Create an export package for each study in the Cognos environment
- Log in to an Oracle InForm study as a user who has the Reports right and is a member of the Directory Administrators reporting group.
- Select Reports.
- Select Tools > Logon to log in to the Cognos server as a System Administrator.
- In the User field, type the user name for the Cognos
System Administrator user (for example,
crnsysadmin
). - In the Password field, type the password for the Cognos System Administrator user, and click OK.
- Select Launch > Reporting Administration.
- On the Configuration tab select Content Administration.
- Click New Export.The Export wizard appears.
- Enter a name for the export package, and complete the fields on the Description page.
- Select Next.
- On the Choose a deployment method page, ensure that the Select public folder and directory content option is selected, and click Next.
- On the Select the public folders content page, in the
Public Folders content section, select the trial folder,
the operational package (
<trial_name>
InForm Trial Management), and the clinical package (<trial_name>
Clinical). - You can also add a user's My Folders content in the export package:
- From the Directory folder, open the informcap subfolder.
- Select the user you want include in the export package.
- Select Add to to include the My Folders content for the selected user.
- Update the settings on each page for the export deployment package as listed in
the following table.
Section Option Setting Public folders content page Public folders content section Disable after import Selected for the study folder, the operational package, and the clinical package Options section Include report output version Selected Options section Include run history Selected Options section Include schedules Selected Directory content page Directory content Include Cognos groups and roles Deselected Directory content Include distribution lists and connections Deselected Directory content Include data sources and connections Deselected General options page Access permissions Include access permissions Deselected External namespaces Set the owner to The user performing the import Entry ownership Set the owner to The user performing the import Entry ownership Apply to New entries only - Click Next.
- On the Specify a deployment archive page:
- Select the Encrypt the content of archive checkbox.
- Click Set the Encryption password.
- Enter a password for the archive, and click OK.
Note:
The password you create for the deployment archive is the password you enter when you run theImportUtility
. For more information, see Run the Reporting Import Utility. - Click Next.
- On the Review the Summary page, review the export details, and click Next.
- On the Select an action page, select Save and Run once, and click Finish.
- On the Run with options page, in the Time section, select Now, and click Run.
- On the next page, after closing the dialog box, select View the details of this export, and click OK. The View an export deployment record page appears, and displays the status of the export.
- Click Close.