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Impromptu Web Reports


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The Components

Web Server & Gateway

Web

BrowserTicket

Server

Impromptu Web

Reports Server

Data

Store

Administration Utilities

Directory

Server


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The Components

Impromptu Web Reports Server

Performs queuing , scheduling and running

of reports.

Directory Server

Stores all the security information.

Maintains a LDP database used by !ognos ccess

Manager to create and maintain security structure.


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The Components

Ticket Server

"ic#et Ser$er issues a tic#et for a specified period of

time, it controls ho% long a report consumer&s %eb

bro%ser can remain idle before the user is prompted

for re'authentication.

Data Store:

Data store contains all the operational information for

a ser$er. It contains ( database files that %ill be

created during installation. "his soft%are is installed

%ith Impromptu %eb Ser$er


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The Components

dministration )tilities

"he administration utilities included %ith Impromptu

Web Reports are*

+Report dministration

)sed to publish and manage report sets.

+Ser$er dministration

)se to configure and tune Impromptu Web Reportsser$ers.

+ccess Manager dministration

)se to set up and maintain the security structure inthe directory ser$er.


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The Components

dministration )tilities !ontd..

+"ic#et Ser$er dministration

)se to configure the tic#et ser$er remotely.

+PD Ser$er dministration

)se to change settings that affect ho% reports are

rendered in PD format.

+!ognos Distribution Shuttle -uilder)se to pac#age and post report sets.

+udit ile Processor

)se to eport audit information from log files into a

relational database.


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The Process

Impromptu

Distribution

Shuttle -uilder

)ser

)serWeb ServerImpromptu Web ReportsSer$er

Reports /

Support iles

Pac#aged

ReportsPublish

Schedule / Run


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Publishing Reports

Report Set

+ a catalog+ a set of reports+ any supporting files 0 such as graphic files

0.bmp1, 2otiles 0.ims1

Report set is used by the Impromptu Web Reports

Server to generate reports


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Publishing Reports

Use Distribution shuttle uilder to Create Report Sets

+!reate Posting older ' %here you %ant the reports to

be copied+3pen Distribution Shuttle -uilder

+Specify the present location of the Reports

+4nter the location of the Posting older

+!lic# the P3S" button

' no% the Report Set %ill be created and posted to

the destination folder


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Publishing Reports

Publishing a report set in$ol$es etracting

report sets from the posting folder and

placing it in the location specified for the

Reports Ser$er.

)se Report dministration to publish a report set


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Publishing Reports

)se Report dministration to publish a report set

+3pen Report dministrator

+!hoose Publish Report from "ools Menu

+Specify the location of Posted folder, Report

+Store Location, Payload locator file

+!lic# o# to publish the reports

+3nce the reports are published , its status can be

seen from the Report dministrator


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Scheduling Reports

3nce the reports are published, it can be scheduled

to run

+ once

+ hourly

+ daily

+ !eekly

+ monthly

+ yearly through Report "dministrator#

' only after running the reports users can

$ie% the reports from their bro%ser.


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Customi$ing Reports

Reports can be customi5ed according to the user

classes

+Public Reports %!ommon for all user classes

+urst Reports %Reports generated according to

)ser !lass

+Personal Reports' 6enerated for particular user


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System Re&uirements

'perating systemWindo%s 7" 8.9 Intel %ith Ser$ice Pac# 8 or

higher: Windo%s ;999

R"((.< or higher, or

7etscape 7a$igator 8.9 or higher.

Contd.


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System Re&uirementsContd##

Web server

+Microsoft Internet Information Ser$ices 0IIS1 >. or 8.+7etscape 4nterprise Web ser$er $ersion >.(.< or later+7etscape ast"rac# Web ser$er $ersion >.9< or 8.+iPlanet Web ser$er 8.

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