AH Changes That Break Report or Column Group Connections
Note: These activities only break reports/column group connections that are actively using the object being changed.
If your report or column group is not using any of the objects being changed then your report or column group will not break.
Replace Fields in Cognos Reports
BIA Activity | Cognos | Tableau | Column Groups |
|---|---|---|---|
New field added | No impact | No impact | No impact |
New folder added containing only new fields | No impact | No impact | No impact |
Existing field name change | Breaks report | Breaks report | Breaks connection |
Existing folder name change | Breaks report | No impact | No impact |
Field Moved to Another Folder | Breaks report | No impact | No impact |
Field type change | Breaks report | Breaks report | Breaks connection |
Field aggregation change | Won't break report but it may change the totals | Won't break report but it may change the totals | No impact |
Package / Data source name change | Creates a new package not connected to existing reports or disconnects package from report | Creates a new Data Source not connected to existing reports or disconnects Data Source | Not applicable |
Column Group name change | No impact | No impact | Breaks connection |