(Note - this article is based on a windows environment; a similar concept can be applied in UNIX)

IBM Version - http://www-931.ibm.com/bin/newsletter/tool/landingPage.cgi?lpId=2873

Transformer 8.3 represents the first major change to the application in years. It is now fully integrated with Cognos 8. This includes data sources, cube access, and authentication. While this integration makes it easier to feed Transformer data, it complicates the process of automating cube builds. Within the UI, the steps to create secured views have changed, and the data sources are displayed slightly differently. But, allowing for drastic improvements in PC Graphics, the Transformer UI and build process is essentially the same as it’s been since Version 3 (c. 1994), when it ‘replaced’ Creator. Transformer now runs in all supported environments, so RSServer is no more.