In the previous recipe we saw how a portal page can be designed and Cognos content can be placed on it to share it with other users.
In this recipe we will look at another way of sharing data. Here, we want to add certain reports as individual portal tabs, each of which should quickly provide a pigeon-hole view on a certain business area.
Make sure that IBM Cognos 10 server is up and running along with the GO Sales
and GO Data Warehouse
samples. Log on to Cognos Connection.
To add reports as portal tabs, perform the following steps:
1. In the IBM Cognos Connection window, navigate to Public Folders | My Portal and create a new folder with the name Potal Tab Reports, as shown in the following screenshot:
2. Navigate to Public Folders | Samples | Models | GO Data Warehouse (query) | Business Insight Source Reports and copy the Revenue Data, Marketing Data, and Promotion Data reports.
3. Paste these reports to...