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Cognos 8 -- validate a Framework Manager model

When you validate a model in Framework Manager you may encounter a series of new Warning messages. 

The following warnings commonly appear when you check a model:

• Needs reevaluation

This message is most likely related to data type changes.  The majority of items with this warning can be selected for repair. The repair option steps you

through your options for evaluating and upgrading specific elements of metadata. 

Tip:

You can also evaluate a query subject by using the Evaluate Object command from the Tools menu.

• Join expression conflicts with the determinant information defined in the query subject

Sometimes the index and key information specified for a query subject implies a level of granularity that does not match the relationships specified on a query subject.

• None of the query items in this level have a role Caption specified

When defining levels, you must ensure that a business key and caption roles are specified.  These roles are relevant for member functions in the report authoring tools and to assist in the member-oriented tree in Analysis Studio.  All captions must have the string data type. If there is no attribute of this type available, create a calculation that is a string data type and assign the member caption role to the new item.  This is primarily an issue for Analysis Studio.

• One or more determinants that describe the keys and attributes of the query subject should be specified

When importing from a relational data source, determinants are specified for any indexes and keys that exist in the data source. It is possible that no determinants exist on a query subject upgraded from ReportNet 1.x, especially for model query subjects. We recommend that you use determinants to explicitly specify the granularity of the data in the query subject and the functional dependencies between query items. However, it is not mandatory to specify determinants for query subjects representing a single level or fact data. Determinants are required only if the item is a BLOB data type.