COGNOS Business Intelligence Series 7

Chapter 4: Deploy Cubes and Reports
Steps
1. Start the Configuration Manager from the Cognos Tools menu.
2. In the Configuration Manager, select Connect from the File menu (CTRL+N).
3. Select OLAP Data Access in the hierarchy.
4. Open the data source entry ...
5. Set the DisableMaxZeroSuppress property to 1.
This setting tells Enterprise Server to suppress only zero values, and not calculated zeros. The
result is faster display performance.
6. Select Validate Selection from the Actions menu.
7. Select Apply from the Actions menu to apply the changed configuration.
Notes
• The default setting is DisableMaxZeroSuppress = 0. Enterprise Server suppresses all zero
values, including calculated zeros.
Set Export PDF Preferences
Users can print PowerPlay Web Explorer reports by exporting the report to a PDF and then
printing the PDF. The settings for all exported PDFs are determined by the settings applied to the
Print Settings default report. For example, if you set the page orientation of the Print Settings
report to landscape, each report that is exported to PDF will use a landscape orientation.
Steps
1. In PowerPlay Enterprise - Server Administration, select the Print Settings report.
2. From the Edit menu, click Properties, and then click the Settings tab.
3. In the Options folder, select an option for the following:
• Sharing
• Paper Size
• Page Orientation
• Display Frame(s) Border
A report may consist of several elements, such as a chart, a table, and some text. By
disabling the frame borders, you can give the report a more professional appearance.
• Page By Page Report Serving
• Explore in Interactive HTML Format
• Explore in Windows Format
• Auditing Level
• Queued Request Timeout(s)
• Explain Drill Links
For more information, see "Include Explain Drill Links in a Report" (p. 59).
4. In the Process Control folder, select an option for the following:
• Connection Timeout (min)
• Minimum Processes
• Maximum Processes
• Idle Process Timeout (min)
• Report Timeout (min)
• Local Process Threshold
For example, if you have a large number of users who are using Export PDF, you may want to
increase the value for Maximum Processes to set an appropriate maximum number of
processes that can be started at the same time.
5. In the Publishing folder, select an option for the following:
• Publish to Table of Contents
• Publish to Portal
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