Packages

A package is a subset of a model, which can be the whole model, that is made available to the IBM® Cognos® Analytics application.

Relational packages are created in IBM Cognos Framework Manager, and OLAP packages in IBM Cognos Cube Designer and in IBM Cognos Administration. For more information, see the chapter on publishing packages in the IBM Cognos Framework Manager User Guide.

Not all types of packages can be used in all Cognos Analytics components. Only Reporting can use all types of packages traditionally supported in earlier versions of Cognos Analytics.

For dashboards and stories, the following packages are supported:

Relational, dynamic query mode packages.
Relational, compatible query mode packages if there is a JDBC connection defined for each data source in the package.
Dimensional OLAP packages that are based on PowerCubes, dynamic cubes, Planning Analytics data sources, dimensionally modeled relational (DMR) data sources, and other data sources.

The modeling component supports only relational, dynamic query mode packages as sources for data modules.

For more information, see the IBM Cognos Analytics Data Modeling Guide.

Note: Cognos Analytics doesn’t support Framework Manager namespaces, which are containers that organize and uniquely qualify content in a model. The namespaces are shown as folders when Framework Manager packages are viewed in data modules, dashboards, and other content.