Product:
Cognos Controller 10.1 FAP service

Symptom:
The Controller FAP service create a fatal error log file when you start your publish.

Error Message:
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at com.ibm.cognos.fap.common.persistence.tm1.TM1Context.<clinit>(TM1Context.java:51)
at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initializeImpl(Native Method)
at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initialize(J9VMInternals.java:200)
at com.ibm.cognos.fap.service.schedule.Scheduler.updateDatamarts(Scheduler.java:456)
at com.ibm.cognos.fap.service.schedule.Scheduler.run(Scheduler.java:251)
at com.ibm.cognos.fap.service.schedule.Scheduler$1.run(Scheduler.java:135)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:736)
Caused by: com.ibm.cognos.tm1.TM1Exception: Could not load tm1api.dll due to: The specified module could not be found.

at com.ibm.cognos.tm1.API.internalInitialize(Native Method)
at com.ibm.cognos.tm1.API.initialize(API.java:357)
at com.ibm.cognos.tm1.API.initialize(API.java:97)
at com.ibm.cognos.fap.common.persistence.tm1.TM1Context.<clinit>(TM1Context.java:48)
... 6 more
Error happened Mon Aug 22 13:33:43 CEST 2011


Cause:
The TM1 client software is not installed on the server that runs the Controller FAP service.


Solution:

Install TM1 9.5.2 client on the server.

Run setup.exe for Cognos TM1 32 bit version  9.5.2.
Select to install Clients – TM1 Clients.
Recommend also to install Developers Environment, so you have TM1 Architect.

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