Setting E-mail Attachment Maximum Size Configuration Parameters in Cognos 10
Setting E-mail Attachment Maximum Size Configuration Parameters
In IBM® Cognos® BI, you can choose to limit the size of e-mail attachments to avoid potential problems with abnormally large items. The allowable range is from 0-2047 MB. If you do not specify a value, then Cognos Connection applies no restrictions to the size of the e-mail attachment.
Before setting the e-mail size limit in Cognos Connection, you must know the e-mail size limit set in the e-mail server. The limit typically set by an e-mail server administrator is from 10 to 25 MB. If you need to deliver reports with a larger file size, consider using a different file transfer method, like FTP or secure copy.
If the limit set in Cognos Connection is lower than in the e-mail server, then the Cognos Connection setting overrides the e-mail server setting. For example, if the Cognos limit is 10 MB and the e-mail server limit is 20 MB, then a 15 MB attachment will be replaced with a plain text file containing a warning message by the Cognos BI server. It will be accepted by the e-mail server and delivered to the recipient. The plain text warning message informs the e-mail recipient that the oversized attachment has been removed and replaced with a warning message. The recipient would then have to view the report through Cognos Connection.
If the limit set in Cognos Connection is higher than the limit in the e-mail server, then the Cognos Connection setting does not override the e-mail server setting. For example, if the limit set in Cognos Connection is 20 MB and the e-mail server limit is 10 MB, then a 15 MB attachment will be sent by the Cognos BI sever to the e-mail server, but will be rejected by the e-mail server.
Steps
1.Start IBM Cognos Connection.
2.In the upper-right corner, click Launch, IBM Cognos Administration.
3.On the Configuration tab, click Dispatchers and Services.
4.Select the Dispatcher you want to configure.
5.Click the Set Properties - Configuration button in the upper right corner.
6.Click the Settings tab.
7.For the Environment category, next to the Advanced settings name, click the Edit link.
8.Select Override the settings acquired from the parent entry checkbox, if available.
9.For Parameter, type mail.attachment.limit.
10.Specify a Value for the mail.attachment.limit setting. The following settings are available.
Goal Action
Default Setting - Type 0 (zero). This is the default setting.
Setting E-mail attachment size - Type n, where n is the maximum size of the attachment in MB.
11.Click OK.
12.If you have more than one dispatcher configured, perform steps 4 to 10 for each remaining dispatcher.
13.Using IBM Cognos Configuration, you must stop and restart the IBM Cognos software.
In IBM® Cognos® BI, you can choose to limit the size of e-mail attachments to avoid potential problems with abnormally large items. The allowable range is from 0-2047 MB. If you do not specify a value, then Cognos Connection applies no restrictions to the size of the e-mail attachment.
Before setting the e-mail size limit in Cognos Connection, you must know the e-mail size limit set in the e-mail server. The limit typically set by an e-mail server administrator is from 10 to 25 MB. If you need to deliver reports with a larger file size, consider using a different file transfer method, like FTP or secure copy.
If the limit set in Cognos Connection is lower than in the e-mail server, then the Cognos Connection setting overrides the e-mail server setting. For example, if the Cognos limit is 10 MB and the e-mail server limit is 20 MB, then a 15 MB attachment will be replaced with a plain text file containing a warning message by the Cognos BI server. It will be accepted by the e-mail server and delivered to the recipient. The plain text warning message informs the e-mail recipient that the oversized attachment has been removed and replaced with a warning message. The recipient would then have to view the report through Cognos Connection.
If the limit set in Cognos Connection is higher than the limit in the e-mail server, then the Cognos Connection setting does not override the e-mail server setting. For example, if the limit set in Cognos Connection is 20 MB and the e-mail server limit is 10 MB, then a 15 MB attachment will be sent by the Cognos BI sever to the e-mail server, but will be rejected by the e-mail server.
Steps
1.Start IBM Cognos Connection.
2.In the upper-right corner, click Launch, IBM Cognos Administration.
3.On the Configuration tab, click Dispatchers and Services.
4.Select the Dispatcher you want to configure.
5.Click the Set Properties - Configuration button in the upper right corner.
6.Click the Settings tab.
7.For the Environment category, next to the Advanced settings name, click the Edit link.
8.Select Override the settings acquired from the parent entry checkbox, if available.
9.For Parameter, type mail.attachment.limit.
10.Specify a Value for the mail.attachment.limit setting. The following settings are available.
Goal Action
Default Setting - Type 0 (zero). This is the default setting.
Setting E-mail attachment size - Type n, where n is the maximum size of the attachment in MB.
11.Click OK.
12.If you have more than one dispatcher configured, perform steps 4 to 10 for each remaining dispatcher.
13.Using IBM Cognos Configuration, you must stop and restart the IBM Cognos software.
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