Publishing A Powercube Using The Wizard - IBM Cognos User Manual

You can publish a single cube, a cube group, or all cubes in a model in one publish
operation. To organize cubes efficiently, publish them so that hierarchies are
represented in IBM Cognos Connection.
For time-based cubes, the parent and all child cubes are published, but a package
is created for the parent cube only. This parent includes references to the child
cubes.
You can publish Cognos Transformer PowerCubes using the following methods:
v from within Cognos Transformer using
– the Publish PowerCube wizard ("Publishing a PowerCube Using the
Wizard")
– settings stored in the model ("Publishing a PowerCube Using Settings Stored
in the Model" on page 165)
– an .xml publish specification
Use this method to publish a single cube ("Creating a Publish Specification to
Publish One PowerCube" on page 166), or all cubes in the model ("Creating a
Publish Specification to Publish All PowerCubes in the Model" on page 167).
v from within IBM Cognos Connection
Use IBM Cognos Connection to deploy single cubes. For more information, see
the IBM Cognos Administration and Security Guide
v from Framework Manager
Use Framework Manager to publish multiple PowerCubes in a single package or
mix your PowerCube data source with other data sources, such as a relational
namespace. For more information, see the IBM Cognos Framework Manager User
Guide.
v from the command line
For more information, see Appendix A, "Command Line Options," on page 209.
Tip: You can disable cube publishing on the Processing tab of the PowerCube
property sheet. If you have already published a PowerCube and you want to
replace it with a new version, you can copy and activate the cube. For more
information, see "Copying and Activating a Newer Version of a Published
PowerCube" on page 187.

Publishing a PowerCube Using the Wizard

Use this method to publish a single cube if no other data source with the same
name as this PowerCube's data source exists in the location you are publishing to.
Procedure
1. In the PowerCubes list, right-click the PowerCube, and click Publish
PowerCube As Data Source and Package.
2. In the Publish cube dialog box, select the Start publish wizard radio button
and click OK.
This option is available only if no other data source with the same name as
this PowerCube's data source exists in the location you are publishing to.
3. In the Welcome page of the IBM Cognos Publish PowerCube wizard, click
Next.
4. If prompted to log on, select the appropriate namespace, type your user ID
and password and click OK.
5. In the Name box, specify a name for the published data source.
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