Installing IBM Cognos Transformer
The Transformer installation location must be different than the IBM Cognos Analytics with Watson installation location.
The Cognos Analytics server components must be installed and configured before you install Transformer.
If you already have IBM Cognos Transformer installed and the version is 11.0.0.526 or later, you can install IBM Cognos Transformer on top of your existing installation. The installer preserves the cogtr.xml file from your previous installation in the installation_location/configuration directory.
The language that you select in the installation wizard determines the language of the user interface for both the installation wizard and for IBM Cognos Transformer. All available languages are installed.
With a UNIX or Linux® operating system, the installation of IBM Cognos Transformer is not complete until you also install IBM Cognos Transformer on a computer with a Microsoft Windows operating system. All components are installed in both environments and you then use the features and tools that are appropriate for each environment. For example, the IBM Cognos Transformer client provides a graphical user interface for designing models on Windows computers. You then build cubes on your UNIX or Linux computer. Models that contain an IQD data source are not supported on Linux.
Install in a directory that contains only ASCII characters in the path name. Some servers do not support non-ASCII characters in directory names.
Before you install IBM Cognos Transformer, close all programs that are currently running to ensure that the installation program copies all the required files to your computer.
If you are installing on Windows, ensure that you have administrator privileges for the Windows computer you are installing on. If you are not an administrator, ask your system administrator to add you to the Administrator group on your computer.