Configure the Financial Analytics Publisher Server and start the service

Before you configure the Financial Analytics Publisher Server and start the service, ensure that your Java™ Runtime Environment is updated. However, if JAVA_HOME is not set, the JRE that is packaged with IBM® Cognos® Controller is used by default.

Procedure

Go to the ccr64\server\FAP directory, and open the FAPService.properties file in a text editor.
Edit the following values to connect to your FAP database.
1. Set the value for db to the name of your FAP database. For example, db=FAP.
2. Set the value for host to the name of your database server. For example, host=servername:port.
3. Set the value for user to the user name for your database. For example, user=username.
4. Set the value for password to the password for you user. For example, password=password.
Note:
- All settings are case sensitive.
- If your Microsoft SQL Server uses an instance name, please refer to http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21417314 for further instructions.
Click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
Select IBM Cognos FAP Service, and click Start.