Create the reporting database instance
- Set up an Oracle database instance.
- For a SameDB environment—The reporting database uses the InForm database instance.
- For a DiffDB environment—The reporting database instance on the Reporting database server with the same tablespace names used for the study database.
Note: Automated deployments from the Central Designer application are not supported for environments that have the InForm database and the InForm reporting database installed on separate instances.
- Update the tnsnames.ora file to contain an alias establishing a connection to the database server.
- For a SameDB environment—The tnsnames.ora file is located on the InForm Application Server.
- For a DiffDB environment—The tnsnames.ora file is located on the Cognos Report Server.