repository

The repository is a store for objects that the various Infor BI products have in common. A repository is stored in a relational database. The database can be SQL Server or Oracle and can store more than one repository. Essentially a repository contains users, groups, roles, projects and report catalogs. Users and groups can each be elements of several different roles. Users and groups gain various access permissions to the projects and report catalogs through their membership of roles. In a repository, permissions are set at these levels: Repository, User Management, Projects, Report catalogs. When you create reports you create them within a report catalog which is within a project. The project is within a repository. A repository does not contain the database(s) on which you report. Each report catalog is a repository containing a reference to the database. As well as this information about the data source, the report catalog contains users and permissions and information about reports. The repository installed with Infor BI is called Best Practices Templates and contains several projects and report catalogs.