Application Folders and Files on the TM1 server

The folders and files that support TM1® applications are stored in the IBM® Cognos® TM1 server data directory.

Folders

The structure for TM1 application folders are organized in the following location:

TM1 Data Directory \ }applications

Information about both referenced and uploaded files are stored in their related sub-folders here.

Referenced Files

Information about referenced files are stored in placeholder files named with the .extr extension.

For example, if you create an application reference to a file named sheet1.xls, TM1 creates a placeholder file named sheet1.xls.extr to keep track of that entry.

Uploaded Files

Information about uploaded files are stored in placeholder files named with the .blob extension.

The actual files that are uploaded to the TM1 server are stored in the following location:

TM1 Data Directory \ }Externals

For example, if you upload a file to the Planning Sample database, it would be saved here:

C:\Program Files\Cognos\TM1\Custom\TM1Data\PlanSamp\}Externals\

TM1 automatically appends a date and time suffix to the end of the file name for any file you upload. The suffix uses the format year month day time.file extension.

For example, if you upload the file Sample_Budget.xls to the Planning Sample database, TM1 renames it to Sample_Budget.xls_20090617155650.xls and stores the file in the following location:

C:\Program Files\Cognos\TM1\Custom\TM1Data\PlanSamp\}Externals\Sample_Budget.
xls_20090617155650.xls