Summary

This article describes various aspects of Platform management.


Platform Queues

A platform queue controls the number of concurrent document refreshes, by document type, InfoBurst will submit to a platform.


Queues

Queue Name
Queue Type
Default Queue
Max Queue
WIWeb Intelligence processing10500
WI_CATALOGWeb Intelligence cataloging12
CRCrystal Reports processing550
CR_CATALOGCrystal Reports cataloging12
TBTableau Workbook processing550
TB_CATALOGTableau Workbook cataloging12
PBPower BI Report processing550
PB_CATALOGPower BI Report cataloging12
PB_PGPower BI Paginated Report processing550
PB_PG_CATALOGPower BI Paginated Report cataloging12
PB_DSPower BI Datasource processing550
PB_DS_CATALOGPower BI Datasource cataloging12
PB_DFPower BI Dataflow processing550
PB_DF_CATALOGPower BI Dataflow cataloging12
UNQUniverse Query10500


Display Platform

Display a platform to view existing queue lengths.

  • Log into the Command Shell 
  • Enter List Platforms 
  • Enter Disp Platform <Platform_ID>


Adjust Queue Length

  • Enter Modify Queue Platform="<Platform_ID>" Name="<Queue_Name>" Size="<Queue_Length>" 
  • Display platform to confirm change
  • Re-start the InfoBurst service

Recommendations

Please review the processing capabilities of your Business Intelligence reporting environment before altering a queue. Increasing a queue beyond the capacity of the processing environment could affect the performance of that environment.


Test increases incrementally to ensure the change does not adversely affect performance.


Update Platform

Update Platform is used to update the CMS name of a Platform. Update Platform may be used to address the following scenarios:

  • CMS name changes on existing BusinessObjects server 
  • CMS name changes as a result of the CMS being moved to a new BusinessObjects server of the same version
  • BusinessObjects web services location changes (example: CMS to Tomcat)
  • Original CMS is BusinessObjects development. Update platform to re-point all development documents to their production CMS equivalents.


Recommendations

  • A repository backup should be performed prior to executing Update Platform
  • Update Platform can only be performed by a user with Administrator role where the user has Platform Credentials configured for the target platform
  • The original BusinessObjects document path/name must remain unchanged
  • No documents from the target platform should be in use when Update Platform is executed. To ensure no scheduled documents are executing during Update Platform, do the following:
  • Update Platform should tested and validated in a non-production InfoBurst environment before executing Update Platform in production. Please consult InfoSol Help Desk via support ticket for staging recommendations.


Update Platform

  • Open a command prompt (Run as administrator) on the InfoBurst Platform server
  • Change directory to the application root folder (default = C:\Program Files\InfoSol\InfoBurst)
  • Enter IBMaint
  • Enter number for Update Platform
  • Enter User
  • Enter number of target platform
  • Enter CMS Name
  • At End of Maint, view ibmaint.log in application root folder for update results (default = C:\Program Files\InfoSol\InfoBurst)


Validate Platform

Validate Platform is used to verify document information on the current reporting Platform. When a BusinessObjects document ID changes, the reference in InfoBurst is broken. Validate Platform can locate the document by path/name and fix up broken references without having to rebuild Bursts or XDCs that reference the document.


Recommendations


Validate Platform

Validate all documents associated with a platform.

  • Open a command prompt (Run as administrator) on the InfoBurst Platform server
  • Change directory to the application root folder (default = C:\Program Files\InfoSol\InfoBurst)
  • Enter IBMaint
  • Enter number for Validate Platform
  • Enter user
  • Enter number of target platform
  • View ibmaint.log in application root folder for validation results (default = C:\Program Files\InfoSol\InfoBurst)


Validate Folder

Validate all documents in a specific folder.

  • Open a command prompt (Run as administrator) on the InfoBurst Platform server
  • Change directory to the application root folder (default = C:\Program Files\InfoSol\InfoBurst)
  • Enter IBMaint
  • Enter number for Validate folder
  • Enter user
  • Enter number of target platform
  • View ibmaint.log in application root folder for validation results (default = C:\Program Files\InfoSol\InfoBurst)


See Also

Platform Configurations