How to Setup TM1 Application Server

Last updated on Sep 27 2021
Rahul Nair

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How to Setup TM1 Application Server

Here’s what you’ll do to setup tm1 application server:

1. Create a directory structure on your disk as below:

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Create directory

That means on your D: drive you’ll create a folder TM1Beginner and within the folder, you’ll create these 4 folders.

2. Now, create following 2 files in Data folder.

Tm1s.lic. Copy and paste following content during this file:

DATABASE_TYPE=TM1 PROPRIETARY
CLASS=505
LICENSE=5499da3942a5ee-8,16699,13108
MAX_USERS=99999
MAX_READONLY_USERS=99999
EXPIRE_DT=–
LOCATION=
ORGANIZATION=Cognos
LICENSOR=16699
INSTALL_ID=13108
PRODUCT=TM1Server8
OPTION1=Turbo Integrator
OPTION2=SAP BW
OPTION3=Planning Manager
OPTION4=Financial Reporting

Tm1s.cfg. Copy and paste following content during this file:

[TM1S]
ServerLogging=F
SecurityPackageName=Kerberos
IntegratedSecurityMode=1
UseSSL=T
ServerName=TM1Beginner
DataBaseDirectory=D:\TM1Beginner\Data
LoggingDirectory=D:\TM1Beginner\Logs
AdminHost=
PortNumber=22222
ClientMessagePortNumber=
Language=ENG
SaveTime=
DownTime=
ProgressMessage=True
AuditLogOn=F
AuditLogMaxFileSize= 100 MB
AuditLogUpdateInterval=60

3. Create a shortcut within the TM1Beginner folder and paste following code for it within the Location window of shortcut.

“C:\Program Files\cognos\TM1\bin\tm1s.exe” -z “D:\TM1Beginner\Data”

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shortcut

Remember, if you’ve installed the TM1 in “C:\Program Files\cognos\TM1\Bin” directory, only then your shortcut will work. So better take a look at this disk location to see if tm1s.exe does exist in “C:\Program Files\cognos\TM1\Bin”. If it doesn’t then you need to find out the disk location of tm1s.exe. Maybe you can search for it in your Program Files.

Once you’ve found the tm1s.exe file, give that disk path instead of the above. For example, if you found the tm1s.exe file in D:\Program Files\IBM\TM1\Bin folder, you’ve to supply:

” D:\Program Files\IBM\TM1\bin\tm1s.exe” -z “D:\TM1Beginner\Data”

4. Showtime!! Launch your application server by double clicking on the shortcut. Doing this will launch the application server on 22222 port on your computer.

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Launch

5. It’ll create TM1 objects within the data directory and will create log files in Logs directory. Open these 2 directories and confirm this. After the complete launch, the launch window will automatically minimize which means you can start working on Tm1 application server. Keep that window minimized (don’t close it as long as you work)

6. Now launch Architect from Start > All Programs > IBM Cognos (or any other start path you provided). It’ll show the server that you just created. Double click on it and it’ll ask for a username and password. Put Admin as username and press enter.

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username

7. You’ll see following hierarchy. Now you’re able to create your tm1 model.

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tm1 model

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Introduction to Cognos TM1

  • Concepts of Multi-dimensional OLAP database
  • Cognos TM1 Installation
  • TM1 Servers and Services
  • TM1 Workflow
  • TM1 User Interfaces
  • Turbo Integrator

Cognos TM1 Configuration

  • Managing TM1 Components and Tasks
  • Operations on TM1 Servers: Start, Stop and adding TM1 Servers
  • TM1 Web, Applications and Operations Console
  • Using Command prompt create or delete Desktop/Windows services
  • Hands On

Creating Dimensions

  • Manual creation of Dimensions
  • Create Product Dimensions and Measure Dimensions
  • Dynamic Subset Creation
  • Sparse and Dense Dimensions
  • Using Turbo Integrator ETL create cubes, review Cubes and Dimensions
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  • Performance Monitoring
  • Control Cubes
  • TM1 Web and Rules in TM1
  • Cube related attributes, dimension related attributes
  • Hands On

Building Cubes and Views

  • Building Cubes
  • Building Views
  • Bulk Load Mode
  • Creating Data Source through TM1 Turbo Integrator
  • Hands On

TM1 Security

  • Various security levels including Server level, Cube level, Dimension level
  • Concepts of Security in TM1
  • Creation of Client & Group and access privileges
  • Cube Level Security
  • Hands On

TM1 Data Spreading

  • TM1 Data Spreading and Recreating dimension
  • Attributes element types
  • Cube control elements
  • Dimension elements
  • Drill Assignment rules
  • Trace a feeder and feed strings
  • Hands On

Cognos TM1 Rules

  • Understanding TM1 rules
  • TM1 Rules Editor and Rules compilation using functions
  • Rule performance optimization
  • Element information rules functions
  • Cube manipulation Turbo Integrator functions
  • D-type in TM1
  • ELCOMP & ELISCOMP Functions
  • ELISPAR & ELWEIGHT Functions
  • Hands On

Advanced Scripting with Turbo Integrator

  • Advanced Scripting with Turbo Integrator
  • Deploying Dimension subsets and attributes
  • Editing procedures using scripts
  • Hands On

Advanced Modelling Techniques

  • Significance of advanced modelling
  • Manually adding objects to application design
  • Understanding application views, dimensions and hierarchy
  • Virtual cubes, Lookup cubes and spread profile cube
  • Hands On

TM1 Application Web

  • TM1 Web Applications
  • Creating TM1 Application
  • Working with TM1 Application Web
  • Snapshots in TM1 application
  • Adding MDX filters and Action button properties
  • Active forms, TM1 user and data formatting range
  • Hands On

 

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