Enter Advanced Configuration Settings in Analysis Studio

Advanced configuration settings provide additional functionality. For example, you can set the maximum number of active areas in a chart.

Procedure

  1. Start IBM® Cognos® Connection.
  2. In the upper-right corner, click Launch, IBM Cognos Administration.
  3. On the Configuration tab, click Dispatchers and Services.
  4. In the Configuration pane under Name, click the server link to configure.
  5. Under Name locate ReportService, and in the Actions column, click the Properties button Properties button .
  6. Click the Settings tab.
  7. For the Environment category, next to Advanced Settings click the Edit link.
  8. Select the Override the settings acquired from the parent entry check box.
  9. In the Parameter column, type the parameter name. For example, ANS.PageSize.
  10. In the Value column, type the associated value. For example, 200.
  11. After you are finished specifying parameters, restart the server.

    The following table lists the advanced configuration settings for Analysis Studio with their associated Parameter and Value entries.

    Note: Adjusting advanced configuration settings from recommended values can improve or degrade server performance.

    Advanced Setting

    Parameter

    Recommended Value

    Limit the size of pages displayed at one time on the cross-tab rows

    ANS.PageSize

    200

    Limit the size of pages displayed at one time on the cross-tab columns

    ANS.ColumnPageSize

    50

    Viewing user interface with missing or inaccessible member

    ANS.showMissingMemberUI

    1

    Maximum number of active areas in a chart

    ANS.MaxChartHotAreas

    600

    Enable selection based suppression

    ANS.EnableSelectionBased Suppression

    1

    Enable automatic position calculations feature

    ANS.EnabledPositionedCalcs

    1

    Optimize queries based on previous gestures

    ANS.AdaptiveQueryOptimizationEnabled

    1

    Allow default visible item count per set to be changed

    ANS.DefaultVisibileItemCount

    12

    Default value for output purpose drill

    ANS.DefaultOutputPurpose

    drill

    Disable the ability for the product to save a user changed column width with an analysis

    ANS.EnableColumnWidthPersist

    1

    With column width enabled, this parameter controls the maximum number of resized columns stored in the most recently used list

    ANS.PersistColumnWidthMRU

    100
Parent topic: Customizing the Appearance of IBM Cognos BI