Gourav Atalkar

Software Engineer
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 A). Installing the Oracle 10g
Express Edition
eating Content Store in Cognos Configur

Creating Environments Variables

Creating Virtual Directories

Accessing the cognos 8 Bi

e have oracle 10g express edition which you can
wnload from oracle website.
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Oracle Database
XE) is a free version of the world's most capable relational
database. Oracle Database XE is easy to install.
With Oracle Database XE, you use an intuitive, browser-
based interface, to:
Administer the database
Create tables, views, and other database objects
Import, export, and view table data
Run queries and SQL scripts
Generate reports
Run the OracleXEUniv Set up .exe file
from the system.
You will find following screen
Click ‘Next’ to
proceed
Select the ‘I accept’
check box and click
‘Next’
 You can
browse any
other location
for
installation

Click ‘Next’ to
proceed
 We can enter
password for
system user
here . We
assuming
‘cognos’

Click ‘Next’ to
proceed
 These are the
installation
settings note down
it and click on
‘install’ button.
 It will take two to
five minute………….
This is the final screen you have after installation
 Enter Username
=system ;and
password=cognos; to
login as admin.
e will create content store with oracle 10g express ed
gnos 8.1 BI

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.
Start Program files  cognos 8 cognos configurat

Expand the Data Access node under Local

Configuration tree. There
should be a node by name Content Manager within
Data Access.

You have one default content store created there

for the sql database
Right click and delete it.

Now right click on Content store and select

New resource  Database
 Give
Name=‘cognos8_content
store’
And
Type=‘oracle Database’
Then Click ‘ok’ button
Give User id=‘cognos’ and
password=‘cognos’
Previously We have
created
user in oracle 10 g.
Click ‘ok’ button
 Put service
name= ‘XE’ which
is Express Edition
oracle
Go to File Save as utf-8 click on it
Make sure that all the
components are green
ticked as shown
 Now click on the ‘start’
button to start the services
of cognos

Make sure that all the tasks goes on with out any error
Cognos configuration completed
Right click on ‘My Computer’ and go to
My Computer-->Properties-->Advance--
>Environment Variables--> System Variable--
>New
•Create two Environment Variables with following
properties
•Make necessary changes to the path to match
with installation location of Cognos 8 Name, Path

JAVA_HOME= C:\Program
Files\cognos\c8\bin\jre\1.4.2

CATALINA_HOME= C:\Program
Files\cognos\c8\tomcat4.1.27
t click on ‘My Computer’ and go to ‘Manage’

ards the left side of Computer Management window,

nd the Computer Management node to obtain Service
cations node within it

o Internet Information Services under it .There would

sites folder in it

nd it to see the Default Web site.

Create the directories
by right clicking on
default website and
say New->Virtual
Directory
 Give the alias name as
cognos8 and click ‘Next’
 Give path as
‘C:\Program
Files\cognos\c8\webcontent’
Make changes to the path
according to the installation
location
Assign Read,
Run scripts,
Write and
Browse
permissions
Similarly create a new Virtual directory under
‘cognos8’ directory
by right clicking on it and selecting new virtual
directory and give
the name as ‘cgi-bin’
For cgi-bin, give the path as C:\Program
Files\cognos\c8\cgi-bin
•Make necessary changes to the path according to
installation loc.
Assign Read,
Run scripts,
Write and
Browse
permissions
Go to properties of ‘Default Web Site’ and make
changes as follows in the Home directory tab…
Check the following

•Script source
access
•Read
•Directory
browsing
•Log visits
•Index this
resource
Change the
following
•Execute
permissions as
Scripts and
Type the URL http://<machine name>/cognos8
Example
http://Bisp/cognos8
If all the installation and configuration goes on
without any errors, you can see the cognos home
page
• Presented By  Gourav
Atalkar
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