Configuring Cognos Business Intelligence after installation

After installation, you need to perform further configuration tasks to ensure that IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence works.

Before you begin

Before performing these configuration steps, the following components must have been installed:

About this task

Cognos Business Intelligence Server and Cognos Transformer need to communicate with a database client to set up the Cognos content store and to build the Cognos PowerCube. A set of specific settings (appropriate to each operation system and database type) must be specified before Cognos components can work properly. The following topics detail the configuration steps according to the supported database types: