Configuring Framework Manager connection

Framework Manager is a separately installable application used to model reports. If you installed it in a location different from the default one, you need to configure it to run with the Cognos-based Tivoli® Common Reporting engine and user interface. This step is especially important if you installed Framework Manager on a separate computer.

Before you begin

Make sure that you extracted and installed the Framework Manager component available from the installation media on the computer where you want to model reports. Before you install Framework Manager, ensure that the JAVA_HOME environment variable is not set. Framework Manager is delivered together with its own version of Java™, so if you have JAVA_HOME set to Java version already installed on your computer, Framework Manager configuration might fail to start.

If you installed Framework Manager on a system other than the system where Tivoli Common Reporting engine is installed, the data source must exist on this Framework Manager system and on the Tivoli Common Reporting engine system.

Procedure

  1. Open the Framework Manager configuration program by running Framework_Manager_install_dir\bin\cogconfigw.exe
    Tip: The default Framework Manager installation directory is c:\%Program Files%\cognos\bin\cogconfigw.exe
  2. Select Explorer > Environment. The Properties panel opens.
  3. In the Gateway Settings section, modify value in the Gateway URI field. Change the value for the Cognos® Gateway URI from https://localhost:16311/tarf/servlet/dispatch, which is the default value, to http://JazzSMServer_Hostname:16310/tarf/servlet/dispatch.

    JazzSMServer_Hostname refers to the fully qualified host name of the Jazz™ for Service Management application server on which Tivoli Common Reporting is installed.

  4. In the Other URI Settings section, modify value for the Dispatcher URI for external applications field. Change the value for the Dispatcher URI from https://localhost:16311/tarf/servlet/dispatch, which is the default value, to http://JazzSMServer_Hostname:16310/tarf/servlet/dispatch.

    JazzSMServer_Hostname refers to the fully qualified host name of the Jazz for Service Management application server on which Tivoli Common Reporting is installed.

    Note: The URIs in Step 3 and Step 4 must match the URIs configured for Tivoli Common Reporting in IBM® Cognos Configuration. Open IBM Cognos Configuration by running c10_location/bin64/tcr_cogconfig.sh script (non-Windows systems) or c10_location\bin64\tcr_cogconfig.bat (Windows systems) on the Jazz for Service Management application server.
  5. Save the new configuration.

What to do next

You can now start modeling your reports with the use of Framework Manager. You will need to log in twice because Framework Manager does not support single sign-on.
Parent topic: Configuring Tivoli Common Reporting