Creating A Publish Specification To Publish All Powercubes In The Model - IBM Cognos User Manual

Procedure
1. In the PowerCubes list, right-click the cube, and click Publish PowerCube As
Data Source and Package.
2. In the Publish cube dialog box, click Create publish specification radio
button, and click OK.
3. In the File name box, type the name for the publish specification file, then save
the file.
4. Open the saved publish specification file in an XML editor, and enter the
additional values for the publish parameters.
Tips
v If you defined publish parameters on the Data Source and Package tabs of
the PowerCube property sheet, those values will appear in the publish
specification file.
v When you disable cube publishing on the Processing tab of the PowerCube
property sheet, the cube will not be included in the publish specification file.
5. Save the file.
Results
The information specified in the publish specification provides the necessary
parameters for publishing the cube from the command line.
For information about publishing cubes from the command line using the publish
specification, see Appendix A, "Command Line Options," on page 209.
Creating a Publish Specification to Publish All PowerCubes in
the Model
Use this method to publish all cubes in the model.
You create the publish specification from the Run menu in Cognos Transformer,
and publish the cube from the command line.
Procedure
1. From the Run menu, click Create a publish specification for all cubes.
2. In the File name box, type the name for the publish specification file, and save
the file.
3. Open the saved publish specification file in an XML editor, and enter the
additional values for the publish parameters for all the cubes in the model.
Tips
v If you defined publish parameters on the Data Source and Package tabs of
the PowerCube property sheet, those values will appear in the publish
specification file.
v When you disable cube publishing on the Processing tab of the PowerCube
property sheet, the cube will not be included in the publish specification file.
4. Save the file.
Results
The information specified in the publish specification provides the necessary
parameters for publishing the cubes from the command line.
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