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Setting up a Copy and Activate Strategy
Perform these steps on your PowerCube before using the copy and activate
functionality.
Procedure
1. In the PowerCubes list, right-click a PowerCube and click Properties.
2. Click the Deployment tab.
3. From the Deployment Strategy list, select one of the following deployment
4. From the After building the cube list, choose the copy and activation strategy
5. Click Add, in the Folder box, enter the path to the cube, and then click OK.
6. To enable automatic deletion of previous versions of the deployed PowerCube,
7. Click OK.
Results
A message confirms that the deployment was successful. View the message details
for the name of the folder in which the newer version of the PowerCube is stored.
The newer version of the PowerCube was copied to all deployment locations and
then activated. In each location, the .ver file was updated to include the name of
the folder that contains the activated PowerCube.
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Tip: If you created new versions of more than one PowerCube, you can copy
and activate them at the same time using Copy and Activate PowerCubes from
the Run menu.
options:
v Select Copy to available locations, then activate to copy and activate the
PowerCube in all specified deployment locations.
v Select Copy only if all locations are available, then activate to copy and
activate the PowerCube only if all deployment locations are available.
If one or more of the deployment locations are unavailable, the deployment
action is stopped for all specified locations.
Tip: If the cube is a child cube belonging to a cube group and you want the
child to inherit the same deployment strategy as its parent cube, click Use
Strategy from Parent Cube and go to Step 6. This option is not available for
standalone cubes or for member cubes of time-based partitioned cubes.
to be applied each time the cube is rebuilt:
v Select Prompt to copy and activate to have Cognos Transformer prompt for
confirmation before deploying and activating the rebuilt cube.
v Select Automatically copy and activate to have Cognos Transformer copy
and activate the cube automatically each time it is rebuilt.
When you select Do not deploy, Cognos Transformer performs no other action
when the cube is rebuilt.
Tip: To enter the path to the cube, you can go to the location where the cube is
deployed in the Deployment Location pane; type the path to the cube in the
Folder box; or copy the path to the cube and paste it in the Folder box.
If this PowerCube is available from multiple locations, add each location to the
Deployment locations list.
select the Enable automatic PowerCube deletion check box and then, in the
Maximum number of old cubes to keep box, type the number of previous
versions to be retained.