Creating IQDs through FM

I was just skimming through the questions of Cognos community in Orkut.
I saw a thread where the user asks whether we can create IQD using Framework manager?

Please find below for my response. Yes we can create IQDs from Framework manager.

In the business layer make sure you have included all the columns from different tables to the query subject.Click on the properties of the Query subject in Business layer. You will find a property called Externalize Method: Change it from default to IQD.While publishing the package, the publish package wizard there is a place where you have the local/physical file path where you need your IQDs to be created.

Thanks and Regards,
Soma