by ·Comments Off on Error Contacting User Manager

Product:
Cognos Controller 10.4.2
Cognos Analytics 11.1.7
Microsoft Windows 2019 server

Issue:
When login to Cognos Controller, you get a error, after you select the database. This is a multi-server setup with load balanced Controller and CA11 servers. SSO with Active Directory is used.

Error message:

or

System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Server was unable to process request. —> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Cognos.Controller.Common.CRNBridge.CRNBridge.ValidateUser(String passportId, String[]& membership, String sGuid, String sUser, String& sErrorMessage)….

System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebServiceHandler.CoreProcessRequest()
— End of inner exception stack trace —
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters)
at CCRRemoteServerProxy.Proxy.Light.WSLight.UserManager_GetCurrentUsers(String sGuid, String sUser)
at FrUserManagerB.RemoteUserManager.GetCurrentUsers…..

or

System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Server was unable to process request. —> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Cognos.Controller.Proxy.ControllerReportNetService.RepNet.GetUserInfo(String sGuid, String sUser, String passportId)
at Cognos.Controller.Proxy.CCRWS.GetUserInfo(String sGuid, String sUser, String passportId)
— End of inner exception stack trace —
at Cognos.Controller.Forms.Common.Main.DoLoginCognos8(Form& frm)
at CCR.AppContext.DoLogin()
at CCR.AppContext.Login()

Suggested Solution:

Check that the Cognos Gateway point to the correct Cognos Dispatcher or correct port in the IIS setup.

Start Internet Information Services (IIS) manager on the Cognos Gateway server.

Click on the Server name and double-click the Configuration Editor icon.

Expand the drop-down list and select webFarms.

Mark Collection and click on the ellipses.

Click on the webFarm element and then the ellipses.

Select the server you want to check, expand the applicationRequestRouting, and see the port number.

Edit the number, if it is wrong.  Check the other servers in the list.
Close the dialog.

Close the collection editor dialog to.

Click Apply in the Configuration Editor.

Close IIS manager.

You can also check the values in applicationHost.config file, under C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\Config folder.

Open the file in Notepad++

The lines for webfarms is at the end of the file.

 

How the communication probably works;

Check that the ccr.exe.config files WSSURL value point to a Cognos Controller server that is up;

<add key=”WSSUrl” value=”http://controllerservername.domain.com/ibmcognos/controllerserver”/>

On that server; Ensure that Cognos Controller Configuration points to a report server gateway that is up;

http://caservername.domain.com/ibmcognos/bi/v1/disp

On that server; ensure that Cognos Analytics Configuration Dispatchers URI for gateway point to a CA dispatcher (report) server that is up;

http://caservername.domain.com:9300/bi/v1/disp

But also check the IIS server farm, that they point to CA servers that is up and that they use the correct port:9300

The CA11 server cognos configuration, will use the Content Manager URI, to validate that you can login;

http://caservername.domain.com:9300/p2pd/servlet

But also check that the IIS site /ibmcognos/sso have Windows Authentication enabled.

If the IBM Cognos service is not running, then the IIS Server Farm will classify it as unhealthy.

If the dispatcher server is unhealthy, then the CA gateway will not send the request there, and it will time out.

Check that the Windows firewall will allow port 8173 for the IIS communication and port 9300 for Cognos communication.

More information:

https://www.thebestcsharpprogrammerintheworld.com/2014/01/17/configuring-application-request-routing-arr-to-use-a-port-other-than-port-80/

https://serverfault.com/questions/132081/load-balancing-with-arr-iis-on-ports-other-than-80

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/request-failed-http-status-503-service-unavailable-when-launching-controller

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/invalid-login-response-error-when-accessing-cognos-analytics-sso

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/enabling-single-sign-cognos-secured-against-active-directory

https://docuri.com/download/the-active-directory-story_59c1d487f581710b2865bb0f_pdf

In the cognosserver.log file you can see error like this:

ERROR com.ibm.bi.platform.commons.web.BIResponseWrapper [Default Executor-thread-72] NA bi HttpServletResponseCode for /bi/v1/ping is in error: 503

Browse to   http://caservername.domain.com:9300/p2pd/servlet   to check if the content manager is running.

by ·Comments Off on Subquery returned more than 1 value. This is not permitted when the subquery follows

Product:
Cognos Controller 10.4.2
CONTRL_UPDATE_version=CCR-AW64-ML-RTM-10.4.2000.1063-0

Microsoft Windows 2019 server

Issue:
You try to unlock a company in Cognos Controller. You get a error message:

“Subquery returned more than 1 value. This is not permitted when the subquery follows =, !=, <, <= , >, >= or when the subquery is used as an expression”

 

Workaround:

Delete the entire contents of the temporary table ‘sactrlinfo’.

Delete FROM [CCR_UKFPM].[fastnet].[sactrlinfo]

or
Disable the system audit log functionality entirely.

Go to Maintain – System Audit Log – Configuration and deselect:

“Enable tracking of structure change details for System Audit Log > Structures”

“Enable tracking of data change details for Audit Trail”

More information:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/883764

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/375041

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/960392

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/subquery-returned-more-1-value-not-permitted-when-subquery-follows-or-when-subquery-used-expression-when-trying-lockunlock-any-period-change-period-locking-caused-apar-ph12550

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PH20395

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-track-changes-made-users-controller-database-using-system-audit-log-functionality

by ·Comments Off on Manual install Cognos Controller Client

Product:
Cognos Controller 10.4.2
Microsoft Windows 10

Issue:
How install Cognos Controller client on my laptop?

Solution:

Find your CCRLocalClient64.msi file from a file share on the server. Recommended to copy the msi file first to your hard-disk and place it in a folder e.g. c:\temp.

Right click on msi file and select Install.

Click Next

Enter the name of your controller server, instead of localhost and press Next.

You should only update the WSS URL line, to something like this:

http://servername.domain.com/ibmcognos/controllerserver

Press next

Press install

If you get a question about allow Cognos Controller to make changes to your computer, click Yes.

Click Finish.

Click on the IBM Cognos Controller icon on the Windows start menu, to start the program.

Select your database to login.

Click on the Excel icon to start your excel session. Can be good, to do this before you go to Data Entry.

Under Help – System Info – menu, can you see the version you have installed.

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/cognos-controller-builds-ccr-name-and-database-version

If you go to Control Panel – Programs and Features, you will see the program installed.

From the control panel you can uninstall Cognos Controller, this you need to do before upgrade to a new version.

You need to have NET Framework 4.7.2 on your laptop for best performance;

https://support.microsoft.com/sv-se/help/4054530/microsoft-net-framework-4-7-2-offline-installer-for-windows

More Information:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-install-controller-local-client

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cognos-controller/10.4.2?topic=1042-installing-configuring-cognos-controller-one-computer

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/troubleshooting-cannot-run-macro-cccomparedb-macro-may-not-when-launch-excel-controller-excel-link-button

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-upgrade-controller-1042x-later-interim-fix-if-fix-pack-patch-level

Inside Microsoft Excel, go to File – Options – Add-ins and check that Controller add ins are active.

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/controller-excel-link-disappears-after-excel-crashes

by ·Comments Off on The webpage cannot be found HTTP 400

Product:
Cognos Controller 10.4.2
Microsoft Windows 2019 server

Issue:
One user can not login to the new Cognos Controller setup with CA11, after selecting the database he get a error that he can not reach the CA11 website.

It worked in old version of Cognos Controller (where a different version of Cognos Analytics is used).

Solution:

On the CA11 servers, add the following registry value:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HTTP\Parameters]
"MaxFieldLength"=dword:00032768
"MaxRequestBytes"=dword:01000000

Reboot the windows servers, in correct order, with Cognos Content Manger first.

If a user is member of a lot of AD groups, here login call may be to big for the HTTP settings, therefor a adjustment like this is needed.

More information:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/troubleshooting-controller-client-seems-launch-after-selecting-database-logon-screen-fails-appear

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/troubleshooting-cannot-launch-controller-client-caused-incorrect-selectdb-database-selection-mode-setting

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/controller-logon-window-does-not-appear-or-webpage-cannot-be-found-appears-after-selecting-database-caused-incorrect-report-server-settings

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/order-restart-cognos-analytics-servers-distributed-environment

https://its.uiowa.edu/support/article/109196

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6218316

Other causes can be;

1. Logon to the Controller application server as an administrator
2. From the Start menu, launch “Controller Configuration”
3. Open section “Web Services Server”
4. Open subsection “Report Server”
5. Ensure that the setting for “Report Server” is correct, and can be resolved by the end user’s PC.
Example (when using Cognos Analytics without SSO):
http://my-ca-server.company.com:9300/bi/v1/disp
Example (when using Cognos Analytics with SSO):
http://my-ca-server.company.com/ibmcognos/bi/v1/disp
6. Click “Save”
7. Test.
or

Steps:

  1. Logon to Report Server (Cognos Analytics server) as an administrator
  2. From the Start Menu, launch “Cognos Configuration“
  3. Expand section “Local Configuration – Security – Authentication“
  4. Ensure that the setting “Restrict access to members of the built-in namespace” is set to “True“
  5. After making changes, restart the Cognos service (for example restart the ‘IBM Cognos’ Windows service).

or

Steps:

  1. Logon to Report Server (BI server) as an administrator
  2. From the Start Menu, launch “Cognos Configuration“
  3. Expand section “Local Configuration – Security – Authentication – Cognos“
  4. Ensure that the setting “Allow anonymous access” is set to “False“
  5. After making changes, restart the Cognos reporting service.

or

Modify all IIS/SSO settings (for example the ‘Rewrite rules’) to use the lowercase value for the URLs.
All server references in Cognos and IIS must be lowercase.

but all above will give, that all users have the same issue.

by ·Comments Off on How change report engine

Product:
Cognos Controller 10.4.2
Microsoft Windows 2016 server

Issue:
How change from Cognos BI report, to the Controller report engine.

Solution:

To activate the controller report function, you need to change a web.config file.

1. Make sure that the Windows service ‘IBM Cognos Controller Reports‘ has already been successfully installed

 

2. Browse to the folder: C:\Program Files\IBM\cognos\ccr_64\ControllerProxyServer
3. As a precaution, create a backup copy of web.config
4. Open the file web.config inside notepad
5. Search for the entry: <appSettings>
6. Underneath that line, add an entry similar to:
<add key=”ccrReports” value=”http://servername.domain.com:9082/fcm.reports/report” />
7. Save changes
8. Browse to the folder: C:\Program Files\ibm\cognos\ccr_64\fcmweb\wlp\etc\

9. As a precaution, create a backup copy of server.env
10. Open the file server.env inside notepad
11.  Add the following line and save changes.  The default location for Java home is: C:/Program Files/IBM/cognos/ccr_64/fcmweb/jre
JAVA_HOME=C:/Program Files/IBM/cognos/ccr_64/fcmweb/jre
12. Make sure that the Windows service ‘IBM Cognos Controller Reports‘ is re-started
To turn off the controller report function, and use Cognos BI again. Remark it out like this:
<!– <add key=”ccrReports” value=”http://win2019server.domain.com:9082/fcm.reports/report” /> –>
Save the file, and wait a while.
More information:

by ·Comments Off on Grey line in View Batch Queue

Product:

Cognos Controller 10.4.2
Microsoft Windows 10

Issue:

Go into maintain – batch queue – manage

You see a grey line to the left over the dialog. If you move the dialog window, the lines follow the window.

Workaround:

Go to Maintain – User – Personal Defaults.

Click on Layout tab.

Mark “Save Window Size”

Click Save.

Exit Cognos Controller Client program, and login again.

 

by ·Comments Off on Dialog is missing when press button

Product:
Cognos Controller 10.4.2
Microsoft Windows 2019 server

Issue:

When press the Schedule Job icon in Optimize Database dialog – the windows is not visible.
The button does not work.
Solution:
Most common is that the controller dialog is outside the screen.

To reset all cognos controller windows to center or top left corner, do this steps inside Cognos Controller client program:

1. Click “Maintain / User / Personal Defaults > tab Layout (2)”
2. Uncheck the box ‘Save Window Size’:

3. Click Save
4. Logoff from Controller, and re-launch the Controller client.

More information:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/hanging-slow-crashing-when-using-controller-triggered-message-appearing-inside-window-located-offscreen-triggered-save-window-size-being-enabled

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/375391

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/blurred-text-andor-strange-looking-fonts-andor-incorrect-display-layout-inside-controller-classic-client-caused-using-display-scaling-not-using-100-scaling-96-dpi-triggered-controller-not-being-high-dpi-aware

The values for Cognos Controller dialog position is stored in the users ccr.config file in there user profile folder, at C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Cognos\ccr.

You can change them in the file — but that is more difficult, than reset them as above.

<WinPos>
<add key=”frmRightsSystemReport-Left” value=”1950″ />
<add key=”frmRightsSystemReport-Top” value=”945″ />
<add key=”frmFormsDefine-Left” value=”390″ />
<add key=”frmFormsDefine-Top” value=”390″ />
<add key=”frmFormsDefine-Width” value=”15225″ />
<add key=”frmFormsDefine-Height” value=”8520″ />
<add key=”frmDefineFormSets-Left” value=”225″ />
<add key=”frmDefineFormSets-Top” value=”525″ />
<add key=”frmDefineFormSets-Width” value=”15675″ />
<add key=”frmDefineFormSets-Height” value=”8925″ />
<add key=”frmOptimize-Left” value=”45″ />
<add key=”frmOptimize-Top” value=”390″ />
<add key=”frmSubmission-Left” value=”45″ />
<add key=”frmSubmission-Top” value=”315″ />
<add key=”frmSubmission-Width” value=”10590″ />
<add key=”frmSubmission-Height” value=”6960″ />
<add key=”frmSubmissionReport-Left” value=”45″ />
<add key=”frmSubmissionReport-Top” value=”330″ />
<add key=”frmScheduleJob-Left” value=”45″ />
<add key=”frmScheduleJob-Top” value=”330″ />
<add key=”frmCompanyStructDef-Left” value=”60″ />
<add key=”frmCompanyStructDef-Top” value=”345″ />
<add key=”frmCompanyStructDef-Width” value=”12105″ />
<add key=”frmCompanyStructDef-Height” value=”11400″ />
</WinPos>

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/window-sizes-changeshrink-and-cannot-be-resized-plus-font-text-size-changes-when-using-java-functions-remote-desktop-caused-using-windows-81-option-let-me-choose-one-scaling-level-all-my-displays

by ·Comments Off on Cannot resolve the collation conflict between SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS and …

Product:
Cognos Controller 10.4.2
Microsoft Windows 2019 server
Microsoft SQL server 2016

Issue:

When open data entry, you get a system.exception error:

Source: ControllerForms12
Description: System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Server was unable to process request. —> System.Exception: Cannot resolve the collation conflict between “SQL_Latin1_General_Pref_CP1_CI_AS” and “SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS” in the equal to operation.
at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ErrObject.Raise(Int32 Number, Object Source, Object Description, Object HelpFile, Object HelpContext)
at ControllerServerCommon.RaiseErrSrv.RaiseException….

This on a new SQL server installation, where you have restored your Controller database backup.

Solution:

Change collation settings on the SQL server. Cognos Controller demand that the SQL server and its TEMPDB have the same collation as the controller databases. Therefor you often have dedicated SQL servers for Cognos Controller systems.

Recommended format is: “SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS”

Other collations will work, as described here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/which-sql-collations-are-supported-controller

You can change the SQL server collation without reinstall it, by this hidden feature.

  • Stop all Cognos services.
  • Detach all user databases (right click on Controller database in SQL manager and select Tasks – Detach)
  • Make backup of all other stuff
  • Stop SQL Server Service – can be done in Windows services.
  • Start a CMD prompt as Administrator
  • Go to folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL13.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Binn
  • Start the SQL Server Service using this command:
    sqlservr -m -T4022 -T3659 -q”SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS”
  • Now check for the message “Recovery is completed”, and then press CTRL+C to Stop the SQL Server service
  • Start the SQL Services Normally – from Windows services.
  • Check for the change in SQL Management Studio with below query:
    select serverproperty(‘COLLATION’) as servercollation
  • Attach the user databases back (right click on Databases in SQL manager and select Attach)

Use this with extra care and with your own risk!

 

More information:

https://www.sanssql.com/2013/10/change-sql-server-collation-without.html

https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/3519/changing-sql-server-collation-after-installation/

Download SQL manager from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/release-notes-ssms?view=sql-server-ver15#previous-ssms-releases

https://www.dbvis.com/download/

 

by ·Comments Off on System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array

Product:

Cognos Controller 10.4.2
Microsoft Windows 2019 server

Issue:
When starting and stopping the Cognos Controller client several times you get this error when you try to login.

System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Server was unable to process request. —> System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array. at
Cognos.Controller.Proxy.ControllerReportNetService.RepNet.GetUserInfo ….

Solution:

There can be many cause of this issue, but first make sure you do not have previous errors that trigger this.

Logoff cognos controller client and restart your laptop, to ensure there are no excel or controller software running in the background.

Then login and try again.

When you get one error in Cognos Controller, it is best to logoff and restart the client completely to not get other errors as an affect of the first error.

More Information:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/error-occurred-while-trying-access-server-systemindexoutofrangeexception-index-was-outside-bounds-array-when-launching-controller-client

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/troubleshooting-index-was-outside-bounds-array-when-launching-controller-client

by ·Comments Off on Date in Cognos Controller report is in wrong format.

Product:
Cognos Controller 10.4.2
Microsoft Windows 2019 server

Issue:
After new installation of Cognos Controller, when for example you check the data format in accusation registry.

It show like 28/02/2020

When it should look like 2020-02-28. This is the expected format for Sweden. Each country have its default format. This is often set inside your local computer, at Region in Control panel.

Solution:

Change the format in region to your country.

Go to Control panel.
Go to Region.

Change in the format drop down to your country, and click apply.
Click OK.
Start Cognos Controller client on your computer and try your report/view again.

On a citrix server, each users, have there own windows profile, and can have different region settings even do they are on the same citrix server.

More information:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/time-zone-clock-date-formats-controller-explanation-and-description

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX103288