Create a Project

In Framework Manager, you work in the context of a project. The Framework Manager project contains objects that you organize for your users according to the business model and business rules of your organization. You view these objects in the project page .

Before you can import metadata, you must create a project.

For information about using the contents of a repository to create a new project, see Create a Local Project From a Repository.

For information about creating a project segment, see Create a Segment.

Steps

1. From the Welcome page, click Create a new project.

   Tip: If you are in Framework Manager, click New from the File menu.

2. In the New Project page, specify a name and location for the project, and click OK.

3. In the Select Language page, click the design language for the project.

   You cannot change the language you select after you click OK, but you can add others. For more information, see Add a Language to a Project.

   Note: If an SAP BW server does not support the selected language, it uses the content locale mapping in Cognos Configuration. If a mapping is not defined, Framework Manager uses the default language of the SAP BW server.

4. Click OK to select the design language.

   The Metadata Wizard appears.

5. Choose whether to import your metadata now or later:

   • To import now, select the import source and click Next.

   • To delay importing metadata, click Cancel.

6. If you chose to import the metadata now, follow the instructions in the Metadata Wizard:

   • Select a data source connection and click Next.

     If the data source connection you want is not listed, you must first create it .

   • Select the check boxes for the objects you want to import.

   • Specify how the import should handle duplicate object names. Choose whether to import and create a unique name. If you choose to create a unique name, the imported object appears with a number. For example, you see QuerySubject and QuerySubject1 in your project.

   • If you want to import system objects, select the Show System Objects check box, and then select the system objects that you want to import.

   • Specify the criteria to use to create relationships and click Import.

     For more information, see Relationships.

   You see a list of objects that could not be imported and a count of objects that were imported.

7. Click Finish.

   Save the project file (.cpf) and all related files in one folder. When you save a project with a different name or format, ensure that you save the project in a separate folder.