Searching archived content

Retrieving report content is important wherever the location. In IBM® Cognos® Connection, you can access content stored in the IBM Cognos content store and in an external repository. By providing search results for recent and archived content, users can make critical comparisons between current data and historical data.

When performing searches for archived content, users can search on an element in a report name or a data element in a report, depending on the settings used to build the search index. The archived content can be viewed by clicking the links in the search results.

For more information about searching for entries, see Searching for entries using full text and all fields.

To search content in an external report repository, you must have the Execute Indexed Search capability. In addition, archived content must exist.

For information about setting up enhanced or indexed search, see Managing Index Search.

Content that is stored in a report repository is not available to IBM Cognos Workspace. When a search is performed in IBM Cognos Workspace, archived report output is not reported.