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IBM Cognos Business Intelligence

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IBM Cognos Business Intelligence

Overview of this book

IBM Cognos is Business Intelligence software that enables businesses to fully utilize their maximum potential. It connects people with information from virtually any data source whenever and wherever they need it so that they can make better decisions, faster.Take the practical, hands-on approach to managing your reporting environment with "IBM Cognos Business Intelligence" - packed with coverage of all the latest features to truly help you maximize your potential.With this in-depth practical guide you will learn how to fully utilize IBM Cognos 10 so that your business can make smarter decisions, achieve better results and gain a deeper understanding of your company's data. You will learn about critical topics like Report Studio, Query Studio, Analysis Studio, Security and Administration as well as in-depth coverage of other features like Business Insight, Business Insight Advanced, and Active Reports, which were introduced with IBM Cognos 10.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Publishing a package


All that is left to do is publishing our package for the end users to see. Publishing a package is very simple. To do so, follow these steps:

  1. We will right-click on Packages in Project Viewer and go to Create | Package.

  2. We will now name our package with the name we want our end users to be able to find it by. For our package, we will choose the name Product Orders and select Next. The next window will ask us what we want to publish.

  3. We are going to choose to only publish Presentation View. Click on Database View and Business View until they have red "X" marks beside them as shown in the following screenshot:

  4. Click on Next.

  5. On our next screen, we are prompted for what the underlying database is, so that Cognos can include function sets for it. Keep only the database type that you are using. In our example, we are using SQLServer.

  6. Click on Finish.

  7. Once you have created your package, you will see a window confirming the creation of it and asking if you want to open Publish Wizard...