I have installed Cognos 8.4.1 (64 bit) on a Win 2008 server, along with the sample reports from Cognos. The Report Studio and Query Studio are all working fine.
When I installed the Samples, I put all contents under a folder called Samples, e.g:
Public Folders > Samples > Models > GO Data Warehouse (analysis) > Query Studio Report Samples
My report developers start complaining that the folder structure is not the same as outlined on the IBM Cognos 8 BI Getting Started Guide (we are all new, without proper training yet, so I am a blind leading a group of blinds). So I move those reports up all the way under the [Public Folders], which matches the starting guide.
There is a report called [Return Quantity by Product Line Chart] in Query Studio with a drill-through set up inside. On page 23 of the IBM Cognos 8 BI Getting Started Guide, there is a practice to click on the 'Related Links', then click on 'ReportDrill', which suppose to open up another report [Returns by Order Method] based on a dynamic filter I guess.
I am getting the following error instead - seems to me the drill thru path is broken, after I messed with the folder structure, but I don't know how to reset it.
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Content Manager did not return an object for the requested search path '/content/folder[@name='Samples']/folder[@name='Models']/package[@name='GO Data Warehouse (analysis)']/folder[@name='Report Studio Report Samples']/report[@name='Returns by Order Method']'.
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By searching the IBM web site, there was an article concerning similar issue, by giving the following instructions:
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Edit the affected report and re-set the layout reference to the correct report.
* Open the affected report
* Select the layout reference element
* Click on the property 'Component reference'
* Select the report which contains the referenced layout element
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I have no idea what 'the layout reference' is, and how to get to the property of 'Component reference'.
Can someone please help?
Thanks in advance.
Hi,
It sounds like your drill-through definitions are still configured to point to target reports within a Samples folder in Cognos Connection.
From the root of Cognos Connection, go to Launch -> Drill Through Definitions, then select the package folder the source reports belong to. Once in there, select and edit each drill-through definition, and modify the target of each to point to the relevant report in it's current location within Cognos Connection.
Regards,
MF.
Thank you for your help.
You're welcome! ;D Did you manage to fix things?