Installing the reporting components

Windows Install the report server and report development tools, and configure the report server.

Installing the report server and reporting tools

About this task
The installer will place the report server and the report development tools on your system.
  1. Start the launchpad.exe file.
  2. Read the release information and the installation document.
  3. To begin the installation, click Install IBM Rational Insight.
  4. Select IBM Rational Insight and click Next.
  5. Read the license agreements and if you accept, click I accept the terms in the license agreements, and click Next.
  6. Select Create a new package group and click Next.
  7. Select XML Data Configuration, Reporting Server, Data Manager, and Framework Manager. Click Next.
  8. In the Select an application server list, select New installation of WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.21, and click Next.
  9. Select Install Cognos components and place Rational Insight files in the appropriate location, and click Next.
  10. Click Install.
  11. Click Finish.

Configuring the report server

About this task
Windows
Copy the DB2 client libraries to the Cognos® Web application and Cognos install directory. Configure Cognos to access the content store.
  1. Copy the following DB2 drivers from the [DB2_installation_directory]/java/ directory to the [rational_insight_installation_directory]/cognos/webapps/p2pd/WEB-INF/lib directory:
    • db2java.jar or db2java.zip
    • db2jcc*.jar
    • db2policy.jar

    If the db2java.jar file is missing and db2java.zip is present, rename db2java.zip to db2java.jar.

  2. Configure Cognos to access the content store:
    1. Go to the Cognos administration console (In Windows, click Start > Programs > IBM Cognos 8 > IBM Cognos Configuration).
    2. Click Data Access > Content Manager, right-click Content Store, and click New Resource > Database.
    3. In the Database name field, enter the name of the database created in step 1.
    4. Select the User ID and password row, click the Edit icon, and enter a user name and password that can be used to access the database content store created at step 1.
    5. Select Local Configuration, and click Save configuration.
Results
You can now start using Rational Insight. To connect to the server, open a Web browser and point to http://host:9080/insight, where host is the server name or the IP address of your server where Rational Insight is installed.

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