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.