By default, the output files for Cognos reports are saved only in the Content Store. However, you can configure IBM Cognos Analytics to provide the option of saving a copy of any report output to another file location. 

For more information, see the article "How to Save Report Outputs to a File Location on a Per Report Basis" on the IBM Support website.

Create the folder and configure the Cognos App Tier server.

  1. Create the folder structure, for example: C:\Cognos\Reports
  2. Log into the Cognos App tier server and launch IBM Cognos Configuration.
  3. Under the Actions menu go to Edit Global Configuration.
  4. For Archive Location File System, enter the main folder path in the format: "file://C:\Cognos".

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  5. Go to Data Access > Content Manager.
  6. For the Save Report outputs to a file system option, change the value to True.

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  7. Save the updated configuration.
  8. Restart the Cognos services.

Configure Changepoint Analytics

  1. Sign into Changepoint and then launch Analytics Portal.
  2. Go to Manage > Administration Console > Configuration tab.
  3. Under Configuration go to Dispatches and Services.
  4. Select the Define File Systems Location icon (third icon from the right).

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  5. Create New.
  6. Name the location and then under File system location, input "Reports", which is the subdirectory of the folder path that was created as part of Step1.

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    After the above steps are completed and you are ready to schedule a report, there will be a Save report as an external file option that will default to the path that you created.