Configuring session timeout values for Cognos TM1 Applications and Cognos BI Security

When using IBM® Cognos® TM1® Applications with IBM Cognos Business Intelligence security, set the pmpsvc session timeout to a value higher than the CAM session timeout to ensure the proper timeout detection. If the Cognos TM1 Applications (pmpsvc) session timeout is set to a value lower than the Cognos BI security (CAM) session timeout, then Cognos TM1 Applications will not properly detect a CAM session termination and will not timeout.

About this task

To ensure that Cognos TM1 Applications can properly detect a CAM session termination, set the pmpsvc session timeout to a value higher than the CAM session timeout.

The pmpsvc session timeout is the number of minutes of inactivity after which Cognos TM1 Applications terminates a user session. The default value is 60 minutes (1 hour).
The CAM session timeout is the number of seconds of inactivity after which Cognos security terminates a user session. The default value is 3600 seconds (1 hour).

Procedure

Configure the pmpsvc session timeout parameter.
1. Locate the fpmsvc_config.xml file in the WEB-INF/configuration directory.
  - When Cognos TM1 Applications is deployed with the Apache Tomcat that is provided with the Cognos TM1 installation, the fpmsvc_config.xml file is here:
    
    Cognos_TM1_install_location\webapps\pmpsvc\WEB-INF\configuration
  - When Cognos TM1 Applications is deployed with a separate version of Apache Tomcat, the file is here:
    C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat version_number\webapps\pmpsvc\WEB-INF\configuration
2. Enter a value for the timeout attribute of the service / session element.
  Use the format for the service / session / timeout attribute as defined in the XML schema definition file fpmsvc_config.xsd located in the same directory.
  
  For example:
  
  <session timeout="60"/>
On your Cognos BI system, configure the CAM session timeout using IBM Cognos Configuration.
Enter a value in the Inactivity timeout in seconds field in the Security/Authentication section of Cognos Configuration.