External Repository data source connections

IBM® Cognos® software supports data source connections to external report repositories. You use the Report Repository connection to connect to a file system.

You specify connection parameters when you create a data source or modify a data source connection. For more information, see Data source connections.

File system connections

You can create a data source connection to a file system after you configure the alias root in IBM Cognos Configuration. The alias root points to a file location on a local drive or network share.

Use the information in the following table to enter the parameters required when you create a data source connection to your file system repository.

Table 1. Connection parameters used to connect to a file system repository
Parameter Description
Repository File System Root

Select the alias root.

Root path

This is an optional parameter, which is a subfolder of the alias root. To specify the root path, enter the subfolder location to store the archived content in your file system location. This location must already exist. For example, /sales.
Repository Connection Parameters

Optionally, enter parameters to append to the URL for the Driver class name.