Configuring IBM Cognos BI

To set up the IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence service to conduct multidimensional analysis on your dashboards, you can configure a new IBM Cognos BI service after you install IBM Business Monitor, or you can configure an existing IBM Cognos BI service to use with IBM Business Monitor.

Configuring a new IBM Cognos BI service
When you install IBM Business Monitor, you can optionally install a new IBM Cognos Business Intelligence service. You can configure the new IBM Cognos BI service in the following ways: create a deployment environment, run the configuration wizard from the administrative console, use the wbmDeployCognosService command, or create an IBM Business Monitor stand-alone profile in the Profile Management Tool. You must also create an IBM Cognos BI database and user name for the content store.
Configuring IBM Business Monitor and Business Space to use an existing IBM Cognos BI service
If you already have IBM Cognos Business Intelligence installed, you can use your existing IBM Cognos BI service with IBM Business Monitor.
Configuring IBM Cognos BI with WebSphere Portal
If you are using IBM Cognos Business Intelligence with WebSphere® Portal, you must update the ProxyServlet_Servlet section of the web.xml file.
Configuring the reporting data source in IBM Cognos BI
When you publish cube packages for your first monitor model, a reporting data source named WBMONITOR_DB is automatically created in IBM Cognos BI. The WBMONITOR_DB data source is used to connect to the MONITOR database for dimensional reporting.
Updating the IBM Cognos BI service
If you need to apply service to the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence service that is installed with IBM Business Monitor, follow the IBM Cognos BI service update instructions and apply the service to all nodes, including the deployment manager node. After the service has been applied, regenerate the IBM Cognos BI application EAR file and deploy the new EAR file.