IBM Cognos - Command Line Options

Command Line Options
Cognos Transformer supports the following Windows and UNIX and Linux
command line options. Detailed explanations are provided in the subsections that
follow.
Command line options are case-insensitive.
Option Meaning
-a Runs AutoDesign then creates a cube, opens PowerPlay (Windows),
and displays the report.
cogtr -a data_source
Restriction: Use on Windows only, with -d, -f, -r, and -nologo
options.
-c Generates categories and creates cubes.
-c -pfilename.py?|-mfilename.mdl
Restriction: Use with -i, -m,or-p. On Windows, use with -n.
-d Overrides the specified user preference setting.
-dpreference_var=setting -pfilename.py?
|-mfilename.mdl
-e Updates the model structure but not the data.
-e -pfilename.py?
|-mfilename.mdl
Restriction: Cannot be used with -c. On Windows, use with -n.On
Windows, Unix, and Linux, use with -o.
-f Specifies the user-defined preference file.
Can be used to publish PowerCubes in batch mode and include
prompts in an XML command file using the XML schema for
preference files.
-fpreference_file -pfilename.py?|-mfilename.mdl
-g Copies new versions of cubes to deployment locations and activates
the newer versions.
-g[powercube_name]
|[powercube_group_name/
child_cube_name]
-pfilename.py?
|-mfilename.mdl
-i Opens the specified .py? model and restarts a failed process from the
beginning.
-i -pfilename.py?
Restriction: On Windows, use with -n. On UNIX and Linux, cannot
be used with -s.
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