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Chapter 5: Provide Drill-through Access 6. To test that the drill through links work, click Open with Browser on the Tools menu. Then drill through by clicking Drill Through and selecting the target report. Drill Through to Impromptu To set up drill through from PowerPlay for Windows to Impromptu, you must perform the following tasks: • In Impromptu, save the query you want to drill through to as an .imr file. • In Transformer, specify the drill-through targets (.imr files) for your measures or PowerCubes. You must then update all affected cubes (p. 62). Notes • When a drill through is executed, it passes the current dimension line settings as filter parameters. If the .iqd file cannot apply these filters, due to incorrect column labeling, the drill through may return unexpected results (p. 66). Drill Through to Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8 To set up drill through from PowerPlay Web to Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8, you must perform the following tasks: • Specify the drill-through targets (.crr) • In Transformer for your measures or PowerCubes • In PowerPlay Connect for other OLAP sources • Update all affected cubes (p. 62). • Create a folder for target reports in Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8. • Set the Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8 environment (p. 69). • Select the filters for the target report (p. 69). • Create the target report (p. 70). • Disable Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8 Assistance (p. 70). Notes • Cognos ReportNet and Cognos 8 requires users to log in to view a report. If your cubes use security, you must use the same authentication source for both Cognos <strong>Series</strong> 7, and Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8, if you want users to access Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8 without being prompted for a user ID and password. Cognos ReportNet and Cognos 8 uses Access Manager to administer users and user class security, and a directory server to store the authentication information. If you have installed a ticket service, Web users will be prompted once per session for a user ID and password. If your cube is using the same authentication source as Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8, then users will not be prompted when drilling from the cube to a Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8 report. If the computers running PowerPlay Enterprise Server and Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8 are located in different domains, users will be prompted for a user ID and password when drilling from the cube to a Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8 report. • Users need execute privileges for the drill-through target report to drill through to it from the PowerPlay cube or report. For more information about setting up drill-through reports, see the Cognos Web Portal User Guide. Create a Folder for Target Reports To enable drill through to Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8 for your users, you must create a folder in Cognos Connection to contain the target reports. 68 Cognos PowerPlay (R)
Chapter 5: Provide Drill-through Access Steps 1. In Cognos Connection, click Public Folders or My Folders. 2. Click New Folder. 3. In the Name box, type a name for the folder and click Finish. 4. Click Set Properties for the folder you created. 5. Click View the Search Path and then select the search path of the folder. Note: You will need the exact search path of the target reports folder when you enable the cube for drill through to Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8. The format for the search path includes the report name and is: /content/package[@name=’Go Sales and Retailers’]/folder[@name=’Report Studio Report Samples’]/report[@name=’Global Sales (1)’]. You will need to select only the section of the path that relates to the folder and exclude the report name specification. For example, in the above path, you will want to select only: /content/package[@name=’Go Sales and Retailers’]/folder[@name=’Report Studio Report Samples’] 6. Click CTRL+C to copy the path to the clipboard, and click Close. Set the Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8 Environment To enable drill through to Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8, you must specify the server location and a folder location for Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8. Steps 1. In PowerPlay Enterprise - Server Administration, click a cube. Note: You must set up drill through for this cube before you can enable it in PowerPlay Enterprise - Server Administration (p. 62). 2. From the Edit menu, click Properties, and then click the Cube Settings tab. 3. In the Cognos ReportNet/Cognos 8 box (Drill Through), click Enable. 4. In the Cognos ReportNet/Cognos 8 server box, select appropriate gateway type. For example, type http://server name/crn/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi. 5. In the Cognos ReportNet/Cognos 8 folder box, click CTRL+V to paste the Cognos Connection folder search path from the clipboard. This is the folder name that you copied to the clipboard when you created the target folder (p. 68). Note: In Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8, you can set up only one folder to contain drill-through targets for your PowerPlay Web cubes. However, more than one cube can drill through to this folder. 6. In the Cognos ReportNet/Cognos 8 Assistance box, click Enable. This enables the Assist Drill Through page, to help you set up drill through in the cube. 7. Click Apply and then click OK. Select Filters for the Target Report When you enable Cognos ReportNet/Cognos 8 Assistance in PowerPlay Enterprise - Server Administration, clicking Drill Through on your cube opens the Cognos ReportNet or Cognos 8 Assist Drill Through page. Use this page to identify the parameters that are defined for the drill through report. Steps 1. In PowerPlay Enterprise - Server Administration, click the cube to select it. 2. Click Open with Browser on the Tools menu. The cube opens in PowerPlay Web Explorer. 3. Navigate the dimensions in your cube until you have created the desired filtered view for drill through. Enterprise Server Guide 69
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