Deploying content

Deployment involves moving applications from one installation to another. In IBM® Cognos®, you deploy packages, top-level folders, or the entire content store database from a source environment to a target environment. In a typical scenario, you deploy folders, reports, and report views from your development environment to a test environment and then to a production environment. You can also deploy data between different operating systems.

You can use the BI Bus API to deploy package contents, as well as Cognos namespaces, data sources, distribution lists, and contacts. You can automate the following tasks:

• creating a deployment specification

• submitting deployment export and import requests

• accessing deployment history

You can also schedule content manager deployments. You can schedule the deployments independently, or in a job or agent. For detailed information about deployment such as planning, options, and conflict resolution, see the Administration and Security Guide.