Retrieve Data from an
SAP-based Data Source
You are attempting to retrieve data from an SAP-based data source in Transformer
with null suppression turned off. The retrieval takes a long time to complete.
Appendix B. Troubleshooting
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