hi
i am new to cognos .
I have my reports in cognos lab ,how to get reports from LAB to DEV enironment .
Also how to keep source reports safe, is there any source safe available ?
Any help would be appreciate.
there are 2 ways
1) can use the deployment tool (aka import/export wizard) that Cognos provides (you can read about it in the admin guide) or
2) you can manually change the gateway and dispatcher uri's for framework manager's configuration from lab to dev and publish the package directly to dev. Then, open up one of the reports in lab in lab's report studio, click tools>copy report to clipboard. Then, open up a new instance of report studio on dev, clik Tools>Copy from clipboard and then save it on dev. Do this for all the reports but ensure that the either the folder names are same between dev and lab or you will have to repoint the report on dev to the appropriate package if the folder names are not the same
obviously method 1 is quicker but method 2 sometimes comes in handy when you have say just 1 package and 1 report to move.
Thanks a lot Arsenal