You select how to save report copies as a delivery
option.
All report output is stored automatically
in IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence. You may also
be able to save copies of reports in other file locations:
- in IBM Cognos BI so that it can be used again and
for archive purposes
- outside of IBM Cognos BI for use in external applications
such as web sites and for use by people who don't have access to IBM Cognos BI
You can also choose how to save a report when you schedule
it Schedule Management.
Before you begin
Before you can save report output to file locations, your
administrator must set up the locations.
Procedure
- In IBM Cognos Connection, for the report that you
want to run, click the run with options button
on
the Actions toolbar.
- Click Advanced options.
- Under Time and mode, click Run
in the background, and then click Now or Later.
- Under Delivery, choose where you
want to save your report:
- To save a copy in IBM Cognos BI, click Save.
Then, click Save the report or Save
the report as report view. If you choose to save as report
view, you can a change the name or destination folder of the report
view. Click Edit the options, make the changes
and click OK.
- To save a copy outside IBM Cognos BI, click Save
to the file system. To change the report name, click Edit
the options. You can also change how file conflict is
resolved. Click Keep existing files to not
overwrite existing files, Replace existing files to
simply overwrite existing files. Click Make the file names
unique and append a timestamp or Make the file
names unique and append a sequence number to avoid overwriting
existing files by making new files with unique timestamps or sequence
numbers and click OK.
- If more than one file location is defined, select the location
where you want to save from the Location list.
- Click Run.
