Saving output to cloud

Save a report to cloud as the first step in testing that you enabled cloud storage correctly.

Before you begin

Before you can save report output to the cloud, you must first create a connection with a Cloud Object Storage provider and then second create a storage connection in Cognos Analytics.

Procedure

  1. In a folder, for the report that you want to run, click the Action menu icon the Action menu icon and then click Run as.
  2. Select an output format.
  3. Select Run in background, click Advanced, and then follow these steps:
    1. Select Now for when you want the report to run.
    2. In the Languages field, select one or more output languages.
    3. In the Delivery field, select the Save to cloud check box and then click Done.
    4. If you want, change the report name.

      For example, append the current date and time to the name.

    5. Click the Connection name field and select a connection that you configured in Cognos Analytics.
    6. Click the Location name field and select a location that you configured in the connection.
    7. Click Done.
  4. Click Run.

Results

The report is saved to the cloud location.

What to do next

Your next step is to confirm that the output was saved to cloud.