Setting up a TM1 Server to run as a Windows service

You can manually install a TM1® Server to run as a Windows service, or remove an existing one, using the command line options of the tm1sd.exe file. The tm1sd.exe file is installed in the pa_install_directory\bin directory.

To install a TM1 server to run as a Windows service, use the following command line format: tm1sd.exe -install parameters. The following table lists the available parameters.

Parameter	Required/Optional Description
-n	Required Name of the TM1 Server. This will become the Windows service name as shown when you display the properties of an installed service.
-z	Required Data directory that contains the tm1s.cfg file for the TM1 database.
-u	Optional Valid user name for the computer on which you are working. Use one of the following formats: Domain and user name in the format Domain\username. For example, entp\jsmith. User name for a local user account. If you do not provide a user name, the current user account is used by default.
-w	Optional Password for the above account.

For example, the following command line installs the sdata TM1 server as a Windows service for the current user.

tm1sd.exe -install -n sdata -z C:\Program Files\Cognos\TM1\Custom\TM1Data\SData