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Parameter name Description
PackageAllowNullSuppression
The command used to specify whether
suppression is available to IBM Cognos studio
users when working with this package.
Default: TRUE
PackageAllowMultiEdgeSuppression
The command used to specify whether IBM
Cognos studio users can suppress both rows
and columns. If this option is set to FALSE,
users can suppress rows only or columns only.
If this parameter is set to TRUE, the
PackageAllowNullSuppression parameter must
also be set to TRUE.
Default: TRUE
PackageAllowAccessToSuppressionOptions
The command used to specify whether IBM
Cognos studio users can control the types of
empty values that will be suppressed, such as
zero or missing values. Types of empty values
that users can choose to suppress depend on
the studio.
If this parameter is set to TRUE, the
PackageAllowNullSuppression parameter must
also be set to TRUE.
Default: TRUE
Note: After running this command, the cube status in Cognos Transformer still
shows that the cube is not published.
If you want to re-publish a cube that was originally published using the command
line, you can do this using either the Cognos Transformer user interface or the
command line after changing the DataSourceUpdate and PackageUpdate parameters
in the publish specification file to TRUE.
The following example of a publish specification file shows the xml code for
publishing a cube.
<Command Name="Publish">
<Parameter Name="CubeName" Value="NATIONAL"/>
<Parameter Name="CognosConnectionDataSourceName" Value="NATIONAL"/>
<Parameter Name="DataSourceWindowsLocation" Value="c:\test\cube.mdc"/>
<Parameter Name="DataSourceUnixLinuxLocation" Value=""/>
<Parameter Name="DataSourceNameSpace" Value=""/>
<Parameter Name="ReadCacheSize" Value="0"/>
<Parameter Name="DataSourceSignon" Value="FALSE"/>
<Parameter Name="DataSourceDescription" Value=""/>
<Parameter Name="DataSourceToolTip" Value=""/>
<Parameter Name="DataSourceUpdate" Value="FALSE"/>
<Parameter Name="PackageName" Value="NATIONAL"/>
<Parameter Name="Packagelocation" Value=""/>
<Parameter Name="PackageDescription" Value=""/>
<Parameter Name="PackageToolTip" Value=""/>
<Parameter Name="PackageUpdate Value="FALSE"/>
<Parameter Name="PackageAllowNullSuppression" Value="TRUE"/>
<Parameter Name="PackageAllowMultiEdgeSuppression" Value="TRUE"/>
<Parameter Name="PackageAllowAccessToSuppressionOptions" Value="TRUE"/>
</Command>
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IBM Cognos Specifications

General IconGeneral
DeveloperIBM
Data Sourceflat files
Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows
LicenseCommercial
Input SourcesSQL databases, Excel, CSV
PlatformMicrosoft Windows