Troubleshooting
Problem
Unable to open up the Contributor Administration Console and Analyst in a new EP/BI distributed environment.
Symptom
When opening the CAC the following error occurs:
"An error has occurred while starting IBM Cognos Planning Administrator.
Main form failed to initialize.
Error Details:
Unable to determine if the Planning Tables exist in Content Manager. Please ensure the Planning Service is running."
Unexpected: missing HRESULT parameter"
When opening Analyst the following error occurs:
"Analyst failed to communicate with the Content Manager database. This can happen if the Cognos 10 Planning service is not running. Please check that the service is running."
Error was:
DISP_E_EXCEPTION
Failed HRESULT [0x80020009] Exception occurred."
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Document Information
More support for:
Cognos Planning
Software version:
10.1.1
Operating system(s):
Windows
Document number:
215407
Modified date:
09 May 2025
UID
swg21621002