CognosPackageDatasourceConnectionAdd

The CognosPackageDatasourceConnectionAdd verb defines the data source signon to be used when the data source has an ambiguous signon: multiple connections, each with multiple signons.

Example

The equivalent on the user interface is to define a Cognos® Transformer data source signon when prompted.

The syntax is as follows:

CognosPackageDatasourceConnectionAdd "Content Store data source name" 
CognosPackageConnection "connection" CognosPackageConnectionSignon 
"ContentStoresignon name" Database Transformer data source ID 
"Transformerdatasource signon name" 
CognosPackageAlwaysUseTransformerSignon {True|False} 
CognosPackagePowercubeSource {True|False}

Argument

Description

CognosPackageDatasourceConnectionAdd "Content Store data source name"

Specifies that a Cognos Transformer signon is added for the data source defined in Content Manager.

CognosPackageConnection "connection"

Specifies the connection to the data source defined in Content Manager.

CognosPackageConnectionSignon "Content Store signon name"

Specifies the signon name defined in Content Manager.

Database Transformer data source ID "Transformer data source signon name"

Specifies the Cognos Transformer data source ID and new Cognos Transformer data source signon name.

CognosPackageAlwaysUseTransformerSignon {True|False}

Specifies whether queries use the new Cognos Transformer signon or the signon defined in Content Manager.

CognosPackagePowercubeSource {True|False}

Specifies whether the data source is a PowerCube.

This example adds the Cognos Transformer signon "cogtr_signon" for the oracle_gosales data source with data source connection "connection1" and signon "signon1" defined in Content Manager. Queries will always use the "cogtr_signon" signon. The data source is not an IBM® Cognos PowerCube.

CognosPackageDatasourceConnectionAdd "oracle_gosales" 
CognosPackageConnection "connection1" 
CognosPackageConnectionSignon "signon1" Database 181 "cogtr_signon" 
CognosPackageAlwaysUseTransformerSignon True CognosPackagePowercubeSource False