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Unable to install Cognos Consolidation on a server or workstation. When you start the installation it is aborted and gives you the following error message. Error Message - Setup cannot continue because of an outstanding reboot. Resolving the problem Delete the gsuninstall.flg file located in the user's temp directory. Steps - 1. Find the user's environment variables for TEMP and TMP. 2. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the Temp directory. 3. Find the gsuninstall.flg file and delete the file. You can now install without rebooting.

IBM Cognos Theme Designer can be used to easily create custom styles for several tools in the IBM Cognos 10.2.1 product suite. Download Description The available zip file contains the tool itself, as well as a getting started document that provides detailed instructions on how to use IBM Cognos Theme Designer to create a new style. The styles produced by this tool are respected by the following products within the IBM Cognos 10.2.1 product suite: Cognos Connection Cognos Administration Cognos Search Cognos Viewer Event Studio Partial support also exists for Cognos Workspace; however, upgrade of the Cognos Workspace themes will not be supported in the next release. Prerequisites IBM Cognos 10.2.1 BI Server has to be installed. Installation Instructions Download and open the attached zip file. The zip file contains two folders: vers and webcontent. Copy these folders to the root of your IBM Cognos 10.2.1 gateway installation. Ensure your IBM Cog

Limited testing shows the following administrative pages can be called independently: http://localhost/cognos8X/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi/cogadmin/myactivities http://localhost/cognos8X/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi/cogadmin/cogadminFragments/capabilities http://localhost/cognos8X/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi/cogadmin/cogadminFragments/printers http://localhost/cognos8X/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi/cogadmin/cogadminFragments/styles http://localhost/cognos8X/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi/cogadmin/cogadminFragments/system http://localhost/cognos8X/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi/cogadmin/cogadminFragments/relationships http://localhost/cognos8X/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi/cogadmin/cogadminFragments/metrics http://localhost/cognos8X/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi/cogadmin/cogadminFragments/settings http://localhost/cognos8X/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi/cogadmin/cogadminFragments/powerplay8

You can now specify whether to automatically include an overall aggregate summary in the list footer. You can also specify whether grouping a column automatically makes it the first column in the list. You enable these behaviors in the Report Studio options, by selecting the Group and automatic summary behavior for lists check box.   A new Render property allows you to hide columns from the output of list reports.

New Features in IBM Cognos Insight 10.2

By default, a Tree Prompt in Report Studio will retrieve the first 20 items, and then display a link at the end of the list. When this link is clicked, the next 20 items are retrieved. This link will then be displayed again. However it will not be visible after 60 items are retrieved. This is due to the default settings on the Package. Resolving the problem To change the default: 1. Navigate to the relevant Package in Cognos Connection. 2. Click on the More... link for your package. 3. Click on Modify the package Configuration... 4. Change the Maximum member limit in a data tree level to 200. 5. Run your report again and you should see all items. It will return 20 items with each click of More... until the limit is reached. You change the limit to whatever you wish.