Optional tasks for data sources

Windows You can view and change the configuration variables for trace levels, maximum number of concurrent requests processed, file formats, file paths, time intervals and language preference. These tasks are optional, administrative tasks.
About this task
The general tasks for configuring the product sources are: These tasks are independent of each other and are optional.
Finding out the port being used by Rational Insight Data Services
Note: By default, Rational Insight Data Services uses the port 9080. However, if this port is already being used by another application, the adapters are installed to another port.
  1. Run the administrative console for the Rational Insight Data Services profile. The default URL is http://localhost:9060/ibm/console.
  2. Click Servers > Application Servers.
  3. Click RationalInsightServer.
  4. Click Communications > Port.
  5. In the displayed table, look for the value for WC_defaulthost. This value is the port that is being used by Rational Insight Data Services. The default value for this port is 9080. If the value of your port is different, substitute your value when you see this port used for the remaining tasks in this guide.
Verifying that the Rational Insight Data Services adapters are installed correctly
  1. Open a Web browser.
  2. Enter the URL for the Rational Insight Data Services application. The default URL is http://localhost:9080/DataServices.
If Rational Insight Data Services is working correctly, you see an XML document describing each of the installed adapters. Note down the URL of the installed adapters. You need them when you are configuring the report server.
Note: If you get an error, make sure:
  • The Rational Insight Data Services profile is running.
  • The administrative console can be opened. The default URL is http://localhost:9060/ibm/console.
Viewing the logging information in IBM WebSphere® Application Server, saved to the SystemErr log file for the server
  1. Run the administrative console for the Rational Insight Data Services profile. The default URL is http://localhost:9060/ibm/console.
  2. Click Troubleshooting > Logs and Trace.
  3. Click RationalInsightServer > JVM Logs > Runtime.
  4. Click the View button near the SystemErr.log file.
When viewed for the first time, the log file might be empty.
Changing the log level by specifying the criteria to determine the information that gets logged
  1. Run the administrative console for the Rational Insight Data Services profile. The default URL is http://localhost:9060/ibm/console.
  2. Click Applications > Enterprise Applications > DataServices > Web Module Properties > Initialize parameters for servlets.
  3. Find the parameter named VegaDataServices.logger.tracelevel.
  4. Change the value to the trace level you want. Valid trace levels are listed in the description column.
  5. Click OK, and click Save.
To verify that the trace level is set correctly, open the http://localhost:9080/DataServices URL and view the log. The log should contain entries of the activities that occurred during the generation of the URL. Be sure to set the value back to warn before proceeding.
Note: The trace level parameter should usually be set to warn, error, fatal or off. Set it to all, trace or debug if you want to include additional information in the log to help you troubleshoot.
Changing the configuration variables
Note: Do not change any of the MaxRequest variables unless the IBM Support team tells you to do so.
  1. Run the administrative console for the Rational Insight Data Services profile. The default URL is http://localhost:9060/ibm/console.
  2. Click Applications > Enterprise Applications > DataServices > Web Module Properties > Initialize parameters for servlets.
  3. Find the parameter that you want to change, and edit the value. For a list of parameters, see the related links at the bottom of this page.
  4. Click OK, and click Save

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