Running the pfrinit utility

Purpose—Configures Cognos for each study.
Location of file—<InstallationDirectory>\InForm\Bin
- pfrsetuptrial.xml—Supplies database connection information used by the pfrinit utility.
- pfrinit—Sets up connection information, permissions, and folder structures needed for accessing the Reporting and Analysis module from the InForm application.
Where to perform—The InForm application server.

On the InForm application server, open the pfrsetuptrial.xml file, located in the <Installation_Directory>\InForm\bin directory folder, and make the following changes:
- connectionstring—Oracle connection string for the reporting database (in a single database configuration, use the study database connection string).
- dbuid—Update the DBUID parameter with the UserID of the study owner.
Save and close the PFRsetupTrial.xml file.
Open a Command Prompt window, and type the following command:
pfrinit

You are prompted for the following parameters:
- sysadmin_namespace—Oracle Directory Server admin namespace.
- sysadmin_uid—User name for the Oracle Directory Server admin namespace.
- sysadmin_pass—Password you chose when creating the crnsysadmin user.
- publisher_namespace—Custom Authentication Provider (CAP) namespace. Enter informcap.
- publisher_uid—InForm study user who is a member of the following Reporting groups:
  - Publishers.
  - Either Sponsor Users or Site Users.
- publisher_pass—Password of the InForm study user.
- dispatcher_url—Internal URI that the InForm server uses to communicate with the Cognos Analytics server.
- trial_name—Name of the InForm study.
- reportdb_pass—Study PID.
- in_place_upgrade—Y/N. Indicate if the PFRInit command is being run as part of an in-place upgrade (required for an in-place upgrade).

For more information, see pfrinit.