What are the differences between Cognos 8 and Cognos 7.x
version?

Answer Posted / vijay kalyan.v

1.Additional add-ons like Event studio, Analysis studio,
Metrics Studio.

2.In Cognos 8 framework manager we can create dimension map
i.e.(levels for hierarchies)

3.In Cognos 8 Report studio data items are created directly
in Query explorer, but in c7 we create data items in
tabular model. In c8 tabular model is excluded

4.In Query studio: conditional formatting, drill down and
drill up is extra features of c8 when compared to c7

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