The focus for QueryVision’s latest release of QueryVision SharePoint Web Parts for Cognos (2.1) was Cognos 10 and SharePoint 2010, but lots of other features were added or upgraded:
All features supported for both SharePoint 2007 & 2010
Support for Cognos 10 (in addition to 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.4.1) from a single installation
New Cognos 10 object/document types, plus improved support for existing Cognos document types
o Business Insight (dashboard)
o Interactive Reports
o Cognos Office Documents
o News Items
Report parameters supplied by standard and custom SharePoint Filter Web Parts
New Cognos Component Web Part – provide controlled views into Cognos Connection with customizable presentation
o (individual) Portal Pages
Compact, topic specific folders.
Metrics studio components
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o Public Folders, Specific Folder, My Folders
o My Watchlist
o My Inbox
o Full Text and fields search (formerly GO! Search)
o Name and Description Search
Improved Security and Authentication support
o Improved SSL/HTTPS (Cognos 10 upgraded their cipher suites for HTTPS encryption)
o Connectivity diagnostics
o New Service Account Authentication Web Part (SSO for users using an admin selected set of Cognos credentials)
Additional Authoring and Viewing choices
o PowerPlay 8 Studio
o Business Insight Advanced
o Business Insight Dashboard
o Author Suite options based on user capabilities (e.g. PP8 can be authored in PP8, Analysis, Report Studio and Business Insight Advanced)
o All Cognos output types (e.g. all forms of Excel + PDF, etc.)
o Interactive option for viewing in the associated Studio in the Report Viewer (e.g. Query, Analysis, PP8) as default action