Hi,

I am wondering if it is possible to specify more than one root directory for saving report output outside of Cognos?

Based on the administration guide, I believe the answer is no.  I just want to be sure I am not missing some alternative.  :)

TIA.

#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

You can use Box.com to send reports outside Cognos. If you are using Microsoft Teams, you can also send outputs via email to it to save to a channel.

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Buddhi Gupta
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Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 22, 2020 10:45 AM
From: Jeremy Aude
Subject: Saving Report Output Outside of Cognos

Hi,

I am wondering if it is possible to specify more than one root directory for saving report output outside of Cognos?

Based on the administration guide, I believe the answer is no.  I just want to be sure I am not missing some alternative.  :)

TIA.

#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

Hi, 

Do you have any link that you can share that shows how to configure saving report outputs to box.com? Is it possible to do the same to google drive or dropbox?

Thanks

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Kiran Passumarthi
www.linkedin.com/in/kiranpassumarthi
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Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 22, 2020 01:45 PM
From: Buddhi Gupta
Subject: Saving Report Output Outside of Cognos

You can use Box.com to send reports outside Cognos. If you are using Microsoft Teams, you can also send outputs via email to it to save to a channel.

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Buddhi Gupta

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 22, 2020 10:45 AM
From: Jeremy Aude
Subject: Saving Report Output Outside of Cognos

Hi,

I am wondering if it is possible to specify more than one root directory for saving report output outside of Cognos?

Based on the administration guide, I believe the answer is no.  I just want to be sure I am not missing some alternative.  :)

TIA.

#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

below is Youtube link for it:

https://youtu.be/JkG2-VV-2zg

Any Cloud storage Service which accept Email to store outputs should work with Cognos Email Feature. You can directly burst to Location Email Address.

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Buddhi Gupta
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Original Message:
Sent: Thu January 23, 2020 02:55 AM
From: Kiran Passumarthi
Subject: Saving Report Output Outside of Cognos

Hi, 

Do you have any link that you can share that shows how to configure saving report outputs to box.com? Is it possible to do the same to google drive or dropbox?

Thanks

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Kiran Passumarthi
www.linkedin.com/in/kiranpassumarthi

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 22, 2020 01:45 PM
From: Buddhi Gupta
Subject: Saving Report Output Outside of Cognos

You can use Box.com to send reports outside Cognos. If you are using Microsoft Teams, you can also send outputs via email to it to save to a channel.

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Buddhi Gupta

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 22, 2020 10:45 AM
From: Jeremy Aude
Subject: Saving Report Output Outside of Cognos

Hi,

I am wondering if it is possible to specify more than one root directory for saving report output outside of Cognos?

Based on the administration guide, I believe the answer is no.  I just want to be sure I am not missing some alternative.  :)

TIA.

#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

Solution: Use a Batch Command File on the Server.

Users who wish to save reports directly in the file system must first have this functionality activated by an administrator.

Yes, there is a restriction here: The administrator can only create a main directory in the Cognos configuration. Subfolders can then be defined via the Cognos administration interface.

If it is now required that the reports are stored on different targets in the file system, we use classic batch files for this purpose. These are called up via the Windows Task Scheduler every 10 minutes and then copy the files into the final directories.

The advantage: In the batch file, renaming can be done immediately or unwanted files (XML) can be ignored.


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Jens Bäumler
Senior Consultant and Trainer
Apparo Group
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Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 22, 2020 10:45 AM
From: Jeremy Aude
Subject: Saving Report Output Outside of Cognos

Hi,

I am wondering if it is possible to specify more than one root directory for saving report output outside of Cognos?

Based on the administration guide, I believe the answer is no.  I just want to be sure I am not missing some alternative.  :)

TIA.

#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

Thanks Jens, exactly what I was looking for!

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Jeremy Aude
Channell Commercial Corporation
Rockwall TX
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Original Message:
Sent: Thu January 23, 2020 03:26 AM
From: Jens Bäumler
Subject: Saving Report Output Outside of Cognos


Solution: Use a Batch Command File on the Server.

Users who wish to save reports directly in the file system must first have this functionality activated by an administrator.

Yes, there is a restriction here: The administrator can only create a main directory in the Cognos configuration. Subfolders can then be defined via the Cognos administration interface.

If it is now required that the reports are stored on different targets in the file system, we use classic batch files for this purpose. These are called up via the Windows Task Scheduler every 10 minutes and then copy the files into the final directories.

The advantage: In the batch file, renaming can be done immediately or unwanted files (XML) can be ignored.


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Jens Bäumler
Senior Consultant and Trainer
Apparo Group

Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 22, 2020 10:45 AM
From: Jeremy Aude
Subject: Saving Report Output Outside of Cognos

Hi,

I am wondering if it is possible to specify more than one root directory for saving report output outside of Cognos?

Based on the administration guide, I believe the answer is no.  I just want to be sure I am not missing some alternative.  :)

TIA.

#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

​A simple solution would be to use symbolic links in the file system to direct the file and it's descriptor file to the proper location.

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Dax Lawless
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Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 22, 2020 10:45 AM
From: Jeremy Aude
Subject: Saving Report Output Outside of Cognos

Hi,

I am wondering if it is possible to specify more than one root directory for saving report output outside of Cognos?

Based on the administration guide, I believe the answer is no.  I just want to be sure I am not missing some alternative.  :)

TIA.

#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

This is very simple in 10.x. We haven't moved to Analytics, so I can't confirm the options are still available.
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/description-options-save-cognos-bi-report-output-filesystem. Look at option 1​ and maybe web search for "cm.OutputScript" I created a batch script which runs a Vbscript. Vbscript is easier to code than batch scripts. The code parses the xml and decides what to do. To make things easier for users, I created folders in cognos e.g. Location a,b and c. Users can create any folders they like in those locations e.g. location a\test\test2. The script parses the xml, retrieves the cognos folder location and then substitutes 'Location a' with for example a network drive e.g. h:. So the full path is now h:\test\test2.
Note: The script runs for every report that runs, so you need to automatically clean up the output and xml's

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Trevor Fyfe
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Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 22, 2020 10:45 AM
From: Jeremy Aude
Subject: Saving Report Output Outside of Cognos

Hi,

I am wondering if it is possible to specify more than one root directory for saving report output outside of Cognos?

Based on the administration guide, I believe the answer is no.  I just want to be sure I am not missing some alternative.  :)

TIA.

#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

HI Jeremy ! if i correctly understand your query than
--, you can save / schedule report outside Cognos via Administration Console.

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Hashim Raza
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Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 22, 2020 10:45 AM
From: Jeremy Aude
Subject: Saving Report Output Outside of Cognos

Hi,

I am wondering if it is possible to specify more than one root directory for saving report output outside of Cognos?

Based on the administration guide, I believe the answer is no.  I just want to be sure I am not missing some alternative.  :)

TIA.

#CognosAnalyticswithWatson