Run or Open a Series 7 PowerPlay Report

You can run Series 7 PowerPlay® reports in HTML or PDF format.

When you run Series 7 PowerPlay reports

if the HTML icon is visible, the report opens in PowerPlay Web Explorer.
if the PDF icon is visible, the report runs in the PowerPlay Web Viewer.

PowerPlay administrators can restrict who can open cubes. For information about publishing Series 7 PowerPlay reports and cubes in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, see the PowerPlay Enterprise Server Guide.

Before you begin

If you use secured Series 7 cubes, the namespace against which the cubes are secured must be configured as an authentication source in IBM Cognos BI. This namespace need not be the only authentication namespace or the primary logon for the user. For more information about configuring authentication namespaces see the IBM Cognos BI Installation and Configuration Guide.

Before you can run or open Series 7 PowerPlay reports and cubes Series 7 reports and cubes icon directly from IBM Cognos BI, you must have both PowerPlay 7.3 and IBM Cognos BI installed and configured. You also must have the following permissions:

execute and read permissions to run or open a report or cube
read and traverse permissions to access the folder that contains the report or cube
read and write permissions to set properties for cubes and reports

Procedure

In IBM Cognos Connection, click the report that you want.

Results

Depending on the default action for the report, the report runs in either PDF format (default) or opens with PowerPlay Web Explorer.

If you have the required permissions, you can change the run options for Series 7 PowerPlay reports and cubes. For information about using PowerPlay Web Explorer and PowerPlay Web Viewer, see the IBM Cognos PowerPlay Web User's Guide.

Tip: To run any Series 7 PowerPlay report in PowerPlay Web Explorer, click the open with PowerPlay Explorer button Power Play Explorer icon

in the actions toolbar. You can also click More next to the report you want and then open the report in Analysis Studio or Report Studio. The migration tools must already be installed. For information about installing these tools, see the IBM Cognos BI Migration Assistant Installation and Configuration Guide. When you open the report, it is upgraded to the format of the studio that you opened it in. If you save the report, it is saved in the upgraded format. There may be differences between the original PowerPlay report and the IBM Cognos BI version of the report. If you do not save the report, it remains a Series 7 PowerPlay report. For more information about upgrading Series 7 PowerPlay reports, see the IBM Cognos BI Migration Assistant User Guide.