We're still using Cognos 10.x here, and I don't have a direct answer as to whether a single shared network location for images can be made to work, but I can offer the solution I've used in our multi-server environment, based on IBM's tech notes on the "missing images" in output issue.
I always use the relative path "../images/[imagename].jpg" when adding images to a report (have to edit the property if I browse to select). I copy any new images into the primary Content Manager's /images directory, then drop it onto a small .bat file I wrote to copy the image out to the /images folders on all three dispatcher servers in our environment (note that just having it on the CM's won't do).
It works just fine for us.
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Michael Walter
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Original Message:
Sent: Thu October 15, 2020 07:26 PM
From: Scott Taylor
Subject: Shared image folder on network drive, is it possible?
I'm new to multi-server setup for Cognos Analytics. Most of my images I've used in dashboards have been saved in the "webcontent/bi/samples/images" folder but now with a primary CM and standby CM server I like to have a single location for all images. Is it possible to use a network folder for all images in Cognos? Can I set up WebDev to use this folder and allow browsing for images?
IBM site didn't give me much to go on for setting something like this. I have to assume those of you out there that have multi-server installations know how to make this work. I would appreciate your guidance on this.
Thanks in advance for your expertise and advice.
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Scott
Cognos Administrator
Wenatchee WA
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