Our friends at Deltek provided us with the following list of the most frequently asked questions they receive about Deltek Cobra 5. The bulk of these Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are concerned with transitioning from Cobra 4.x to Cobra 5.
Deltek Cobra 5.1 System Requirements
The following are the Deltek recommended system hardware requirements for installing Deltek Cobra 5.1.
Deltek Cobra Error: Unhandled Exception:Failed to enable constraints
Deltek Cobra – What causes the error: Unhandled Exception:Failed to enable constraints. One or more rows contain values violating non-null, unique, or foreign-key constraints.
Deltek Cobra Project Codes: Explained
This article looks at the Project Codes feature of Deltek Cobra and shows how it’s used to augment reporting criteria. In particular, this capability is useful for increasing the flexibility of reporting using a Master Project: where additional top-level sub-total values may be required to clarify the structure of a report
Deltek Cobra Regulatory Release Announced
Interesting news from the Deltek team with the release of Cobra build 5.01.789. This release is not referred to as a hotfix, rather it’s a Regulatory release that introduces the IPMR format 3 report and UN/CEFACT XML support.
Improved Deltek Cobra 5 Delete Project SQL Script
It’s always great to receive a ‘Yes and’ idea that improves a tool for the better. Our thanks to Mr. Ronald Maillard of Northern Virgina who kindly sent in the following enhanced SQL statement that helps a user remove a project from the Cobra database – should removal by normal means be unavailable.
Encore Analytics Releases Empower
Touted as a wInsight replacement and more, Empower is a new web based product released by Encore Analytics. In case you didn’t know, Encore Analytics was formed by Gary Troop and Jim Price, the same two folks who started C/S Solutions who were the original developers of wInisght
The Future of Deltek wInsight
When Deltek acquired C/S Solutions in 2006, I was quietly optimistic that they would spruce wInsight up a bit and perhaps even deal with a few of its more quirky interaction functions. As good as wInsight is today it’s
Deltek Cobra 5 Delete Project SQL
On rare occasions I’ve found it necessary to use SQL statements to remove a project from the Deltek Cobra database. This can happen if the database gets corrupted in some way and the project can’t be managed by normal means. This article offers some ideas and a sample SQL statement that could be helpful in this situation.
Deltek Cobra HotFix 18 Introduces IPMR Support
Deltek Cobra 5.1 HotFix 18 introduces support for the new IPMR formats 1, 2, 4 and 5. We took a quick look at the new formats to see what’s what.