You can create a new export deployment specification.
Before you begin
If you want to preserve data source access accounts when
you export a content store, then you must select Include
user account information. If you want to preserve configuration
information when you export, then you can set the CM.DEPLOYMENTINCLUDECONFIGURATION
advanced setting to TRUE. For more information, see c_configuringadvancedsettings_admin.dita
Procedure
- In the source environment, open IBM® Cognos® Connection.
- In the upper-right corner, click Launch, IBM
Cognos Administration.
- On the Configuration tab, click Content
Administration.
- On the toolbar, click the new export button
. The New
Export wizard appears.
- Type a unique name and an optional description and screen
tip for the deployment specification. Select the folder where you
want to save it and click Next.
- Choose whether to export the entire content store or to
do a partial export of specific folders and directory content:
- To export specific folders and directory content, click Select
public folders and directory content, and then click Next.
Proceed to step 7.
- To export the entire content store, click Select the
entire content store and select whether to include user
account information. Click Next and proceed
to step 18.
- In the Select the Public folders content page,
click Add.
- In the Select entries page, in the Available
Entries box, select the packages or folders that you want
to export.
You can browse the Public Folders hierarchy
and choose the packages and folders you want. Click the right arrow
button 
to
move the selected items to the Selected entries box,
and click OK.
- For each package and folder that you export, do one of
the following:
- If you want the package or folder to have a different name in
the target environment, or if you want to change the target location
or add multilingual names, click the edit icon
make your changes,
and click OK.
- If you do not want users to access the package or folder and its
entries, select the check box in the Disable after import column.
This is useful when you want to test the reports before you make them
available in the target environment.
- Under Options, select whether you
want to include the report output versions, run history, and schedules
and what to do with entries in case of a conflict.
- Click Next.
- In the Select the directory content page,
select whether you want to export Cognos groups
and roles, distribution lists and contacts, and data sources and connections
and what to do with the entries in case of a conflict.
- Click Next.
- 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 Recording Deployment Details.
- Click Next.
- In the Specify a deployment archive page,
under Deployment archive, select an existing
deployment archive from the list, or type a new name to create one.
If you are typing a new name for the deployment archive,
we recommend that you do not use spaces in the name. If the name of
the new deployment specification matches the name of an existing deployment
archive, the characters _# are added to the end of the name, where
# is a number such as 1.
- If you want to secure the archive, under Encryption,
click Set the encryption password, type a password,
and then click OK.
- Click Next.
The summary
information appears.
- Review the summary information and click Next.
Tip: If you want to change information, click Back and
follow the instructions.
- Review the summary information and click Next.
- Select the action you want:
