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Unable to start Cognos query services.

Troubleshooting


Problem

After re-cycle the Cognos services , Query services is not initiate

Symptom

Error in Cognosserver.log
QueryService failed to start with the following command-line arguments: [D:\Program Files\ibm\cognos\analytics\ibm-jre\jre\bin\java.exe, ...
 Launching dataset-service (WebSphere Application Server 19.0.0.12/wlp-1.0.35.cl191220191120-0300) on IBM J9 VM, version 8.0.6.0 - pwa6480sr6-20191107_01(SR6) (en_US)  [AUDIT   ] CWWKE0001I: The server dataset-service has been launched.  [err] ERROR StatusLogger No log4j2 configuration file found. Using default configuration: logging only errors to the console.  bi-health-feature started.  com.ibm.bi.logging.onlog4j.Activator

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 January 2026

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ibm16368861