Running Cognos Office components in English in a localized Microsoft Windows environment

You can display English in Cognos® Office components in a Microsoft Windows environment that is configured to use another language.

About this task

For example, if Microsoft Windows is set to use French, Cognos Office components also use French by default. But you can configure Cognos Office components to use English instead of French.

Procedure

  1. Close all Microsoft Office windows.
  2. In Windows Explorer, navigate to the Cognos Office installation location.
    Tip: On Windows 7, the default installation location is C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\cognos\Cognos for Microsoft Office.
  3. Find the folder that corresponds to the locale you are using in Windows, for example, fr if you are using French in Microsoft Windows.
  4. Move the folder to a location outside of the Cognos Office installation location.

Example

For example, if your Region and Language settings in Windows are set to French (France), but you want to see English in IBM® Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel, move the fr folder outside of the Cognos for Microsoft Office folder. When you open IBM Planning Analytics for Microsoft Excel, or any other Cognos Office component, the user interface is in English.