About the Catalog
The catalog stores the BI Publisher objects, such as reports, data models, and style templates.
Use the Catalog page to locate objects in the catalog and perform tasks specific to those objects. The objects and options that are available to you are determined by your system privileges and the permissions assigned to individual folders and objects.
Note:
When you create folders in the catalog, don't use special characters (~, !, #, $, %, ^, &, *, +, `, |, :, ", \\, <, >, ?, ,, /) in the names of the folder.You can use the Catalog page to perform more specialized tasks such as:
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Setting object-level permissions
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Downloading and uploading objects
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Exporting and importing catalog translations
Browse the Catalog
You can browse the catalog and view the contents of a folder.
My Folders
, and Shared Folders
. All users can access the content in Shared Folders
.
- In the header, click Catalog.
- Select a folder to view its contents in the display area.
Search the Catalog
Use the search feature to quickly locate an object by type and name from anywhere in the catalog.
- From the Search menu, select the object type and enter all or part of the object's name in the search field.
- Click the Search button to display the results that match your criteria.
From the results page you can select and perform an action on an object from the results, filter the search results, or start a new search.