RTM – Release to manufacturing Software product is ready to be delivered or provided to the customer. GA – General Availability The latest date that a version/release of the product is available to all users, regardless of language or media. A product version/release is not published on the Lifecycle web site until the GA date.Continue reading “IBM Cognos BI Software release life cycle”
Category Archives: Cognos BI
Cognos BI & TM1 reporting
Here I would like to list some techniques I’m using when developing IBM Cognos BI reports and using TM1 cube as datasource 1. Dimension member prompt In the next example, I have “FIN Fiscal Period” dimension with members: Jun to Mar. I created a value prompt binded to pPeriod parameter. The prompt is populated usingContinue reading “Cognos BI & TM1 reporting”
IBM COGNOS BI SERVER ORDER TO RESTART (DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT)
Restarting the content store database server is not required but is required to be up and running in order for the content manager to connect to it. First, stop the servers in the following order: Gateway (if not a pure gateway server and has a dispatcher installed) Dispatchers (includes Planning Application and Job Servers) SecondaryContinue reading “IBM COGNOS BI SERVER ORDER TO RESTART (DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT)”
COGNOS BI – SAVE REPORT OUTPUT TO A FILE SYSTEM
Edit Cognos configuration, go to “Actions” menu > Edit Global Configuration and set “Archive Location File System Root” (the root folder for all your output folders) You can click “Test” button to check everything is ok. Click OK to close the “Global Configuration” windows then go to Data Access > Content Manager and set “SaveContinue reading “COGNOS BI – SAVE REPORT OUTPUT TO A FILE SYSTEM”
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