Import the report package to work with the bundled report
models and the static reports.
Before you begin
- Copy the
reporting package files to the directory where your deployment
archives are saved. The default location is c10_location/deployment.
For more information about the reporting packages, see Installation of IBM Cognos reporting components.
- To access the Content
Administration area
in IBM Cognos Administration, you must have the
required permissions for the administration tasks secured feature.
Procedure
- Access the IBM Cognos Gateway
URI. For
example, https://hostname:port/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi.
The localhost is the IP address or network host
name where IBM Cognos gateway is configured. The portnumber is
the port on which the IBM Cognos gateway is configured.
- Go to Launch.
- In the IBM Cognos Administration window,
click the Configuration tab.
- Click Content Administration.
- Clear the history.
- On the toolbar,
click New Import icon. The
New Import wizard opens.
- In
the Deployment Archive box,
select the reporting package ISPIMReportingPackage_1.0.1.1.
- Click Next.
- In the Specify a name and description window,
you can add the description and screen tip.
- Click Next.
- In the Select the public folders and
directory
content window, select the model that is displayed.
- In the Specify the general options page,
select whether to include access permissions and references to external
namespaces, and an owner for the entries after they are imported.
- Click Next. The summary information
opens.
- Review the summary information. Click Next.
- In the Select an action page,
click Save
and run once.
- Click Finish.
- Specify the time and date for the run.
- Click Run.
- Review
the run time. Click OK.
- When
the import file operation is submitted, click Finish.
Results
You can now use the report package to create
reports and to
run the sample reports. The sample reports are available in the reporting
model on the
Public Folders tab in the IBM Cognos portal.