Backing up Cognos Business Intelligence reports
Back up any customized reports and community reports you created for Cognos® Business Intelligence for Connections before migrating from IBM® Connections 4.5 or 5.0 to 5.5. You will restore them after migration.
Procedure
- Skip this step if you do not have customized reports.
Otherwise, copy the customized reports on the IBM Connections 4.5 or 5.0 Business Intelligence server to a backup folder as follows:
- Open a browser and log into the Cognos dashboard page as the Cognos administrator.
- Create a new folder titled CustomizeReportsBackup under the Public Folders > IBMConnectionsMetrics to keep the backup of all customized reports.
- Copy all customized reports and folders to the CustomizeReportsBackup folder.
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Export customized reports and community reports from IBM Connections 4.5 or 5.0 BI server as follows: If no customization was made, you can skip this step.
- On Cognos dashboard page, click Launch and then select IBM Cognos Administration.
- Select the Configuration tab and then select Content Administration in the list.
- On the Administration page, click New Export in the list tool bar to create an 'Export' object.
- Specify MigrationPkg50 for the Name attribute in the opened page and then click Next.
- Select Select public folders and directory content for Deployment method, and then click Next.
- In the Public folders content section, click Add to open the Select entries(Navigate) page.
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Locate the CustomizeReportsBackup folder under Public Folders > IBMConnectionsMetrics
- Select the check box for the folder.
- Click Add to add it to the Selected entries list.
- Click OK to save the edit.
- Return to the Select public folders content page.
- Select the check box for the folder just added in the list in the Public folders content section.
- Leave the items for the Options section unchecked and then click Next.
- Leave the items for Directory content unchecked and then click Next.
- Select Include access permissions and Apply to new and existing entries for Access permissions, keep the default option for the other sections and then click Next.
- Keep the default option for Deployment archive and Encryption, and then click Next to go to the Review the summary page.
- Click Next to go to the Select an action page.
- Select Save and run once, then click Finish.
- Select Now and click Run.
- You might see a message that confirms you to run the export. Check the View the details of this export after closing this dialog and then click OK to start the export.
- In the View run history details page, you can click the Refresh link to refresh the status of the export after you wait for a while. When the export completes, the status changes to Succeeded.
- Go to the cognos_biserver_install_path/deployment folder to locate a new zip file named MigrationPkg50.