Connecting Without a Data Model

Interactive Reporting Studio users have the option of creating new data models in an empty Interactive Reporting document file. Other users download prebuilt data models from the repository.

In either situation, you select anInteractive Reporting database connection file and connect to a database before you proceed. The database you select contains either the source tables for the data model you plan to create, or the repository that contains the data models you need to download.

  To select an Interactive Reporting database connection file when you create a new Interactive Reporting database connection file:

  1. Select File, then New to display the New File dialog box.

  2. Select the Recent Database Connection Files radio button and select an Interactive Reporting connection file from the list, then click OK.

    If the Interactive Reporting database connection file is not displayed, click Browse to display the Select Connection dialog box. Navigate to the Interactive Reporting database connection file and click Open.

    Interactive Reporting Studio prompts you for a user name and password.

  3. Enter the user name and password and click OK.

    If you do not have the rightInteractive Reporting database connection file for a particular database, ask the database administrator to provide one or help you create an Interactive Reporting database connection file.

    Note:

    You can create new blank Interactive Reporting document file s without connecting to a database. Blank Interactive Reporting document files are useful for importing data files such as Excel spreadsheets; for creating Dashboard master Interactive Reporting document files and for performing tasks you do not necessarily associate with a database.