IBM BPM, V8.0.1, All platforms > Authoring services in Integration Designer > Developing monitor models > Create monitor models > Generate monitor models
Controlling the names of Cognos cubes
When you generate a monitor model using the Generate Monitor Model wizard, a properties files is automatically created that enables you to control the names used for Cognos cubes. In the properties file, you can choose whether cube names are based on monitoring context IDs or monitoring context display names.
If you choose to use monitoring context IDs as the names for your Cognos cubes, the names might be less business-oriented and easy to use than names that are based on monitoring context display names. However, there is no risk for duplicate display names in the monitoring context. By default, monitoring context IDs are used as the names for Cognos cubes.
If you choose to use monitoring context display names as the names for your Cognos cubes, the names might be more business-oriented and easy to use than names that are based on monitoring context IDs. However, there is a risk that your monitor model might have errors due to duplicate display names in the monitoring context. In this case, you would need to manually fix the errors by making one or more of the duplicate display names unique.
Procedure
- Switch to the Business Integration perspective.
- In the Business Integration view, expand your business monitoring project.
- Right-click the monGeneration.properties file and click Open With > Text Editor. The properties file opens.
- Complete one of the following steps:
- If you want the names of Cognos cubes to be based on monitoring context IDs when the monitor model EAR is deployed, set the value of cubegenUseMcIds to true. (By default, custom monitor models are set to cubegenUseMcIds=true.)
- If you want the names of Cognos cubes to be based on monitoring context display names when the monitor model EAR is deployed, set the value of cubegenUseMcIds to false.
- Save your changes and close the text editor.