3.3.1 Configuring and Selecting a Repository

A repository is a location from which Style Studio can access report files and configuration files. You can configure multiple repositories, but only one repository at a time can be the working repository (see below). A repository contains the following key configuration files:

These files are used by Style Studio, as well as by any Style Intelligence server that uses the same repository.

repository.xml: The repository listing, containing information about deployed reports displayed under the 'Repository' node of the Style Studio Asset panel. The repository.xml file is also used to populate the 'Repository' listing for any test server that uses this repository. See Saving a Report to the Working Repository for instructions on deployment.

asset.dat: The asset registry, containing global Data Worksheets (as well as Viewsheets created on the server). See Data Manipulation & Mash-up for information about creating Worksheets. See Visual Exploration for information about Viewsheets.

The asset.dat and stylereport.srl files can be exploded into their individual com­ponents, if needed. See Exploding Con­figuration Files in Administration Refer­ence for details.

stylereport.srl: The report library, containing reusable report components and other constructs (meta-templates, beans, parameter sheets, table styles, scripts) that can be shared among reports.

query.xml: The query registry, containing global query definitions that can be shared among different reports, Worksheets, and dashboards. See Independent Query for information on how to create queries.

datasource.xml: The data source registry, containing global definitions for database connections, data models, and virtual private models (VPMs) that can be shared among different reports, worksheets, and dashboards. See Data Modeling for information on how to create data sources and data models.

Note: A “remote repository” is any repository other than the current working repository. The remote repository need not be located on a remote machine.

You can configure multiple repositories from within Style Studio (see Creating a New Repository), but only one repository at a time can be the working repository. The working repository is the location from which Style Studio is currently set to access reports, report components, and the other resources described above. Any repository other than the working repository is a remote repository.

The following sections explain how to configure a repository, and how to select the working repository. To access a remote repository, see Deploying a Report in Report Design.

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