Location of the tm1s.cfg file

The location of the tm1s.cfg file depends on the type of server you are using.
  • If you are using the IBM® Cognos® Configuration tool to start and stop your IBM TM1® Server, you can view the configuration path for a TM1 Server by clicking the server name in the Explorer tree of Cognos Configuration.
  • If you are running the TM1 Server remotely as a Microsoft Windows service (Tm1sd.exe), and you used the TM1 installation program to install the server, the system uses the tm1s.cfg file that is located in the server data directory you specified during installation.
  • If you are running the TM1 Server remotely as a Windows application (Tm1s.exe), you specify the location of the tm1s.cfg file by using the -z parameter in the command line when you start the server, either from a shortcut or from a command prompt.

    For example, this command specifies that TM1 uses the tm1s.cfg file located in the c:\salesdata directory:

    c:\Program
Files\Cognos\TM1\bin\tm1s.exe
-z c:\salesdata

    If the -z parameter points to a directory containing spaces, you must enclose the directory in double quotation marks. For example, -z "c:\sales data".

  • If you are running a TM1 Server on UNIX, and you used the TM1 installation program to install the server, the system uses the tm1s.cfg file that is located in the server data directory you specified during installation.