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Cognos 8 Deployment Packages

Hello, I have seen a few posts regarding requests on how to generate deployment packages. 
 
You can review the Admin and Security guide for more info but the quick steps are:
  1. Cognos Connection
  2. Tools/Content Administration
  3. Create new export
  4. select content store items (reports, permissions, etc..)
  5. Execute
  6. This create a .zip file in your C8 install path (defined in Cognos Configuration)
  7. You would then import this package in your PROD environment.
You will also want to review some of the specific settings such as:
 
* do i want to execute this task now, or schedule it?
* am i capturing all of the required information? security permissions?
* should i select all content store items as a back up of my environment?
* what items should i unit test when i import my package?
* should i set the folder location of the .zip to be a shared folder and accessible by other team members?

http://businessintelligence.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/cognos8-l/deployment-strategy-1461008