DeleteObject

Purpose

Deletes obsolete reports from a Reporting and Analysis module that has been migrated to Cognos 10.2.2:

CRF Reports/CRF Cycle Time Detail by User
CRF Reports/CRF Site Performance Summary by User
CRF Reports/CRF Aging by User
Subject Reports/Case Book Completion and Query Summary by User
Subject Reports/Subject Enrollment Status by User
Query Reports/Query Volume by Month by User

Location

The InForm application server folder on the InForm application server. For example, <Installation_Directory>\InForm\bin.

Usage

DeleteObject [sysadmin_namespace=SysAdminNamespace sysadmin_uid=SysAdminUsername dispatcher_url=CognosDispatcherURI trial_name=pfst [cognos_version=[8.2 | 8.4 | 10.2.1 | 10.2.2]] ["path_to_parameter_file"]

Command parameters

Option	Parameter
sysadmin_namespace	Oracle Directory Server admin namespace.
sysadmin_uid	User name for the Cognos system administrator.
dispatcher_url	Internal URI that the InForm server uses to communicate with the Cognos 10 BI server.
trial_name	Name of the InForm study.
cognos_version	The Cognos version you are migrating from. Options are: 8.2 8.4 10.2.1 10.2.2
path_to_parameter_file	When specified, includes the path to a text file that contains the parameters required to run the command. You will always be prompted to enter required passwords on the command line. If the parameter file is not specified, the command prompts for the required parameters. The format of the parameter file is parameter=value. There is a new line for each parameter, and there are no spaces on a line.

Command line prompts

Depending on the syntax used with the DeleteObject command, you are prompted for the following parameters:

sysadmin_namespace—Oracle Directory Server admin namespace.
sysadmin_uid—User name for the Cognos system administrator.crnsysadmin
sysadmin_pid—Password for the Cognos system administrator.crnsysadmin
dispatcher_url—Internal URI that the InForm server uses to communicate with the Cognos 10 BI server.
cognos_version—The Cognos version you are migrating from.

With the exception of the System Administration password and Trial user password parameters, you can pass parameters by using the "path_to_parameter_file" command option.

When specified, this option includes the path to a text file that contains the values required to run the command. The format of the parameter file is parameter=value. There is a new line for each parameter, and there are no spaces on a line.

Parameter file contents

You can pass the following parameters in a parameter file:

sysadmin_namespace=Oracle Directory Server admin namespace.
sysadmin_uid=User name for the Cognos system administrator.
sysadmin_pid=Password for the Cognos system administrator.
dispatcher_url=Internal URI that the InForm server uses to communicate with the Cognos 10 BI server.
cognos_version=The Cognos version you are migrating from.

Example

DispatchAPI sysadmin_namespace=OHSI sysadmin_uid=crnsysadmin dispatcher_url=http://host:9300/p2pd/servlet/dispatch cognos_version=10.2.1