Install the Software Development Kit on Microsoft Windows

Install the IBM® Cognos® Software Development Kit files from the IBM Cognos Software Development Kit disk in the location where Software Development Kit applications are developed, and in the same location as your IBM Cognos software. In a distributed installation, install the Software Development Kit files with at least one of these server components: Content Manager or Application Tier Components. Also install the Software Development Kit files with the modeling tool, Framework Manager.

The IBM Cognos Software Development Kit and some IBM Cognos software server components are available for installation on 64-bit systems. Ensure that you install the same version, 32-bit or 64-bit, of both products.

To review an up-to-date list of environments that are supported by IBM Cognos Business Intelligence products, including information on operating systems, patches, browsers, web servers, directory servers, database servers, and application servers, see the IBM Software Product Compatibility Reports page (www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27042164).

It is important to apply all required operating system patches and to use only the versions of third-party software that are supported for an IBM Cognos product. Otherwise, your product may not work properly.

The IBM Cognos Software Development Kit must be installed on a computer where IBM Cognos software is already installed.

For more information about installing IBM Cognos software components, see the Installation and Configuration Guide for your IBM Cognos software product.

Before you begin

Before you install the IBM Cognos Software Development Kit, ensure that the server components for your IBM Cognos product are installed.

If you plan to use the Excel plug-in demo, you must have MSINET.OCX installed in the System32 sub-folder of your Microsoft Windows operating system folder.

Procedure

Insert the IBM Cognos Software Development Kit disk or go to the directory where the installation files were downloaded and extracted.
The installation wizard starts automatically from the product disk.
If the Welcome page does not appear, go to the operating system directory and double-click the issetup.exe file.
Select the language to use for the installation, and click Next.
Follow the instructions to copy the required files to the same location where you installed Framework Manager and either Content Manager or Application Tier Components from your IBM Cognos product.
In the Finish page of the installation wizard:
- If you want to view the transfer log or the summary-error log, click the appropriate View button.
- If you want to see the release notes file, select the View IBM Cognos Release Notes checkbox.
Click Finish.