Explain about deployment

[nagoole]

Hi All,

I want know about below two option while deploying activity

Select public folders and directory content
Select the entire Content Store

And

How to export My folder records to new environment, how to handle security.please explain in brief.

Thanks,
Naga

[cognoslearner1]

You can choose to do a partial deployment, deploying only selected public folders and directory content, rather than the entire content store .

You can deploy any packages and folders in Public Folders. Browse the Public Folders hierarchy and select a package or folder. This will deploy its entire contents. You cannot select specific entries in the packages or folders. During export, the parent packages and folders are not exported and Content Manager does not create placeholder locations for them in the target environment. During both export and import, you can specify a new target location in the Content Manager hierarchy for each deployed package and folder.

The directory content that you can deploy includes the Cognos namespace, distribution lists and contacts, and data sources and their connections and signons.

Answering second point.
You can export the my folder contents by exporting the entire content store.
else
you can create a folder in a public folder and copy paste each and everyones my folder contents under separate folders or ask users to place there contents over there and later you can export it(this is not suggested).

There are third party tools like metamanager and Motiop which efficiently perform this task by mapping my folder contents. Hope I answered your question.

-cognoslearner1

[nagoole]

Thanks for your quick response.