Packages

You can use packages to group the data that is used for reports and to define a subset of data that is relevant to a certain group of users. For example, a package might contain information that is relevant to marketing managers for market research. The package can then be distributed to report authors by publishing it to the portal. When you run a report, the result depends on the data source that is defined in the package.

Administrators can create packages from IBM® Cognos® Administration. Data modelers can use Framework Manager to create models for similar purposes.

You can also create a package from IBM Cognos Connection and view the data sources that are used by a package. For example, you can organize packages in folders, create shortcuts to packages, hide, and move or copy packages.

Data Modeling

Data modelers can use Framework Manager to create models for similar packages.

A model is a data structure that contains imported data from one or more data sources. IBM Cognos data modelers use Framework Manager to create models.

For more information about creating models and packages in Framework Manager, see the Framework Manager User Guide. You might also want to refer to the information on data tree settings in "Data Trees".

For information about setting object capabilities for a package, see "Object Capabilities".