Version 10.2.2

Quick Start Guide

The Quick Start Guide gets you started with IBM Cognos TM1.

Product Overview

IBM® Cognos® TM1® integrates business planning, performance measurement, scorecarding, and multiple sources of data. Cognos TM1 provides immediate visibility into data, accountability within a collaborative process, and a consistent view of information. Cognos TM1 helps managers quickly identify and stabilize operational fluctuations to take advantage of new opportunities.

Step 1: Access your software

To download your product from Passport Advantage®, follow the directions in Downloading IBM Cognos TM1 10.2.2 (www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?&uid=swg24033833).

Step 2: Access the documentation

For complete documentation, see the IBM Cognos TM1 topics in IBM Cognos TM1 10.2.2 Knowledge Center (http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS9RXT_10.2.2/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ctm1.doc/welcome.html)

Step 3: Evaluate your hardware and system configuration

Review the supported hardware and software information for your product at Cognos TM1 Supported Hardware and Software (http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27040698) Review the system requirements in your product installation guide, available from IBM Cognos TM1 10.2.2 Knowledge Center (http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS9RXT_10.2.2/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ctm1.doc/welcome.html)

Step 4: Determine the components you want to use with Cognos TM1

IBM Cognos TM1 installs the following components by default:

• Cognos TM1 Server/Cognos TM1 Admin Server
• Cognos TM1 Application Server/TM1 Application Gateway
• Cognos TM1 Web
• Cognos TM1 Operations Console
• Cognos TM1 Architect
• Cognos TM1 Perspectives
• Cognos TM1 APIs
• Cognos TM1 Applications
• Samples

The following components are optional and may be added during the initial installation or later:

• Cognos TM1 Performance Modeler (includes Cognos TM1 Scorecarding)
• Cognos Insight (web-based client). Cognos Insight can be installed as a stand-alone component or as part of your Cognos TM1 installation. For more information, see the Cognos Insight website.
• Translated documentation. To display the Help documentation in a language other than English, select the additional languages you want from the Translated Documentation list during installation. English documentation is installed by default.

Step 5: Install prerequisite software

• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or higher is needed only for the Cognos TM1 Architect expanded rules editor.

For more information, see the IBM Cognos TM1 Installation and Configuration Guide or Cognos TM1 10.2.2 Supported Hardware and Software (http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27040698)

Step 6: Install Cognos TM1

1. Ensure that the target computers meet the prerequisites referred to in Steps 3 and 5.
2. Locate the installation issetup.exe file.
3. Depending on your operating system software, right-click or double-click the issetup.exe file: on Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 operating system software, right-click the issetup.exe file and click Run as Administrator. For all other Windows operating system software, double-click issetup.exe.
4. Select the components that you want to install:

   Installing on a single computer

   The components that you need to install Cognos TM1 10.2.2 on a single computer are selected by default. Accept the default selections.

   Installing across multiple computers

   To distribute the Cognos TM1 components across different computers, run the installation and select only the components you need for this computer. Then move to the other computers and select the other components you need during the installation. For detailed instructions on how to install different components on separate computers, see the IBM Cognos TM1 Installation and Configuration Guide.

Step 7: Configure and Start Cognos TM1 Components

After you install the Cognos TM1 components, use Cognos Configuration to take the following actions:

• Start the IBM Cognos TM1 Admin Server and the IBM Cognos TM1 Applications server.
• Start at least one Cognos TM1 server, such as one of the default sample databases.
• If you plan to use the Cognos TM1 Operations Console, start the SData server.

Step 8: Configure the user account for Cognos TM1 on Microsoft Windows

By default the Cognos TM1 installation configures the Cognos TM1 components to run as a service. After you install Cognos TM1 on a computer with a Microsoft Windows operating system, edit the services so that the user account that runs the service has the administrative privileges that are needed by Cognos TM1. For more information, see the IBM Cognos TM1 Installation and Configuration Guide.This requirement applies only to services on the Microsoft Windows operating system. Cognos TM1 services that are installed on UNIX always run as ROOT.

More information

For more technical resources, see:

• Cognos TM1 product and feature information (http://www.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/products/tm1)
• Product support (http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27040698)