An import deployment specification defines the content that must be imported.
For information about importing content in a multitenant IBM®
Cognos® Analytics
environment, see Tenant content deployment.
Procedure
-
In the target environment, open IBM Cognos Administration.
- On the Configuration tab, click Content
Administration.
- On the toolbar, click the New Import icon . The New Import wizard
appears.
- In the Deployment archive box, click the deployment archive that
you want to import.
- Type the password that was used to encrypt the content, and click
OK and then Next.
- Type a unique name and an optional description and a screen tip for the deployment
specification, select the folder where you want to save it, and click
Next.
- Select the content that you want to include in the import.
Tip: To ensure that the required target entries exists in the target content store,
click the edit button
next to the
package, and check the location. If you want, you can change the target location now.
- Select the options that you want, along with your conflict resolution choice for options
that you select.
- In the Specify the general options page, select whether to include
access permissions and references to namespaces other than IBM Cognos, and
who should own the entries after they are imported in the target environment.
- Specify the Recording Level for the deployment history. For more
information, see Recording Deployment Details.
- Click Next.
- Review the summary information and click Next.
- Select how to run the import deployment specification:
- To run now or later, click Save and run once and click
Finish. Specify the time and date for the run. Then click
Run. Review the run time and click OK.
- To schedule at a recurring time, click Save and schedule and click
Finish. Then, select frequency, start and end dates, and click
OK.
Tip: To temporarily disable the schedule, select the
Disable the schedule check box. To view the schedule status, see
Schedules and activities.
- To save without scheduling or running, click Save only then click
Finish.
When you run the import, you have the option of selecting to
upgrade the report specification. If you choose not to upgrade the deployment specification at this
time, you can upgrade it later. For more information, see Upgrading report specifications.