Installing IBM Cognos Analytics for Jupyter Notebook Server

IBM® Cognos® Analytics includes a version of Jupyter Notebook that is available as a separate installer.

After you install Jupyter Notebook Server, Cognos Analytics users can create and edit Jupyter Notebook in Cognos Analytics.

The two main components of Jupyter Notebook Server are JupyterHub and the Notebook viewer (NbViewer). JupyterHub is the orchestrator that manages multiple server instances.

IBM Cognos Analytics for Jupyter Notebook Server can be installed on the same computer as IBM Cognos Analytics Server or on a different computer. The following diagram shows the server architecture.

Architecture diagram of Cognos Analytics for Jupyter Notebook Server

Before you install Cognos Analytics for Jupyter Server, determine your hardware requirements.

After you install and configure IBM Cognos Analytics for Jupyter Notebook Server, the administrator must perform these tasks:

Assign the Notebook capability to the appropriate users.
Enable IBM Cognos Analytics for Jupyter Notebook.