Setting execution time out
Some reports are capable of firing quite resource consuming queries on the data source. This can cause a bottleneck on the database and hence a problem for other users and jobs. This recipe will show you how to automatically get the report query killed if it takes longer than a certain time limit.
Getting ready
Create a simple list report based on GO Data Warehouse (Query) package. Pull Product line, Product type, and Product name as columns.
How to do it...
Open the report in Cognos Report Studio.
Go to Query Explorer and select Query1.
From Properties pane, open Maximum Execution Time property.
Set it to a low number. For testing, we will set it to 1.
That means we are setting the maximum execution time for the query to one second.
Run the report to test it. In most cases, this will cross the threshold of one second and you will receive an error message like the one shown as follows:
Now go back to Cognos Report Studio and increase the Maximum Execution Time for query...
