Other components

Content store

The content store is a relational database that contains data that Cognos® Analytics needs to operate, such as report specifications, published models and packages that contain them; connection information for data sources; information about external namespaces and the Cognos namespace itself; information about scheduling and bursting reports, and so on.

When setting up your Cognos Analytics environment, set up the content store to use a supported database that can be secured and tuned for performance and stability. For more information, see the topic about deploying the entire content store in the IBM Cognos Analytics Administration and Security Guide.

Design models and log files are not stored in the content store.

The IBM® Cognos service that uses the content store is named Content Manager.

Data sources

Data sources, also known as query databases, are relational databases, dimensional or OLAP cubes, files, or other physical data stores that can be accessed through Cognos Analytics. Application tier components use data source connections to access data sources.