Publish tab
The Publish tab provides options for defining the Cognos package settings. The detailed settings are stored as DPM properties. For more information, see
DPM settings for publishing data.
Publish to Cognos Server
This option creates a Cognos Package, and then publishes it to the Cognos server (defined in the DPM properties). The package can be used to render reports in Cognos Report Studio.
Before using this feature, the Cognos Server settings must be stored in DPM. For more information, see
DPM settings for publishing data.
A specific Cognos server must be selected (the default package name is used unless it has been manually updated).
After clicking Publish Data, all data (including test and active records) are exposed to Cognos.
Create action log
When selected, an action log is created and can be used to create a Cognos Framework Manager project, allowing for further modelling via the Cognos command line tool BmtScriptPlayer.exe. For example:
“C:\Program Files\IBM\cognos\c10\bin\BmtScriptPlayer.exe" -c
"C:\AL\Satisfaction\Satisfaction.cpf" -a
"C:\AL\Satisfaction_ActionLog.xml"
In order to make the project usable, ensure that the Cognos Data Source (that is referenced in the action log) exists on the Cognos Server. This is an example of an action log entry:
<action seq="6" type="DBImport">
<inputparams>
...
<param seq="2" type="cclnode">
<value><![CDATA[<item Name="
ALLVERSION" Type="database"
Value="partial" dbType="OL" description=""
isSystem="false" screenTip="">
...
</param>
Notes
▪When both the Publish to Cognos Server and Create action log are selected, the package and action log are both created at the same time.
▪When neither option is selected, only the RDB2 database is updated.
See also