Installing Cognos Analytics in a single Windows environment

You can install Cognos® Analytics in a Microsoft™ Windows™ environment by using the Cognos Analytics installation program.

The IBM® Cognos Analytics 11.2.0 or later installation consists of the following components:
  • Installer executable file
  • Repository .zip file
Important: When you run the installer, you must point to the server repository.zip file.
For Microsoft Windows operating system installations, ensure that you have administrator privileges for the Windows computer you are doing the installation on. Also, ensure that your computer has a TEMP system variable that points to the directory where you want to store temporary files. During installation, files from the disk are temporarily copied to this directory.

For more information. see Verify system requirements.

For more information, see Software Product Compatibility Reports.

  1. Log in to your Windows computer as a user with administrative privileges.
  2. Start the Cognos Analytics installer executable file.
  3. Select the language to use for your installation and click Next.
  4. On the Repository selection page, click Choose.
  5. On the Please Choose a File page, select the server repository zip file and click Open.
  6. Click Next.
  7. On the Product Install page, select IBM Cognos Analytics and click Next.
  8. On the License Agreement page, accept the license agreement and click Next.
  9. On the Location page, provide your installation location and name of the Shortcut folder and click Next.
    If you want the IBM Cognos Analytics installation to automatically create the installation location for you, click Yes.
  10. On the Installation type page, select Custom and click Next.
    The Custom option offers full flexibility to select the IBM Cognos Analytics components that you want to install. You might want to customize or integrate Cognos Analytics with third-party software? If so, this option is one you would select.
  11. On the Choose components page, accept the default selections, and click Next.
  12. On the Pre-Installation Summary page, review your information for accuracy and click Install.
  13. When the installation is complete, click Done.