Upgrading Reports from IBM Cognos BI Version 8.4

When you upgrade to IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence version 10 from IBM Cognos 8 BI version 8.4, some reports may look or behave differently after the upgrade. This section describes changes that you may encounter in your reports.

Upgrading Report Styles
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence includes a new default report style with updated colors and gradients. If your report uses a custom report template, your report will appear the same in this version of IBM Cognos Report Studio as it did in previous versions. By default, new reports and new report objects, such a lists and crosstabs, appear in the new report style.
Upgrading Legacy Charts
IBM Cognos Report Studio version 10.1.0 includes a new default chart technology. You can continue to use and work with legacy charts or upgrade your legacy charts to current default charts.
New Default for Hidden or Deleted Axis Titles
The default for rendering hidden or deleted axis titles has changed. This can change the size or placement of chart elements in your chart report output.
Upgrading Reports with SAP BW Prompt Variables
When you upgrade reports that use SAP BW data sources and contain variables as prompts from version 8.3 SP2 to version 8.4 or 10.1.0, the upgrade may fail. Prompts that contained SAP BW variables are now empty. This occurs because a default setting in an IBM Cognos configuration file changed in version 8.4.

Parent topic: Upgrading Reports