INSTALLATION OF IBM COGNOS 8.4.1 (Part-1)

Version: Cognos 8.4.1

Cognos Overview: Reports, analysis, scorecards, dashboards, alerts, and ETL from a single, services-based architecture

Operating System: Windows XP Professional

Installers Required:

1. IBM Cognos 8 BI Developer Edition 8.4.1 Windows English

2. IBM Cognos 8 BI Developer Edition Oracle Samples 8.4.1 Windows English

3. OracleXEUniv.exe  (Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Universal))

Links/Screen-shots related to downloading the installers:

Open www.ibm.com in Internet Explorer.

Click on "Trials and Demos". 

Choose "Cognos 8 Business Intelligence".

A trial version is sufficient to learn Cognos. It is available for download from the following links.

Click on the link "Register". Register using your email id and a password. Accept the License Agreement. Click "Submit".

Download the above two zip files. Unzip it. 

You can find them in the following location, in common:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\DownloadDirector\CZH9IEN.tar.gz

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\DownloadDirector\CZH9KEN.tar.gz

Now the installers are ready for Cognos and Sample Reports.

Then the next step is to install Oracle Express Edition:

Open the link oracle.com in Internet Explorer. You can register your email id with Oracle website. Sign-in and proceed with the following steps:

One can find the intaller in the following path, in common:

Destination Folder: C:\oraclexe\

Port for 'Oracle Database Listener': 1521

Port for 'Oracle Services for Microsoft Transaction Server': 2030

Port for HTTP Listener: 8080

Username: SYSTEM

Now you are ready with the softwares.


Double click on the executable files "install" and "install_ORA_samples" present in CZH9IEN and CZH9KEN folders respectively.

Click "Next". Select the Radio button "I Accept" and click on "next". Select the location to install Cognos.

Ignore warnings, if any. Click "Next". Click "Next" when asked for components. The shortcut folder can be the default settings. Click "Next". Installation summary is shown. Click "Next". You can see the progressing installation. Installation should complete successfully.

Similarly, for Cognos BI Samples, keep clicking "Next" until "Finish".

Congrats!!! Now you have installed successfully!!!