Mastering metrics and coping with cognos

Mastering Metrics and Coping with Cognos

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Sharon Bellamy Greg Kutinov

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Agenda

• Installation

• Configuring and federating

• Patching

• Configuring LDAP

• Metric and Connections

• I H S configuration

• Configuring cubes

• Metrics mastered

PART I. INSTALLATION

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

WAS nodes

• Wiki: manageprofiles.bat -create -templatepathWAS_install_root\profileTemplates\default -adminUserName was_admin_name -adminPassword was_admin_password• Recommendation:manageprofiles.bat -create -templatepathWAS_install_root\profileTemplates\default –profileName Cognos• SSO Win:ktab –m source.keytab destination.keytabktab –list –k destination.keytab

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)

OS patching & preparing• Patch the OS: TL0 SP3 Recommended Base Patch

Level (AIX); compat-libstdc++-33compat-glibc-2.3.2, openmotif-2.2.3 (Linux RH)… -http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27022463#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

Planning the properties filewas.install.path=C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServerwas.profile.name=iCognos

was.local.admin.username=wstestwas.local.admin.password=*** PASSWORD REMOVED ***was.fqdn.hostname=ferdinand.mont.ru

cognos.was.node.name=FERDINANDNode02cognos.was.server.name=cognos_server

cognos.biserver.issetup=C:\Distr\biserver_10.1.1\winx64h\issetup.execognos.transformer.issetup=C:\Distr\transformer_10.1.1\win32\issetup.exe

cognos.biserver.install.path=C:\IBM\CognosBI

cognos.transformer.install.path=C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\CognosTransformer

cognos.locale=ENcognos.contextroot=cognos

cognos.admin.username=wsadmin

cognos.admin.password=*** PASSWORD REMOVED ***

cognos.namespace=IBMConnections

cognos.cube.path=C:\IBM\CognosBI\PowerCubes

cognos.db.type=db2

cognos.db.host=neptune.mont.ru:50000

cognos.db.name=COGNOS

cognos.db.user=LCUSER

cognos.db.password=*** PASSWORD REMOVED

metrics.db.type=db2

metrics.db.host=neptune.mont.ru:50000

metrics.db.name=METRICS

metrics.db.local.name=METRICS

metrics.db.user=LCUSER

metrics.db.password=*** PASSWORD REMOVED ***

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…

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

Verifying the installation

PART II. POST-INSTALLATION

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

LDAP Authenticating

Accessing global and community metrics

IBMConnectionsMetricsAdmin

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>

Cognos cubes errors

Rebuilding Cognos cubes

• Transformer logs - trxschelog.log09.10.2012 0:08:27,88 : daily refresh fail 09.10.2012 9:59:52,02 : build all data fail19.10.2012 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)\IBM\CognosTransformer\bin\cogtr" -n2 -i -c -s -g -f"C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\CognosTransformer\metricsmodel\promptStartBuild.xml" -m"C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\CognosTransformer\metricsmodel\MetricsAuditCube.mdl""C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\CognosTransformer\bin\cogtr" -n2 -i -c -s -g -f"C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\CognosTransformer\metricsmodel\promptBuildAllData.xml" -m"C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\CognosTransformer\metricsmodel\MetricsTrxCube.mdl“…

Global Metrics output sample

Communities metrics sample

Regular maintenance• A sample of the trxschelog file:

28.10.2012 0:05:02,41 : Delete the existing cube file C:\IBM\CognosBI\PowerCubes\MetricsTrxCube\20121001-20121031.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:\IBM\CognosBI\PowerCubes\MetricsTrxCube\20121001-20121031.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:\IBM\CognosBI\PowerCubes\MetricsTrxCube\20121001-20121031.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

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