Server Administration

You can perform the following server administration tasks that help you manage and maintain your Cognos 8 system and tune performance.

You can perform the following server administration tasks:

• manage dispatchers and services
• manage Content Managers
• maintain the content store
• enable Series 7 PowerPlay reports to open in Report Studio or Analysis Studio
• tune server performance
• enabling concurrent query execution
• set query prioritization
• reduce decimal precision
• save report output to a file location
• enable job, task, and SMTP queue metrics
• disabling session caching

You should be familiar with the Cognos 8 components and with how it is installed and configured. If you installed Cognos 8 servers or components on more than one computer, all functionality can be controlled through system administration. For information about the Cognos 8 environment, see the Installation and Configuration Guide and the Architecture and Deployment Guide.

For some server administration tasks, you use Cognos Administration in Cognos Connection and must have the required permissions to access administration functionality. See Secured Functions and Features.