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Northwestern University Business Intelligence Solutions

Northwestern University Business Intelligence Solutions. Reorganizing Public Folders. New Version, New Possibilites. New Features Packages can now be placed inside another folder. Packages and folders can now hidden New Possibilities Simplify navigation for the users

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Northwestern University Business Intelligence Solutions

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  1. Northwestern UniversityBusiness Intelligence Solutions Reorganizing Public Folders

  2. New Version, New Possibilites • New Features • Packages can now be placed inside another folder. • Packages and folders can now hidden • New Possibilities • Simplify navigation for the users • Easily hide objects from users without affecting the usage

  3. Current View

  4. A new cleaner public folders • Each project can be given a single folder in the root of public folders • All project reports and packages will be in their project folder • A robust subfolder structure can be created within this project folder

  5. Example Project Folder • A simple example including a hidden folder

  6. Design considerations • Hidden items still show up in searches • Users still need traverse rights on the parent folders containing the packages • A bug in the package selection navigation screen in the studios prevents the next page buttons from working in anything but the root of public folders • This means if a subfolder has more than the default number (15) of items the user will not be able to get to the next page • They can use the search to find the package • They can navigate to the folder in Cognos connection before launching the studio • You can limit the subfolder to show no more than 15 items in a single folder

  7. Demo of bug Live Demo

  8. How to move it • How to move items to the project folder • Click the checkbox next to the items you wish to move • Click on the cuticon • Navigate to the folder you wish to place the items • Click on the pasteicon • The hidden property • The hidden option is found in the general tab of properties called ‘Hide this entry’ • The hidden option is restricted to report authors and folder administrators

  9. Possible issues with moving packages. • Moving packages does have potential risk. • There is no undo only a full restore from backups. • Report objects could loose the package. • There is no message saying success or failure.

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