Choosing update options in the reporting framework

When you generate the Reporting Framework V6, you can choose to update all or particular components of the reporting framework.

The Legacy Reporting Framework cannot be generated.

Table 1 lists the various options for updating the reporting framework.

Table 1. Reporting Framework Generation Options
This option...	Does this...
Framework Model	Generates the model in the relational model.
Labels	Imports your object text into the reporting framework.
Facts and Dimensions	Generates the dimensions and facts in the dimensional model.
Custom Query Subjects	Generates any custom query subjects that are defined. For information about custom query subjects, see the IBM® OpenPages® with Watson™ Report Author's Guide.
All Models	Generates the component you select (Framework Model, Labels, Facts and Dimensions, or Custom Query Subjects) for all framework models that are enabled.
Selected Models	Generates the component you select (Framework Model, Labels, Facts and Dimensions, or Custom Query Subjects) for selected framework models. The framework models must be enabled.

When you update the reporting framework, any changes to the reporting schema are reflected in Cognos®. After the reporting framework model in Cognos is updated, report authors can create and modify reports based on these changes. If the reporting framework is not updated, external reports such as those built with Cognos will not be able to access the updated reporting schema.

You add two new fields to a Risk object type and add a new child or parent relationship to a Control object type. You also want users to be able to run reports that contain these new fields or relationships.

To make these changes available to a report author in the Cognos tool, you would update the reporting framework through the administrative application interface.

After the Cognos reporting framework is updated, a report author could then create new (or modify existing) reports that contained the new fields or relationships. For more information about the Cognos reporting framework, see the IBM OpenPages Report Author's Guide.