Installing Cognos Business Intelligence
IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence collects, manages, and displays statistical information for the Metrics application in IBM Connections. Installing Cognos Business Intelligence involves installing IBM WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment, plus a database client, in addition to the Cognos components.
Before you begin
This documentation assumes that you are deploying Cognos Business Intelligence before you install IBM Connections. If you choose to deploy Cognos later, you can ignore any Cognos-related validation errors during the Connections installation process and then return to this section later for instructions on deploying the Cognos components. Even if you are not deploying Cognos now, you can create the raw Metrics database and install the Metrics application so that Connections can immediately begin capturing event data for later use.
- To install both Cognos Business Intelligence and Transformer on the Windows system
- To leave Cognos Business Intelligence on a non-Windows system and install Transformer on Windows. Refer to the technote for detailed information:
About this task
IBM Connections requires a customized version of Cognos Business Intelligence, which is installed using the provided script. You cannot use previously deployed Cognos Business Intelligence components with the Metrics application. For best performance, use a separate computer for the customized version of Cognos Business Intelligence.
To install the Cognos Business Intelligence and its supporting software, complete these tasks: