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Administering Connections V5.5Welcome to the IBM Connections V5.5 documentation. IBM Connections is social networking software designed for the workplace. Its features help you to establish dynamic networks that connect you to the people and information you need to achieve your business goals.
AdministeringRun administration and maintenance tasks to keep your environment up-to-date. For example, learn how to customize your deployment or how to use the wsadmin utility to edit configuration files. You can also schedule tasks, maintain application databases, moderate content, or manage users and their roles.
Disabling widgetsYou can disable widgets from displaying on the Home page or elsewhere in IBM® Connections when you no longer want them to be available to your users.
Editing widgetsEdit a widget to change its name, description, or deployment descriptor.
Removing widgetsIf a third-party widget is no longer used or needed, you can remove it from the widget catalog. You cannot remove IBM® Connections widgets from the catalog, you can only disable them.
Administering MetricsAdminister metrics in IBM® Connections by modifying configuration settings, backing up data, and running commands to perform maintenance tasks.

Administering Metrics

Administer metrics in IBM® Connections by modifying configuration settings, backing up data, and running commands to perform maintenance tasks.

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IBM Connections provides vital metrics about your deployment. Metrics are presented simply, using charts that provide clear business value to users, executives, and administrators. IBM Connections metrics are supported by IBM Cognos® Business Intelligence, which you install as part of the Connections deployment. IBM Connections application events, such as reading or creating objects, generate metrics that are stored in a database, which synchronizes with a Cognos PowerCube to store data so it can be accessed along different dimensions. When a Connections user runs a Metrics report, the Cognos server sends the data to the IBM Connections metrics interface.

Authorized users can work with the charts interactively, filtering data by parameters such as geography and time period, and drilling down into data points for more detail. The Connections administrator can customize reports using a suite of Cognos tools. Refer to the Cognos documentation for detailed information on customizing reports as well as administering the PowerCube as well as the Cognos server.

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