Setting up a remote TM1 Server to run as an application

After you run the Planning Analytics installation wizard on a Microsoft Windows system and install the sample TM1® databases, you can use the IBM Cognos Configuration utility to run each sample database as a Microsoft Windows service. Or, you can manually set up the TM1 Server to run as an application.

Procedure

  1. Open the pa_install_directory\bin directory in Windows Internet Explorer.
  2. Right-click Tm1s.exe.
  3. Select Create Shortcut.
    Windows creates Shortcut to Tm1s.exe in the pa_install_directory\bin directory.
  4. Right-click Shortcut to Tm1s.exe.
  5. Select Properties.
    The Properties window opens.
  6. Click the Shortcut tab.
    The Target field on this tab contains the full path to Tm1s.exe.
  7. In the Target field, add the -z flag and specify the full path to the directory containing the Tm1s.cfg file for the server.
    For example, -z C:\TM1\salesdata indicates that the Tm1s.cfg file for the server resides in the C:\TM1\salesdata directory.
    Note: If the path to the directory contains any blank spaces, enclose the entire path with double quotes.

    The contents of the Target field should resemble the following:

    "C:\Program Files\IBM\cognos\tm1\bin\tm1s.exe" -z C:\TM1\salesdata
  8. Click OK to save the shortcut.

    You might want to move the shortcut to the desktop for easy access.