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Title: QE-DEF-0288 Unable to find the data source 'greate_outdoors_warehouse' in tha co
Post by: baludmr on 02 Jun 2012 12:52:30 AM
Hi all,

I am new to Cognos.
I have download Cognos 8.4.1 and samples from IBM Website and Installed it on windowsXP OS.
when I am trying to generate the sample report the following error is coming.
QE-DEF-0288
Unable to find the data source
'greate_outdoors_warehouse' in tha content store


can anybody please let me out of it.
Title: Re: QE-DEF-0288 Unable to find the data source 'greate_outdoors_warehouse' in tha co
Post by: blom0344 on 03 Jun 2012 08:13:07 AM
Datasources and connections (incl. properties) are specific for a certain Cognos instance. Check in administration whether the datasource is missing and create one if needed. Make sure to add a connection to the database using correct credentials.