46 IBM Content Manager OnDemand Guide
3.1  Report administration
Report design and definition are key to a successful implementation of a Content Manager 
OnDemand system. Knowledge of the data that will be indexed, loaded, and retrieved, with 
knowledge of Content Manager OnDemand preferred practices, results in the most efficient 
and easy-to-use system possible. In this section, we consider the processes that are followed 
when you define a Content Manager OnDemand report. We present hints and tips to help in 
the design and implementation process.
The system components that are required for creating, retrieving, and viewing a Content 
Manager OnDemand report are a storage set, an application group, an application, and a 
folder. Optionally, cabinets might be used to organize and simplify folder access. These 
elements, in combination, allow the Content Manager OnDemand administrator to define and 
create a report definition that can then be used to index and load data into Content Manager 
OnDemand. Figure 3-1 illustrates the relationship of these elements in a typical Content 
Manager OnDemand system.
Figure 3-1   Content Manager OnDemand system components relationship
To help you better understand how to perform report administration, we use the example 
company that is mentioned in 1.2.1, “Background information of an example company” on 
page 6 with the Content Manager OnDemand Administrator Client running on Windows to 
create the required system components. We use the monthly credit card statements that are 
generated by AFinancial Co in our example. These statements are stored in a single 
application group in Content Manager OnDemand.
3.1.1  Storage sets
When you define a report, the first component to create is a storage set if one does not exist. 
A storage set is a named collection of primary storage nodes that support application groups 
with similar archive storage management requirements.
Storage SetOnDemand
Cache
Storage
OnDemand
Database
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Group
TSM
Node Node
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Group
Folder
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