3.3.1 Configuring a Repository
A repository is a location from which Style Studio can access report files and other assets. 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 accessed both by Style Studio and any Style Intelligence server that uses the same repository.
• repository.xml: The repository listing, containing information about reports and folders 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 server that uses this repository. See Saving a Report to the Working Repository for instructions on how to deploy a report.
• asset.dat: The asset registry, containing global Data Worksheets (as well as Viewsheets created on the server). See Getting Started with Data Mash-Up for information about creating Worksheets. See Getting Started with Dashboards 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 and dashboard components (meta-templates, beans, parameter sheets, table styles, scripts).
• query.xml: The query registry, containing global query definitions that can be shared among different reports, Worksheets, and dashboards. See Independent Query in Getting Started with Data Modeling 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 Getting Started with 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 current working repository. The working repository is the location in 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 save a report or other asset to a remote repository, see Deploying a Report, Data Source, or Other Asset.
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