Automating Tasks

Virtually everything you can do with the product, you can achieve using the appropriate API, URL interface, or command line tool, as illustrated in the table below.

Table 1. Automating tasks
Goal	Automation interface	Information
Modify a model, or republish it to UNIX or Microsoft Windows operating systems.	Script Player tool	IBM Cognos Framework Manager Developer Guide and IBM Cognos Framework Manager User Guide
Modify an unpublished model using the updateMetadata and queryMetadata methods.	BI Bus API	IBM Cognos Software Development Kit Developer Guide
Retrieve the query items available in the published package using the getMetadata method.	BI Bus API	IBM Cognos Software Development Kit Developer Guide
Grant capabilities to users.	BI Bus API	IBM Cognos Software Development Kit Developer Guide
Administer and implement security.	BI Bus API	IBM Cognos Software Development Kit Developer Guide
Run, view, and edit reports through a hyperlink in an HTML page. Use URLs to view, edit, and run reports.	URL Interface	IBM Cognos Software Development Kit Developer Guide
Manipulate objects in the content store. Manage content manager.	BI Bus API	IBM Cognos Software Development Kit Developer Guide
Administer reports.	BI Bus API	IBM Cognos Software Development Kit Developer Guide
Administer servers and manage dispatchers.	BI Bus API	IBM Cognos Software Development Kit Developer Guide
Modify or author reports.	BI Bus API and report specification	IBM Cognos Software Development Kit Developer Guide