and select multilingual properties .If your administrator configures IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence to use the IBM Cognos Series 7 namespace, you can see Series 7 entries in IBM Cognos Connection. When you run a Series 7 report, the report runs in the Series 7 application used to create it.
The contents of the Series 7 NewsIndex appears at the bottom of the page in Public Folders. The contents of your Series 7 personal NewsBox appears at the bottom of the page in My Folders.
Alternatively, PowerPlay® 7.3 or later can be configured to use IBM Cognos Connection rather than Upfront as a portal. However, if you are accessing content from other IBM Cognos applications or versions previous to PowerPlay 7.3, the administrator may still depend on the Upfront portal.
When you access Series 7 entries from IBM Cognos Connection, consider the following things:
If the Series 7 namespace and the IBM Cognos BI namespace are different, you must log on to both. Otherwise, you cannot see content in both areas.
If you log off when you are in Upfront, you can no longer access Series 7 entries in IBM Cognos Connection. You should always log off in IBM Cognos Connection.
If you belong to several Series 7 user classes, you are unable to select a different user class when you access Upfront through IBM Cognos Connection.
If you use an Upfront theme other than standard70, an error message may appear when you click the More link in the Actions column. You cannot access Series 7 entries.
If you want to cut, copy, and paste Series 7 entries, use the More link in the Actions column, and then use the Upfront toolbar.
If you perform a search in IBM Cognos Connection, the Series 7 entries are not included in the search.
You cannot combine IBM Cognos version 10.1 entries and Series 7 entries in a single folder or NewsBox.
For information about working with Series 7 entries in Upfront, see the IBM Cognos Series 7 Web Portal User Guide.
After Series 7 PowerPlay® reports and cubes are published to the IBM® Cognos® portal, you can use PowerPlay authoring tools to create and edit Series 7 PowerPlay reports. For more information about PowerPlay authoring tools, see the PowerPlay Web User’s Guide.
You can change the default run options of Series 7
PowerPlay reports and cubes and select multilingual properties .
Series 7 PowerPlay reports and cubes function differently from other reports. The following actions do not apply to Series 7 PowerPlay reports and cubes:
viewing the run history and report output versions
specifying how long to keep report outputs and histories
canceling and suspending reports
specifying prompt values for report formats other than PDF
specifying language for the content of reports
running a report as the owner
scheduling reports
distributing reports
You can run Series 7 PowerPlay® reports in the following formats:
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.
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 Installation and Configuration Guide.
Before you can run or open Series 7 PowerPlay reports
and cubes 
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
In IBM Cognos Connection, click the report that you want.
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 
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.
You can change the defaults for Series 7 PowerPlay® reports. You can select one of the following default actions when a report is run:
run the report in PDF format (default)
open the report with PowerPlay Web Explorer
For HTML format reports, you can choose to open the report in design mode (without data). Opening a report in design mode is useful to quickly view the structure of the report.
For PDF format reports, you can choose to be prompted for values that filter the range of data included in a report. For example, you can specify a date range that is a subset of the dates available in the report. If the Series 7 PowerPlay report was created with prompt values, you are prompted to enter values when the report runs.
In IBM® Cognos® Connection, click
the set properties button 
on
the actions toolbar to the right of the report you want to run.
Click the PowerPlay report tab.
Under Default action, select the default action for when the report is run.
For HTML reports, if you want to open the report without data, design mode, select the Open in design mode check box.
Tip: You can also click the open with PowerPlay Web Explorer
in design mode button if it appears
in the actions toolbar.
For PDF reports, if you want to be prompted for values, select the Prompt for values check box.
Tip: The Prompt for values check box appears only if prompt
values are created for the report. You can also click More next
to the report you want and then click the run the report in PDF
format and prompt for values button 
.
You can open Series 7 cubes and work with them in PowerPlay® Web Explorer.
For more information about using PowerPlay Web Explorer, see PowerPlay Web User’s Guide.
In IBM® Cognos® Connection, click the cube that you want.
In IBM® Cognos® Connection, you can select the multilingual properties of a Series 7 report or cube. The name, screen tip, and description uses the language that you select.
The content, data, category labels, and other labels do not change. The language for these items is set by the PowerPlay® administrator who creates the report or cube.
