Help on Building a Cube on a Server...

[mgibson]

Hi Guys,

I'm new to building cubes on Servers - so I apologise if my question is stupid - but I need help.

I've desgned a PowerCube on a windows client and moved the cube to a Linux server (running C8.3) and built a package from it.  now i wish to learn how to keep the PowerCube updated.

As I understand it this is done from running a command (either at the command line or via a script) that call the transformer server version (ie. cogtr).  Various parameters are set, and the cube is built.

I've been following the User guides, etc. but having no luck.  I've tried various command options but none have worked.

For example;
  From within the c8/bin directory I run
$ cogtr -c -p/opt/cognos/PowerCubes/Finance_GL_Test.pyj

And get this error:
Business Intelligence Transformer version 8.3.818.0
Transformer(Transformer)    Thu Apr 10 15:03:35 2008

LogFileDirectory=/opt/cognos/c8.3/logs/
ModelSaveDirectory=/opt/cognos/c8.3/temp/
DataSourceDirectory=/opt/cognos/c8.3/data/
CubeSaveDirectory=/opt/cognos/c8.3/temp/
DataWorkDirectory=/opt/cognos/c8.3/temp
ModelWorkDirectory=/opt/cognos/c8.3/temp/
MaxTransactionNum=500000

Thu 10 Apr 2008 03:03:35 PM     3       00000000        Command Line: cogtr -c -p/opt/cognos/PowerCubes/Finance_GL_Test.pyj [->OK]
Thu 10 Apr 2008 03:03:35 PM     3       00000000        Opening model file /opt/cognos/c8.3/temp/ppd31858.qyj
Thu 10 Apr 2008 03:03:35 PM     1       00000000        Cannot load the repository file - corrupt id. [->OK]
Thu 10 Apr 2008 03:03:35 PM     3       00000000        Transformer exiting - operation failed
cognos@helios-3:15:03:35:~/c8/bin

If I try to just open the model
$ cogtr -p/opt/cognos/PowerCubes/Finance_GL_Test.pyj

I get the same error

What I dont understand is how to tell transformer where the destination file should go.

Can anyone help?

Regards
Mick