Making your reports public

After you create a report that uses your external data, you may want to make it public to share it with coworkers. They can run your report using your external data file that you made available on a public network drive that the IBM® Cognos® server can access. They can also use their own version of the file. If they use their own version, the file must contain the same columns as your original external data file that you used to import the data and create the report. In addition, you must clear the Allow server to automatically load file check box in the Select Data page of the Manage external data wizard.

To make reports public, you must save them in the Team content area of the IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson portal. To save content in Public Folders, you must have the appropriate permissions. Contact your IBM Cognos administrator to obtain permissions and to inform him or her that you are sharing a package or files.

If you share your reports, ensure that you maintain the reports.