Product:
Cognos Analytics 11.1.7
Microsoft Windows 2019 server

Problem:

Error in cognosserver.log file on a new installation.

2021-01-28T09:31:51.384+0100 ERROR Audit.RTUsage.cms.CAM.AAA.SRVC [Thread-51] qjl2C9lhh82hwvqyyvM4MyGG2lldydCyGw49dw4l 0 NA 192.168.1.28 9300 8C38E8DDD4011089DE605BFA04DA4A10EEBABF5DFCA9E0C4BAF46FADC73864A4 qjl2C9lhh82hwvqyyvM4MyGG2lldydCyGw49dw4l_0_ AAA 5964 Logon <parameters><item name=”namespace”><![CDATA[AD]]></item><item name=”username”><![CDATA[admin]]></item><item name=”display name”><![CDATA[admin]]></item><item name=”CAMID”><![CDATA[CAMID(“AD:u:8791a873dc836d499a0fc7f6000540d2″)]]></item><item name=”REMOTE_ADDR”><![CDATA[::1]]></item><item name=”TENANTID”><![CDATA[]]></item></parameters> Success Account /directory/AD/account/admin

Solution:

This is normally not a error, only the basic logging that a user have logged in to the CA11 (ibmcognos) portal. Best would be not to flag it as ERROR, more like INFO.

Only happens when you have BASIC logging activated in Administration.

More information:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PH12785

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-trace-authentication-issues-cognos-bi-cam-trace-aaa-trace

Log files are found in folder C:\Program Files\ibm\cognos\analytics\logs