Follow the steps below to save scheduled reports to a local or network file system.
Steps:
1. In Cognos Connection, click the 'Server Administration' link.
2. In the Server Administration page, under 'Type', click the 'Services' radio button and then choose Content Manager in the drop-down menu. The Content Manager service appears below the drop-down menu.
3. Under the 'Actions' column, click the 'set properties' button.
4. Click the 'Settings' tab.
5. Under the 'Value' column, click 'Edit'.
6. In the Set advanced settings - ContentManagerService page, select the 'Override the settings acquired from the parent entry' check box. A table appears, in which you can add parameters.
7. Under Parameter, click in a cell and type CM.OUTPUTLOCATION
8. In the corresponding Value cell, type the file system location where you want to store report outputs. Note: for the network file system, use a UNC Path, eg: \\hostname\share_folders, instead of a mapped drive name.
The full file names of the output file and descriptor are passed to the script. For example, D:\cognos8\4386_1974102345000.pdf
D:\cognos8\4386_1974102345000_desc.xml.
9. Click OK.
In Cognos Configuration Manager, on all computers where you installed the Content Manager component:
1. Start Cognos Configuration.
2. In the Explorer window, under 'Data Access', click 'Content Manager'.
3. In the 'Save report outputs to a file system' box, click True or False. (by default this is 'false')
4. From the 'File' menu, click 'Save'.
5. Restart the Cognos 8 service.
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