Remote Connection missing PP 6.6

[calandrelli]

My IT department just brought me my new laptop with PowerPlay Desktop client 6.6 pre-nstalled. connecting to a local cube works great but when I swith to the "choose a Remote Cube" dialog box the connection list is empty and the "Connection" button to create a new connection is gone. can I chang an INI file or something to bring it back? Where are your connections stored?

 

[jamguy]

Try to open Configuration Manager and see there. These same settings are saved in the cerX.ini file in the Cognos\cerX\bin folder. It may be as simple as "Adding the connection" if that option is available.

 

[calandrelli]

I have Impromptu and Powerplay installed and I want to add a remote server named addada0391. here is the ini file contents. Can you tell me where and how to add it?

[ServicesL]
COGNLSTAB=C:\Program Files\Cognos\cer1\bin\coglang.tab
SRVCMSGS=C:\Program Files\Cognos\cer1\bin\SRVCMSGS.MSG
Temporary=H:\
[Services]
Temporary=C:\DOCUME~1\calancs\LOCALS~1\Temp
[Database Support]
HotFile,QS=
dBASE,DB=
DB2,D2=
Informix,IF=
OpenIngres,IG=
InterBase,IB=
Microsoft SQL Server,MS=
ODBC,OD=
Oracle,OR=
SQLBase,SB=
Sybase SQL Server (CT-Lib),CT=
Sybase SQL Server (DB-Lib),SY=
MDI Database Gateway,MD=
Net-Gateway,NG=
OmniSQL,OM=
[Cognos Locations]
Impromptu Workspace 6.0=C:\Program Files\Cognos\Cer1\bin\User Workspace
Impromptu Workspace 6.1=C:\Program Files\Cognos\Cer1\bin\User Workspace
Impromptu 6.0=C:\Program Files\Cognos\Cer1\bin
Scheduler=C:\Program Files\Cognos\cer1\bin
Scheduler Workspace=C:\Program Files\Cognos\cer1\bin\User Workspace
CogMac=C:\Program Files\Cognos\cer1\bin
Portfolio 6.6=C:\Program Files\Cognos\cer1\bin
PowerPlay DataServer R27=C:\Program Files\Cognos\cer1\bin
PowerPlay 6.6=C:\Program Files\Cognos\cer1\bin
PowerPlay Transformer=C:\Program Files\Cognos\cer1\bin
DB2 OLAP=C:\Program Files\Cognos\cer1\bin\Db2olap\tcpip
Essbase=C:\Program Files\Cognos\cer1\bin\Essbase\v5\tcpip
[Scheduler]
connect=false
[Macros]
RunMacro=C:\Program Files\Cognos\cer1\bin\runmac32.exe
EditMacro=C:\Program Files\Cognos\cer1\bin\edmacro32.exe
SourceMacro=mac
PcodeMacro=mcx
[ODBC]
ODBCLOG=H:\IMPTRACE.LOG
[PowerPlay DataServer]
ReadCacheSize=4096
WriteCacheSize=16384
[PowerPlay Server List]
Local=1
Oracle=
Sybase=
MS SQL Server=
Informix=
DB2=
Essbase=
Express=
Cognos Finance=0
DB2 OLAP=
SAP BW ODBO=
MS SSOS ODBO=

 

[calandrelli]

Never mind I found a work around. The Connections button does not seem to work in windows Xp with PP 6.6 but the remote addresses can be added to the registry.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cognos\cer1\PowerPlay Data Server\Servers]
"addapa0391"="PPDSRemote;addapa0391