Data modules
Data modules contain data from data servers, uploaded files, data sets, other data modules, and from relational, dynamic query mode packages.
Data modules are created in the web modeling component in IBM® Cognos® Analytics, and saved in Team content or My content. You can use multiple input sources for a single data module.
Tip: If
you create a data module using data from an uploaded file and you want the data to be available to
other users, then store both the data module and the file in Team content.
This ensures that another user can run a report that references the data. This restriction applies
to report authors and consumers. Administrators can run reports that use data from any user's
My content folder.
Data modules can be used as sources for reports, dashboards, stories, explorations, notebooks, data sets, and other data modules.
For more information, see the IBM Cognos Analytics Data Modeling Guide.
Data modules that are sourced from IBM Planning Analytics cubes are created in the administration component.