To add support for the Japanese Yen or Korean Won character, you must install additional fonts from IBM Cognos 8 Supplementary Languages Documentation.
The Unicode code point “U+005C” is officially assigned to the backslash. However, in Japan and Korea, that code point is historically assigned to their currency symbols and many people still prefer to see a yen or won sign in certain parts of software, for example in file paths. To accommodate this, you can install the “Andale WT J” and “Andale WT K” fonts.
Before installing the additional fonts, ensure that
IBM Cognos 8 is installed and configured correctly
adequate disk space is available to install additional fonts
You need at least 220 MB of disk space.
your software environment is supported
In the location where Application Tier Components are installed, insert the IBM Cognos 8 Supplementary Languages Documentation CD.
On UNIX or Linux, mount the CD using Rock Ridge file extensions.
Go to the directory on the CD that is appropriate for your operating system.
Start the installation wizard by typing the following command:
On Windows,
issetup
On UNIX or Linux,
./issetup
Note: When you use the issetup command with XWindows, Japanese characters may be corrupted.
Follow the instructions in the installation wizard to copy the required files to the same location where you installed Application Tier Components.
Install in a directory that contains only ASCII characters in the path name. Some Web servers do not support non-ASCII characters in directory names.
When you are prompted to select components, clear IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence Supplementary Languages Documentation. expand Additional Language Fonts, and then select the font.
These fonts are copied to the c8_location/bin/fonts directory. This font location is defined in the Physical fonts location property value in IBM Cognos Configuration under Environment. If you move the fonts to another location, ensure that the new location is added to the Physical fonts location property value.
Fonts used to display data in a report are selected using a matching process between the fonts requested when the report is designed and the fonts that are available when the report is rendered. For PDF output and charts, this process occurs on the server where all fonts on the server that generates the report can be used.
Choose the option you want in the Finish page of the installation wizard.
After you install the additional fonts, you must configure support for them. For more information, see Configure Support for Japanese Yen and Korean Won Characters.
For Japanese and Korean currency characters to display correctly, you must define the additional fonts in the global style sheet.
Before you configure these fonts, you must install them from the IBM Cognos 8 Supplementary Languages Documentation CD.
Open the GlobalReportStyles.css style sheet in a text editor.
The GlobalReportStyles.css style sheet is located in the c8_location\bin directory.
Enable one of the following sections and modify it as shown below:
.pg,
.pp
{
font-family: 'MS UI Gothic', 'Andale WT J' , Tahoma, arial, geneva, helvetica, sans-serif;
}
.pg,
.pp
{
font-family: Gulim, 'Andale WT K' , Tahoma, arial, geneva, helvetica, sans-serif;
}
The PDF generator uses the first available font on the server and includes all the characters in the string to be displayed. If you prefer to use other fonts on your server, you can insert them into the list.
Save the GlobalReportStyles.css file.
Restart the IBM Cognos 8 server.
Any changes that you make to the style sheet are overwritten if you upgrade IBM Cognos 8. You must repeat this procedure following an upgrade.