Network Shared drive setup to save report outputs in Cognos 8

Cognos can be configured to allow users to save report outputs on an network drive as opposed to content store. This feature comes in handy when you have lot of business users using a central file at a network location and also you can setup FTP jobs to send these output files across networks. I have listed the steps on how to configure it:

1) On your Content Manager install edit the 'Archive Location File System Root' to the network location.
    Cognos Configuration>Actions>Edit Global Configuration..>General>

2) Make sure the user account that Cognos services are running under have write permissions on this share.
3) Now this file share location has to be configures in Cognos Administration portal.
   Configuration> Dispatchers and Services >Click on Define File System location(Highlighted in yellow)
4) Click New

   5) You can setup multiple location based on folders within the share and how you want to set up security.
  6) From properties>permissions you can grant access to users or cognos groups

Comments

  1. AnonymousFebruary 27, 2012 at 3:35 PM

    Hi,

    Do you know if this will also work in version 10 ?

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    1. Santosh KanthetyFebruary 28, 2012 at 8:29 AM

      I just checked the configuration for cognos 10 and looks same as 8.4, so the same procedure should work in cognos 10.

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  2. ParandamaReddy.YAugust 28, 2012 at 4:38 AM

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  3. MahatmaFebruary 13, 2013 at 11:44 AM

    Thanks a lot, you saved my day.

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