Changing manually the global settings on UNIX and Linux operating systems

Use the following steps to change global settings on UNIX and Linux® operating systems using the coglocale file.

Procedure

  1. On every computer where you installed Content Manager, go to the install_location/configuration directory.
  2. Open the coglocale.xml file in an editor.
  3. Add or modify the required element and attribute between the appropriate start and end tags.

    The elements, attributes, and start and end tags are listed in the following table.

    Table 1. Tags for global settings

    Type of element

    Start tag

    End tag

    Language

    <supportedProductLocales>

    </supportedProductLocales>

    Content Locales

    <supportedContentLocales>

    </supportedContentLocales>

    Currency

    <supportedCurrencies>

    </supportedCurrencies>

    Product Locale Mapping

    <productLocaleMap>

    </productLocaleMap>

    Content Locale Mapping

    <contentLocaleMap>

    </contentLocaleMap>

    Fonts

    <supportedFonts>

    </supportedFonts>

    Cookie settings, archive location for reports

    <parameter name="setting">

    </parameter>
    Tip: To remove support, delete the element.
  4. Save and close the file.

Results

Tip: Use a validating XML editor to validate your changes against the rules in the cogstartup.xsd file, located in the install_location/configuration.

If you add a currency code that is not supported, you must manually add it to the i18n_res.xml file in the install_location/bin/ directory. Copy this file to each IBM® Cognos® computer in your installation.