INSTALL SAMPLES

I. Restore Databases.
Open a command prompt at C:\Cognos\crn\webcontent\samples\db\oracle, where you will see four .dmp files.
then import the gosales database to oracle by the command (imp gosales/gosales@orcl file = GOSL.DMP full=y).
Then it will import all the files.After this revoke dba from gosales by the command(revoke dba from gosales).
In the same way, import goretailers and the rest.

II. Define Data Sources.

In Cognos Connection (http://Localhost/cognos8) select Directory, Data Sources, New Data Source (icon).
Set up the four sample databases using the names gosales, goretailers, etc. The Framework Manager model expects
these names.
The Oracle connection string should be the same as the service name in tnsnames.ora on the server (eg. orcl)
Use the different userids/passwords for each (eg. gosales/gosales), as set up in Oracle.
You can leave the collation sequence blank (but make sure you select the password checkbox).
Test the connections as you set them up.

III. Publish Framework Manager Package.

Open Framework Manager. Click Open a project... to create it the first time and go to the location
C:\Program Files\cognos\c8\webcontent\samples\Models\gosales_goretailers\gosales_goretailers.cpf. and then select
data source and type it in the schema.

Open project C:\Program Files\Cognos\crn\webcontent\samples\models\gosales_goretailers.

Click OK to ignore the message telling you the model was created in US English & you’re using UK English.
Select the gosales data source, enter 'gosales' for schema, double-click type, change the interface to 'OR'.
Do similar for goretailers. Right-click each data source & test them.
If the connection fails, select the data source and check that the cmDataSource property matches the name you have
defined in Cognos Connection.
Once all data sources have tested OK, expand the Packages branch, right-click GO Sales and Retailers and publish the
package.
You can ignore the package versioning options for now.
Save the model and exit Framework Manager.

IV. Import Sample Reports.

Now we have databases defined, a connection to them from ReportNet, and the metadata model published.
All we need now is the sample reports to run. Copy Cognos_Samples.zip from crn\webcontent\samples\content to
crn\deployment
In Cognos Connection, select Home (if you’re not already there), Tools\Content Administration\Import tab, New Import
(icon).
Cognos_Samples should appear in the list. Select Next, then Next again.
On the ‘Select the Public Folders Content’ page, select the checkbox to the left of the Cognos_Samples package.
Select Next, Next again, then Import Now.

V. Test Sample Reports.

Select Home (if you’re not there already), Public Folders, GO Sales and Retailers, Report Studio Report Samples,
and select a report (GO Media is a good one to try). It might take a few seconds to run the first report as everything
fires up. Run some more reports and queries to check that everything is working, and see what’s available to you.
ReportNet is now up and running.

Introduction
I spent an awful amount of time trying to install and configure Cognos, but I finally made it. This guide is a compilation of useful
hints found on this site and various blogs, so I take no credit for it.

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Steps
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Step 1
Install Cognos components. This will take a lot and I recommend to restart the computer between every three components or so,
in order to clear the cache, or whatever it is that it makes it run slower.

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Step 2
Download OracleXEUniv.exe from Oracle site and install it. Create a new user “cognos” with any password (I chose "cognos" as
well) and grant all privileges to it. (NOTE - Character Set of the Database should be UNICODE)

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Step 3
Locate ojdbc14.jar in oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\jdbc\lib and copy it to cognos\c8\webapps\p2pd\WEB-INF\lib

If classes12.jar exists in this folder, delete it or rename it.

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Step 4
1. Download Apache 2.2 webserver free from Apache Webserver Project page and install it.
2. Locate the file 'httpd.conf' in the <Apache webserver installation folder>\Conf and add the following text at the bottom:
# cognos
Include conf/extra/cognos8.conf

Create the file conf/extras/cognos8.conf with the following contents:

#
# Cognos 8
#
ScriptAlias /cognos8/cgi-bin "C:/Program Files/Cognos/c8/cgi-bin"
<Directory "C:/Program Files/Cognos/c8/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from All
</Directory>
Alias /cognos8 "C:/Program Files/Cognos/c8/webcontent"
<Directory "C:/Program Files/Cognos/c8/webcontent">
Options None
AllowOverride None
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from All
</Directory>
<Directory "C:/Program Files/Cognos/c8/documentation">
Options None
AllowOverride None
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from All
</Directory>
Replace c: with d: or whatever drive letter you installed the Cognos software to.

Restart the Apache service.

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Step 5
1. Start Cognos Configuration.
2. Delete whatever it is under Content Manager and create a new item called “Content Store”, of type Oracle.
3. Edit the user and password by clicking the pen that appears when selecting the field. User “cognos”, password
“cognos”.
4. Service name is “XE”.
5. Right click on Content Store and Test.
6. If all’s right click the green play button to start the service.
7. You can close Cognos Configuration now, as the service will continue to run in the background.
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Step 6
Test that Cognos Connection is working by calling the link http://127.0.0.1/cognos8 or http://localhost/cognos8.

I strongly advise to right click on the Apache icon in the tray bar and select “Open Services”. From this window, set all the Cognos,
Oracle and Apache services to start manually instead of automatically. Otherwise all these services will attempt to start
automatically on Windows startup and this takes a lot of time.

To start the services manually you have to (in this order):

1. Click “Start Database” from Oracle start menu

2. Start Cognos Configuration and click the play button
3. Start the Apache service from the tray icon

If you want to start the services manually rather than allowing then to start automatically at system restart then create a Windows
batch command file to start Cognos as follows:

start_cognos.bat

net start "Oracle"

net start "Cognos 8"
net start "Apache2"

If you don't want to keep all these services running when you have finished your work then create a Windows batch command file
to stop the services when you have finished:

stop_cognos.bat

net stop "Apach2"

net stop "Cognos 8"
net stop "Oracle"

You may want to clear up some of the Cognos server logs as part of your startup/shutdown processing, just add the line to your
startup or shutdown scripts.

erase /f /q "C:\Program Files\Cognos\c8\logs\*.*"

Don't forget that Apache also has its own log files that can grow quite large and you may want to clear these out quite frequently.

NB - if you are using Cgonso 8.4 then you should change the name to "IBM Cognos 8"

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1. You should now import the samples.
2. Create five users in OracleXE called gosales, gosalesdw, gosaleshr, gosalesmr and gosalesrt. The password should
be the same as the user id. Make sure to grant them all the privileges.
3. Go to cognos\c8\webcontent\samples\datasources\oracle and extract the .gz files.
4. Under this folder run the following commands:
(Atcommand prompt not at sqlplus command window)
imp gosales/gosales@xe file = GOSALES.dmp full=y log=log.txt imp
gosaleshr/gosaleshr@xe file = GOSALESHR.dmp full=y log=log.txt imp
gosalesdw/gosalesdw@xe file = GOSALESDW.dmp full=y log=log.txt imp
gosalesmr/gosalesmr@xe file = GOSALESMR.dmp full=y log=log.txt imp
gosalesrt/gosalesrt@xe file = GOSALESRT.dmp full=y log=log.txt
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Step 8
1. In Cognos Connection select Cognos Administration and then Configuration.
2. Click the “New Data Source” button.
3. Type “gosales” for name and click Next.
4. Select “Oracle” for type and click Next.
5. Type “xe” for connection string (small caps needed). Select User ID and Password checkboxes. Enter “gosales” for
user ID and the same for password.
6. Test the connection. In case of failure restart the Oracle database.
7. If all goes well click Finish.
8. Repeat the steps for gosalesdw, and the rest.
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Step 9
1. Open Framework Manager.
2. Open project C:\Program Files\cognos\c8\webcontent\samples\Models\ great_outdoors_sales\
great_outdoors_sales.cpf
3. If you get an error during opening try replacing localhost:80 with 127.0.0.1:80 in Cognos Configuration gateway URI.
4. Expand Data Sources and for each data source check that the “Content Manager Datasource” and “Schema” have the
same value (gosales, gosalesdw,…).
5. Also modify the Interface (under Type) to “OR” instead of “OL”.
6. Test each Data Source. In case of failure restart the Oracle database. Save your changes to the project file.
7. Expand Packages and publish each package (right click -> publish packages..).
8. Ignore the errors.
9. Save and exit.
10. Do the same for project C:\Program Files\cognos\c8\webcontent\samples\Models\
great_outdoors_warehouse\great_outdoors_warehouse.cpf
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Step 10
1. Copy Cognos_Samples.zip from c8\webcontent\samples\content to c8\deployment.
2. Open Cognos Connection and select Cognos Administration -> Configuration -> Content Administration.
3. Click New Import icon.
4. Cognos_Samples should appear in the list. Select Next, then Next again.
5. On the ‘Select the Public Folders Content’ page, select the checkbox to the left of the Cognos_Samples package.
6. Select Next, Next again, then Import Now.
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Step 11
You should be able to see the sample database folders under local folders in Cognos Connection.