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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 58 Cognos PowerPlay (R)
Chapter 4: Deploy Cubes and Reports 6. In the Display folder, expand Report and select an option for the following: • Lightweight PDF Generation • Pattern Simulation 7. Click OK. Notes • The Print Settings report must exist for Export PDF. You cannot delete or rename this report. • For details on the available settings, click the Help button. Include Explain Drill Links in a Report Users can print PowerPlay Web Explorer reports by exporting the report to a PDF and then printing the PDF. You can specify whether reports run from either Upfront or the Table of Contents directly to a PDF will contain Explain drill links on the row or column labels. When you disable Explain drill links, the file size of the PDF is reduced. If bandwidth constraints are causing performance problems, you can improve performance by disabling Explain drill links. 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 Explain Drill Links • Click Disabled to specify that reports run from either Upfront or the Table of Contents directly to PDF will not contain Explain drill links on the row or column labels. • Click Enabled to specify that reports run from either Upfront or the Table of Contents directly to PDF will contain Explain drill links on the row or column labels. 4. Click OK. Embed Fonts in a Report If a font is used in a report but is not on the user’s computer, PowerPlay Web Viewer can substitute another font. However, substituting fonts may reduce the quality. An alternative is to embed fonts. When a font is embedded, it is used in the report whether or not it exists on the report consumer’s computer. Embedded fonts assure consistent appearance, but they increase the size of a report by approximately 75 to 250 kilobytes. Therefore, if report consumers are likely to have the fonts on their computers, you should turn embedding off. Steps 1. In PowerPlay Enterprise - Server Administration, select a report. 2. From the Edit menu, click Properties, and then click the Settings tab. 3. In the Lightweight PDF Generation box (Display, Report), select Enabled to turn font embedding off. 4. Click OK. Notes • Some fonts are licensed, and therefore cannot be embedded unless you add them to the Licensed Fonts list. You must have permission from the font vendor to embed licensed fonts. Enterprise Server Guide 59
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