Set Usage Peak Periods

You can specify the start and end hours of the peak demand period for your organization.

Most organizations have a period of peak demand. This period is usually during business hours when employees are at work and run interactive reports.

During the peak period, you may want to set the number of connections and processes low enough so that jobs can run faster and system resources can process interactive requests from users. For more information, see Maximum Number of Processes and Connections. During the non-peak period, you can set the number of connections and processes higher because demands on the system are lower.

The default peak period is from 07:00 to 18:00. The default number of connections for each service during the peak period and during the non-peak period is four.

Before you begin

You must have the required permissions to access IBM Cognos Administration functionality. See Secured Functions and Features.

Procedure

Start IBM Cognos Connection.
In the upper-right corner, click Launch, IBM Cognos Administration.
On the Status tab, click System.
In the upper-left corner of the Scorecard pane, click the arrow to view the Change view menu. Click All dispatchers.
Click the arrow for the Actions menu next to the dispatcher and click Set properties.
Click the Settings tab.
Select Tuning from the Category list.
In the Value column, type new values for the following settings:
- Peak period start hour
- Non Peak period start hour
Tip: If you want to reset a configuration setting to its default value, select its check box and click Reset to default value.
Click OK.