Appendix A. Command Line Options - IBM Cognos User Manual

Appendix A. Command Line Options

Cognos Transformer can perform certain modeling and cube-building tasks from
the Windows, UNIX or Linux command line.
Note: You must invoke the command line utilities from the directory where the
Cognos Transformer executable resides. In Cognos Transformer version 8.x and
later, this is the bin directory.
This document provides the syntax for the following routine tasks:
v creating or updating cubes
v updating a model with new categories created during the category generation
v running a set of batch jobs with different preference settings or input files
v changing the current date setting so that relative time calculations in batch cube
v supplying database signon information
v changing the degree of detail for log file messages
v opening and deleting checkpoint files
v verifying and, if necessary, updating the scales used in MDL model columns and
v publishing cubes in Content Manager
v copying and activating new versions of published cubes
v supporting IBM Cognos prompts
v opening specified .mdl files and executing MDL statements
v specifying the number of records for a test cube
v regenerating categories, and the measure scales used with them, without
Windows-only command line options enable you to
v run AutoDesign, build a model, create a cube, and display the results in a
v open the Cognos Transformer executable without showing a splash screen
v open the Cognos Transformer executable with the Main windows minimized
Note: On Windows, cogtr builds cubes in the model by default. If you want to
disable category creation and cube rebuild, use the -oxoption with the applicable
options.
In IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, cogtr replaces the Series 7 Cognos
Transformer executables (trnsfrmr.exe on Windows and rsserver on UNIX).
However, the syntax is the same.
You can combine options using the space character to separate them. However, do
not add spaces between an option and its argument, and enclose any intentional
spaces found in an argument within double quotes. For example, the following is a
valid Windows combination:
cogtr -n -k"field three=CarlosR/pw462" Field3.mdl
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creation are based on a specific date
measures to match those used in the data source
building the cube
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