Given with Greg Kutinov at Social Connections

1. Mastering Metrics and Coping
with Cognos

2. And you are?
Sharon Bellamy Greg Kutinov
Socialshazza
Socialshazza.com
10 years WebSphere
Connections since V3.0
11 years WebSphere Integrating ICS products
Connections since V2 Domino development
Integrating ICS products DB2 Admin
Likes: Disney, Marmite &
Likes: Sports – Volleyball
World of Warcraft
Dislikes: Very slow internet
Dislikes: Melting Ice Cream
connection – bores me !!

3. Agenda
• Installation
• Configuring and federating
• Patching
• Configuring LDAP
• Metric and Connections
• I H S configuration
• Configuring cubes
• Metrics mastered

4. PART I. INSTALLATION

5. PreRequisites
• Databases – create the Cognos & Metrics DBs
• WAS (7.0.0.21) – installed, patched
• DB2 client installed on Cognos machine and
configured to connect to the DBs above
• Cognos software

6. WAS nodes
• Wiki:
manageprofiles.bat -create -templatepath
WAS_install_rootprofileTemplatesdefault -
adminUserName was_admin_name -
adminPassword was_admin_password
• Recommendation:
manageprofiles.bat -create -templatepath
WAS_install_rootprofileTemplatesdefault –
profileName Cognos
• SSO Win:
ktab –m source.keytab destination.keytab
ktab –list –k destination.keytab

7. Product versions
The whole Cognos bundle - IBM Cognos Business
Intelligence for Connections Activities V4.0 Multilingual
Multiplatform eAssembly (CRJU4ML):
1. IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.1.1 : 64-
bit Windows (CI5VMML), 32-bit Windows (CI5VLML), 32-
bit AIX (CI5VSML), 64-bit AIX (CI5VTML), 32-bit Linux x86
(CI5W6ML), 64-bit Linux x86 (CI5W7ML), 32-bit Linux on
System z (CI5W4ML), 64-bit Linux on System z (CI5W5ML)
2. IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Transformer 10.1.1 :
Windows (CI2Q1ML), AIX (CI2Q4ML), Linux x86 CI2Q6ML,
Linux on System z (CI2QHML)

8. OS patching & preparing
• Patch the OS: TL0 SP3 Recommended Base Patch
Level (AIX); compat-libstdc++-33
compat-glibc-2.3.2, openmotif-2.2.3 (Linux RH)… -
http://www-
01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg270224
63#linux
• DB2client – catalog a node with the Metrics db for
Transformer (db2 catalog tcpip…/ db )
• PowerCubes folder – local for Windows only
• CognosConfig.zip or CognosConfig.tar
• Provide 4 JDBC drivers - /CognosSetup/BI-
Customization/JDBC

9. Planning the properties file
was.install.path=C:IBMWebSphereAppServer cognos.admin.username=wsadmin
was.profile.name=iCognos cognos.admin.password=*** PASSWORD
REMOVED ***
was.local.admin.username=wstest
was.local.admin.password=*** PASSWORD cognos.namespace=IBMConnections
REMOVED ***
was.fqdn.hostname=ferdinand.mont.ru cognos.cube.path=C:IBMCognosBIPowerCubes
cognos.was.node.name=FERDINANDNode02
cognos.was.server.name=cognos_server cognos.db.type=db2
cognos.db.host=neptune.mont.ru:50000
cognos.biserver.issetup=C:Distrbiserver_10.1.1wi cognos.db.name=COGNOS
nx64hissetup.exe cognos.db.user=LCUSER
cognos.transformer.issetup=C:Distrtransformer_10
.1.1win32issetup.exe cognos.db.password=*** PASSWORD REMOVED
cognos.biserver.install.path=C:IBMCognosBI metrics.db.type=db2
metrics.db.host=neptune.mont.ru:50000
cognos.transformer.install.path=C:Program Files
(x86)IBMCognosTransformer metrics.db.name=METRICS
metrics.db.local.name=METRICS
cognos.locale=EN metrics.db.user=LCUSER
cognos.contextroot=cognos metrics.db.password=*** PASSWORD REMOVED
***

10. Installing
• cognos-setup.log:
All properties provided for Cognos database
All properties provided for Metrics database
JDBC Connection Success
Success to verify the JDBC connection to Cognos Content
Store database.
JDBC Connection Success
Success to verify the JDBC connection to Metrics database.
... performing validation check completed
Installing Cognos ...
BUILD SUCCESSFUL…

11. Configuring & federating
• cognos-configure.log
…Finished Import Metrics Report Package into Cognos
Setup Cube path variable into Cognos
Finished Setup Cube path variable into Cognos…
…All forward references were resolved
Finished Setup Cube Models…
-> the folder metricsmodel appears within the
Transformer installation directory
• Federating the Cognos node:
addNode deployment.server.com
–profileName iCognos –includeapps
• Verifying the cognos node get started & synchronized,
then starting the cognos server

12. Verifying the installation

13. PART II. POST-INSTALLATION

14. Applying fix packs
• cognos.biserver.install.path to be specified
during installation of the fix pack
• Generating a new cognos.ear file with cognos-
setup-update
• Replacing the “entire application” with a new
cognos.ear on the Deployment Manager (run
the cognos node and resynchronize)
• Updating the Cognos server configuration
with cognos-configure-update

15. LDAP Authenticating

16. Accessing global and community
metrics

17. IBMConnectionsMetricsAdmin

18. IHS applying
• LotusConnections-config.xml:
<sloc:serviceReference bootstrapHost="" bootstrapPort="" clusterName="admin_replace" enabled="true"
serviceName="cognos" ssl_enabled="true">
<sloc:href>
<sloc:hrefPathPrefix>/cognos</sloc:hrefPathPrefix>
<sloc:static href="http://uran.mont.ru" ssl_href="https://uran.mont.ru"/>
<sloc:interService href="https://uran.mont.ru"/>
</sloc:href>
</sloc:serviceReference>

19. Cognos cubes errors

20. Rebuilding Cognos cubes
• Transformer logs - trxschelog.log
09.10.2012 0:08:27,88 : daily refresh fail
09.10.2012 9:59:52,02 : build all data fail
19.10.2012 17:56:18,65 : rebuild 201210 success
19.10.2012 17:57:31,35 : build all data success
• Rebuild-all.bat
…"C:Program Files (x86)IBMCognosTransformerbincogtr" -n2 -i -c -s -g -
f"C:Program Files
(x86)IBMCognosTransformermetricsmodelpromptStartBuild.xml" -
m"C:Program Files
(x86)IBMCognosTransformermetricsmodelMetricsAuditCube.mdl"
"C:Program Files (x86)IBMCognosTransformerbincogtr" -n2 -i -c -s -g -
f"C:Program Files
(x86)IBMCognosTransformermetricsmodelpromptBuildAllData.xml" -
m"C:Program Files
(x86)IBMCognosTransformermetricsmodelMetricsTrxCube.mdl“…

21. Global Metrics output sample

22. Communities metrics sample

23. Regular maintenance
• A sample of the trxschelog file:
28.10.2012 0:05:02,41 : Delete the existing cube file
C:IBMCognosBIPowerCubesMetricsTrxCube20121001-20121031.mdc.
28.10.2012 0:07:34,95 : rebuild 201210 fail
29.10.2012 0:07:24,23 : daily refresh fail
29.10.2012 15:31:55,65 : build all data success
30.10.2012 0:07:57,62 : daily refresh fail
30.10.2012 10:02:30,65 : daily refresh fail
30.10.2012 10:03:52,85 : build all data success
30.10.2012 10:08:54,25 : daily refresh success
30.10.2012 17:18:42,84 : Delete the existing cube file
C:IBMCognosBIPowerCubesMetricsTrxCube20121001-20121031.mdc.
30.10.2012 17:20:19,26 : rebuild 201210 success
31.10.2012 0:07:25,50 : daily refresh success
31.10.2012 9:34:50,17 : Delete the existing cube file
C:IBMCognosBIPowerCubesMetricsTrxCube20121001-20121031.mdc.
31.10.2012 9:36:58,74 : daily refresh success
01.11.2012 0:08:40,82 : daily refresh success
01.11.2012 11:28:03,78 : build all data success
02.11.2012 0:07:54,96 : daily refresh success
03.11.2012 0:08:47,66 : daily refresh success

24. Useful Documentation
• Installing WebSphere Application Server for Cognos Business Intelligence
• Installing DB client for Cognos Transformer
• Installing required patches on the Cognos BI Server system
• Installing Cognos Business Intelligence components
• Configuring Cognos Business Intelligence after installation
• Federating the Cognos server to the Deployment Manager
• Validating the Cognos BI server installation
• Configuring Cognos Business Intelligence