Installing Cognos UI and Error String Customization Toolkit on Windows

Follow this procedure to install IBM® Cognos® User Interface and Error String Customization Toolkit on Windows.

Before you begin

You must install and configure IBM Cognos Business Intelligence software before you can install the Cognos UI and Error String Customization Toolkit.

Procedure

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Insert the IBM Cognos Software Development Kit disk.

      If the installation wizard does not open automatically, go to the operating system directory, and double-click issetup.exe.

    • Go to the location where the installation files were downloaded and extracted and then double-click issetup.exe.
  2. Select the language that you want used for the installation wizard.
  3. Select the IBM Cognos User Interface and Error String Customization Toolkit component.
  4. Follow the instructions to copy the required files to your computer.

Results

The installation wizard creates two log files in the installation_location\instlog directory. The install log file records the activities that the installation wizard performed while transferring files. The summary-error log file records the components that you installed, disk space information, the selections that you made in the transfer dialogs, and any errors that the installation wizard encountered while transferring components. The log file names include the product name, version, build number, and time stamp.

You must now configure the Cognos UI and Error String Customization Toolkit by manually specifying its variables Configure Cognos UI and Error String Customization Toolkit.

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