Installation of IBM Cognos reporting components

Installation of IBM Cognos reporting components is optional. We need these components only if we use the Cognos based reports. We must complete the installation and data synchronization process before we can access and work with Security Identity Manager Cognos reports. IBM Cognos reporting does not support Microsoft SQL Server database. Use DB2 database or Oracle database instead.

The following table describes the installation and synchronization process.

Task For more information
Install Cognos Business Intelligence.
  1. Access http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEP7J_11.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.cbi.doc/welcome.html.
  2. Search for Install and configure server components.
Install Framework Manager.
  1. Access http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEP7J_11.0.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.cbi.doc/welcome.html.
  2. Search for Installing IBM Cognos Framework Manager.
Complete the data synchronization. Go to Data synchronization Run the data synchronization before you generate the reports to obtain the latest report data.


Cognos reporting

Optionally, we can install IBM Framework Manager if to customize the reports or models. We can find the Cognos reports and models that are specific to Security Identity Manager from the Appliance Dashboard of ISIM virtual appliance console. Do these steps:

  1. Log on to ISIM virtual appliance console to open the Appliance Dashboard.

  2. From the top-level menu of the Appliance Dashboard, select Configure > Advanced Configuration > Custom File Management

  3. Click the All Files tab.

  4. Go to directories/utilities.

  5. Select extensions.zip and click Download.

  6. Extract the extensions.zip file.

  7. Go to /extensions/version_number/Cognos. For example, version_number is 7.0.

Parent topic: Installation of prerequisite components