Working with Client XML Models and XML Packages

[LarryN]

Hi,

I am new to the back end process but our client has forwarded me an FM model and associated XML files along with a report package set of XML files. I know I cannot access their DB source, but I should be able to at least see the Model and the Report Studio report definitions.

1. I can get the FM (CPF) file loaded into FM, but do I do anything with the assocaited XML files?
2. How do I get the Package.XML & other report files into the content store to see & run the reports from Cognos Connection?

These are all Cognos 8.4 result sets

These are the files I received:

For FM:
archive-log.xml
customdata.xml
IDLog.xml
log.xml
model.xml
Preferences.xml
session-log.xml
session-log-backup.xml
FM Investment.cpf

For Reports:
content.xml
exportRecord.xml
package.xml
[data] <- folder
[data]\0.dat

Thank you for any help I can receive

[MFGF]

Ummmm....

For the content you received for the reports, did it by any chance come in a zipped up file?  Are you just listing the contents of that zip file maybe?  If so, the zip file is most likely a content export from the Cognos 8 server.  Leave it in its original zip file form, and copy the file to the deployment folder on the Cognos 8 server (below program files\ibm\cognos\c8) then go into the Admin Console and import it as a deployment.  This should import the package and reports onto your server for use in Report Studio.

Regards,

MF.

[LarryN]

That's exactly it. Unfortunately no real data to validate and test the reports in the package on. I'll have to beg, borrow, and steal the data...

Thanks