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Install reporting components
To install Unica reporting for your products, you must install the reporting components.
Installing reporting schemas on the Marketing Software system
Use the Unica suite master installer and the reports package installers to install reporting schemas on the computer where Unica Platform is installed.

Reports
- Cognos Reports Installation and Configuration Guide
  - Installation overview
    An installation of the Unica reports is complete when you install IBM Cognos® BI or Unica Insights reports and configure it for Unica applications. This guide provides detailed information about configuring IBM Cognos BI, and integrating IBM Cognos BI with Unica.
  - Plan the Marketing Software reports installation
    When you plan your Unica reports installation, you must ensure that you correctly set up your system and configure your environment.
  - Install reporting components
    To install Unica reporting for your products, you must install the reporting components.
    - Assigning a role to or removing a role from a user
      Use the Edit roles window to assign a role to or to remove a role from a user.
    - Installing reporting schemas on the Marketing Software system
      Use the Unica suite master installer and the reports package installers to install reporting schemas on the computer where Unica Platform is installed.
    - Creating JDBC data sources
      You must configure a JDBC data source for every Unica application for which you want to enable reporting.
  - Install and test IBM Cognos BI
    Your license agreement with must grant you an Cognos® BI license so you can download the Cognos BI installation files. IBM Cognos BI is a collection of applications, servers, and services that is organized in a multi-tiered architecture.
  - Integration roadmap for Marketing Software and IBM Cognos
    After you install IBM Cognos®, you must integrate the Unica suite with IBM Cognos.
  - How to configure reporting
    After you install or upgrade your reporting packages, you must configure your reporting installation.
  - User authorization for Cognos folders and reports
    A Custom Java Authentication Provider (CJAP) provides authorization for users who access Cognos report folders and reports. You can implement this feature after you implement the Unica Authentication Provider, which provides single sign-on authentication between Unica applications and Cognos.
  - How to configure the Cognos Reports for multiple partitions
    If you use Unica Campaign, Unica Deliver, or Unica Interact with more than one partition, you must configure the Cognos® reports packages for each partition. You can set up reporting on multiple partitions after you configure the partitions in Unica Campaign and Unica Deliver.
  - How to upgrade reports
    You can upgrade your current version of Unica reports to bring it up-to-date with the latest features.
  - Upgrading the 8.x or 9.x model and installing new reports
    Upgrading the 8.x or 9.x model and installing the new reports are the first steps that you must complete to upgrade your reports.
  - Report configuration properties
    The report configuration properties for Unica are available at Settings > Configuration > Reports.
  - Formats for the Cognos reports
    The Cognos® reporting integration components include a global report style sheet, GlobalReportStyles.css.
  - Formats for the Unica Campaign, Unica Deliver, and Unica Interact Cognos reports
    Additional styling is required for Unica Campaign, Unica Deliver, and Unica Interact Cognos reports. The global report styles are modified to add classes to override the styling of existing classes to improve the look and feel of Unica Campaign, Unica Deliver, and Unica Interact reports.
  - Unica Campaign reports and reporting schemas
    You can customize the reporting schemas in the Unica Campaign Report Package by adding contact or response metrics, attributes, or response types.
  - Deliver Reports and Reporting Schemas
    Several reports, such as Message Overview report, Detailed Link report, Deliver Reports Processing Overview, and SMS Message Summary Report are available in the Unica Deliver Reports Package.
  - Unica Interact Reports and Reporting Schemas
    The Unica Interact Report Package reports are supported by reporting schemas. You can customize the schemas to specify time periods, configure audience levels, and create extra performance reporting schemas.
- Unica Insights Reports Installation and Configuration Guide

Installing reporting schemas on the Unica system

Use the Unica suite master installer and the reports package installers to install reporting schemas on the computer where Unica Platform is installed.

About this task

To install the reporting schemas, complete the following steps.

Procedure

In the Reports Pack Product Components window, select Reporting Schema.
If more than one option appears in the Schema Type Selection window, it means that the application has prepackaged custom attributes. Complete one of the following steps depending on whether custom attributes exist:
- To install reporting schemas that include custom attributes, select Custom. The sample reports for Unica Campaign are configured to use custom attributes. If you install the Unica Campaign report package, you must select Custom so the sample reports function correctly.
- To install reporting schemas that do not include custom attributes, except Unica Deliver, select Base. For Unica Deliver, always select Custom.
The installer places the reporting schema in the file system and registers the schema with Unica Platform.
Complete the following steps to verify that the reporting schemas are registered in Unica Platform:
1. Log in to the Unica suite as the platform_admin user.
2. Go to Select > Configuration.
3. Expand Reports > Schemas > ProductName.
If you see the schema configuration properties for your application, your installation is complete.

If the schema configuration properties for your application are not shown, the report package has not been registered and you must register the reports package manually. Continue with the next step.
Optional: Complete the following steps to register the configuration properties manually:
1. In the tools directory under your reports package installation, open the import_all script.
2. Set the value of the MANAGER_TOOLS_BIN_DIR variable to the tools/bin directory under your Unica Platform installation.
3. Run import_all.bat (for Windows) or import_all.sh (for Unix).
  
  The script starts the Unica Platform configTool utility and registers the schemas.
4. Verify that the schema configuration properties are present.

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