IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence

PowerPlay Client

INSTALLATION GUIDE

Product Information
This document applies to IBM Cognos 8 Version 8.4 and may also apply to subsequent releases. To check for newer versions of this document, visit the Cognos Software Services Web site (http://support.cognos.com).

Copyright
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Table of Contents
Introduction

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Chapter 1: Installing and Configuring IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client Verify System Requirements 7 Install IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client 8 Configure IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client 10 Test the Installation 10 Uninstall IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client 11 Chapter 2: Configuration Options

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Change a URI 13 Change Cryptographic Settings 15 Configure Embedded Fonts for PDF Reports 16 Configure SSL for IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client 17 Chapter 3: Setting Up the Samples for IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client Install the IBM Cognos 8 Samples 19 Test a Sample Report in IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client 20 Index

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Introduction
This document is intended for use with IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client. IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client is a Windows-based business intelligence solution that you can use to view, explore, format, and distribute reports. This guide contains instructions about installing and testing IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client, and about setting up samples. For information about the differences between IBM Cognos Series 7 PowerPlay for Windows and IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client, see the IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client User Guide.

Audience
To use this guide, you should be familiar with basic Windows administration skills.

Related Documentation
Our documentation includes user guides, getting started guides, new features guides, readmes, and other materials to meet the needs of our varied audience. The following documents contain related information and may be referred to in this document. Note: For online users of this document, a Web page such as The page cannot be found may appear when clicking individual links in the following table. Documents are made available for your par ticular installation and translation configuration. If a link is unavailable, you can access the document on the Cognos Software Services Web site (http://support.cognos.com). Logon credentials are available either from your administrator or by request from [email protected].

Document
IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client User Guide

Description
Creating and distributing Power Play reports

IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Migra Migrating IBM Cognos Series 7 tion and Administration Guide PowerPlay content to IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay, and adminis tering your IBM Cognos 8 Power Play environment

Finding Information
To find the most current product documentation, including all localized documentation, access the Cognos Software Services Web site (http://support.cognos.com). Click the Documentation link to access documentation guides. Click the Knowledge Base link to access all documentation, technical papers, and multimedia materials.

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Introduction Product documentation is available in online help from the Help menu or button in IBM Cognos products. You can also download documentation in PDF format from the Cognos Software Services Web site. You can also read PDF versions of the product readme files and installation guides directly from IBM Cognos product CDs.

Using Quick Tours

Quick tours are short online tutorials that illustrate key features in IBM Cognos product components. To view a quick tour, start IBM Cognos Connection and click the Quick Tour link in the lowerright corner of the Welcome page.

Getting Help
For more information about using this product or for technical assistance, visit the Cognos Software Services Web site (http://support.cognos.com). This site provides product information, services, user forums, and a knowledge base of documentation and multimedia materials. To log a Service Request, go to IBM Cognos Insight! at http://support.cognos.com/en/support/insight. For general inquiries, contact your local Cognos Software Services office. Contact information can be found at http://support.cognos.com/en/support/about/contact.html. For information about education and training, click the Training link.

Printing Copyright Material

You can print selected pages, a section, or the whole book. You are granted a non-exclusive, nontransferable license to use, copy, and reproduce the copyright materials, in printed or electronic format, solely for the purpose of operating, maintaining, and providing internal training on IBM Cognos software.

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Chapter 1: Installing and Configuring IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client

This section provides the information you need to install and configure IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client. IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client lets you view, explore, format, and distribute PowerPlay reports in the IBM Cognos 8 environment. This section also includes information about uninstalling IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client. For more information, see "Uninstall IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client" (p. 11). For information about the differences between IBM Cognos Series 7 PowerPlay Client and IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client, see the Migration and Administration Guide. To install and configure IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client, do the following tasks: Verify system requirements. Install IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client. Configure IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client, if required. Test the installation.

You are now ready to use IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client. If you would like to try some of the features with sample data, you can install and configure the PowerPlay samples. For more inform ation, see "Setting Up the Samples for IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client" (p. 19).

Verify System Requirements

Use the following table to check the minimum hardware and software requirements to install and run IBM Cognos 8 components on one computer. Additional resources may be required for distrib uted or production environments.

Requirement
RAM

Specification
Minimum: 2 GB

Operating system specifications File descriptor limit set to 1024 on Solaris (recommended) Disk space A minimum of 2.5 GB of free space is required to install the software and 1 GB of free space on the drive that contains the temporary directory used by IBM Cognos components.

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Requirement
Web browser

Specification
For all Web browsers, the following are enabled: cookies JavaScript

For Microsoft Internet Explorer only, the following are enabled: Active scripting Allow META REFRESH

Install IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client

Use the installation wizard to install IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client on a Windows computer. If you are installing on a Windows Vista computer, we recommend that you do not install in the Program Files directory. Security enhancements in Windows Vista restrict applications from writing to the Program Files directory during program operations. You can have IBM Cognos Series 7 PowerPlay for Windows and IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client on the same computer. This can be useful when migrating reports from IBM Cognos Series 7 to IBM Cognos 8. When both products are installed on the same computer, file associations are set up to launch the product that was installed most recently when a PPX or MDC file is accessed. If you install IBM Cognos Series 7 PowerPlay for Windows after installing IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client, you can reset the file associations so that PPX and MDC files open in IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client. Ensure that you have administrator privileges for the Windows computer you are installing on. Also ensure that your computer has a TEMP system variable that points to the directory where you want to store temporary files. During installation, files from the CD are temporarily copied to this directory. Ensure that the directory has sufficient space (1 GB).

Steps to Install
1. Insert the product CD. 2. If the installation wizard does not open automatically, go to the win32 directory, and doubleclick issetup.exe. 3. In the Welcome page of the installation wizard, select one of the available languages and then click Next. The language you select determines the language of the installation wizard. 4. Accept the license agreement and click Next. 5. In the Installation Location page, specify the IBM Cognos 8 location.

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Chapter 1: Installing and Configuring IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client If other IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay components are installed on the computer, specify the same directory as the other PowerPlay components. You are prompted for the location of a directory in which to store backup copies of the files that will be overwritten. If no other IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay components are installed on the computer, accept the default location or specify a new location. If you are installing on Windows Vista, specify a location outside of the Program Files directory. If you specify a new location, use a directory name that contains only ASCII characters. Some Web servers do not support non-ASCII char acters in directory names. 6. In the User Information page, specify the settings and click Next. 7. In the Product Language Selection page, select the language for the product user interface and then click Next. Only one language can be selected per installation. We recommend using a language that matches the system locale settings. Otherwise, use English. We also recommend setting fonts to match the system locale. Ensure that the supporting font is installed on the client computer. If you select Dutch, Spanish, or Swedish, you must also install language files from the IBM Cognos 8 Supplementary Languages CD. Continue with the installation, configure IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client, and then install the supplementary language. If you want Korean or Traditional Chinese, select English. Continue with the installation, configure IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client, and then install Korean or Traditional Chinese from the IBM Cognos 8 Supplementary Languages CD. For instructions about installing supplementary languages, see the IBM Cognos 8 Supplementary Languages Installation and Configuration Guide. The following constraints apply for the sup plementary languages: Korean and Traditional Chinese apply only to the PowerPlay parts of the user interface. This means that the user interface for IBM Cognos Configuration will remain in the original installed language. Although Russian is available in the supplementary languages, it does not apply to IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client.

8. In the Component Selection page, accept the default settings and click Next. 9. Follow the directions in the Shortcut Folder and Installation Summary pages. 10. In the Finish page, do the following: If you want to see late-breaking information about IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client, select View the Readme. Click Finish.

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Chapter 1: Installing and Configuring IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client Ensure that the installation directory is protected from unauthorized access.

Step to Reset File Associations to IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client

If you install IBM Cognos Series 7 PowerPlay for Windows after you install IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client and you want PPX and MDC files to open in IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client, run the following command in the c8_client_location\bin directory: PwrPlay.exe /regserver.

Configure IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client

After you install IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client, you configure it so that it works in your envir onment. If you install IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client to use with local PowerCubes only, no configuration is required. Configuration is required if you install on a separate computer from the IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay server and you want to use remote PowerCubes. Other configuration tasks are optional (p. 13). You perform them to change the default property values used by IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client. If you plan to use remote PowerCubes, IBM Cognos 8 server components must be configured and running before you configure IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client.

Steps To Configure Access to PowerPlay Server for Remote PowerCubes

1. On the computer where you installed IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client, start IBM Cognos Configuration. 2. In the Explorer window, click Environment. 3. In the Properties window, change the following properties using values provided by your administrator: Gateway URI Dispatcher URI for external applications

4. Change other properties as indicated by your administrator. 5. From the File menu, click Save.

Test the Installation

You can test the IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client installation by opening PowerPlay.

Step
From the Start menu, under Programs, IBM Cognos 8, click PowerPlay 8. If the Welcome page appears, the installation is successful.

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Chapter 1: Installing and Configuring IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client If you want to test IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client with sample reports, you can install the IBM Cognos 8 samples (p. 19).

Uninstall IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client

Uninstall IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client when you want to change the language or if you no longer require it. It is important to use IBM Cognos 8 uninstall programs to remove IBM Cognos 8 products. Do not use the Windows Add or Remove Programs tools. Uninstalling does not remove any files that changed since the installation, such as configuration and user data files. Your installation location remains on your computer, and you retain these files until you delete them manually. We recommend that you close all programs before you uninstall IBM Cognos 8 products. Otherwise, some files may not be removed.

Steps
1. From the Start menu, click Programs, IBM Cognos 8, Uninstall IBM Cognos 8, Uninstall IBM Cognos 8. Uninstall Wizard appears. Tip: IBM Cognos 8 is the default name of the folder that is created during the installation. If you chose another name, go to that folder to find the program. 2. Follow the instructions to uninstall the components. The isconfig-UNINSTALL_PACKAGE-yyyymmdd_hhmm.log file records the activities that the Uninstall wizard performs while uninstalling files. Tip: To find the log file, look in the c8_location\instlog directory. 3. Delete all temporary Internet files. For more information, see your Web browser documentation.

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Chapter 2: Configuration Options

After installing and configuring IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client, you can further customize it in your environment. If you change the value of a property, you must save the configuration and then restart the IBM Cognos 8 service to apply the new settings to your computer. You can customize PowerPlay Client in the following ways: change a URI configure cryptographic settings configure embedded fonts for PDF reports Add security to your communications using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol

Change a URI
You can change certain elements in a URI depending on your environment. When you install IBM Cognos 8 components, the installation uses default configuration settings. If you have any reason not to use the default values, such as a port is being used by another process, use IBM Cognos Configuration to change the value. An IBM Cognos URI contains the following elements: For a Content Manager URI, Dispatcher URI for external applications, or dispatcher URI protocol://host_name_or_IP:port/context_root/alias_path For a Gateway URI or a Web content URI protocol://host_name_or_IP:port/virtual_directory/gateway_application OR protocol://host_name_or_IP:port/context_root/alias_path

Element
protocol For example, http or https

Description
Specifies the protocol used to request and transmit information, either Hyper Text Transfer Pro tocol or Hyper Text Transfer Pro tocol (Secure).

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Element
host name or IP For example, localhost or 192.168.0.1

Description
Specifies the identity of the host on the network. You can use an IP address, a computer name, or a fully qualified domain name. In a distributed installation, you must change the localhost element of a URI. In a mixed environment of UNIX and Windows servers, ensure that host names can be resolved to IP addresses by all servers in the environment.

port For example, 9300 or 80

Specifies the port on which the host system listens for requests. The default port for Tomcat is 9300. The default port for a Web server is 80. Used by Tomcat or an application server to determine the context of the application so that the request can be routed to the correct Web application for processing. Used by the application server to route a request to the correct component within a Web applica tion. The alias path must not be modi fied or IBM Cognos 8 components will not function properly.

context root For example, p2pd

alias path For example, servlet/dispatch

virtual directory For example, cognos8 or cognos8/cgi-bin

Used by the Web server to map a virtual directory or alias to a physical location. For example, in the default Gateway URI of http://localhost: 80/cognos8/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi, the virtual directory is cognos8/cgi-bin.

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Element
gateway application For example, cognos.cgi

Description
Specifies the name of the IBM Cognos gateway application that is used. For example, if you are accessing IBM Cognos 8 components using a Common Gateway Interface (CGI), then the default gateway application would be cognos.cgi.

Steps
1. Start IBM Cognos Configuration. 2. In the Explorer window click the appropriate group or component: To change an element for the dispatcher, click Environment. To change an element for the local log server, under Environment, click Logging.

3. In the Properties window, click the Value box next to the URI property that you want to change. 4. Select the element and type the new information. Tip: To change the port used by the local dispatcher, change the value of the Internal dispatcher URI property. Because the change affects all the URIs that are based on the local dispatcher, you must change the URIs of all local components. Tip: If you change the dispatcher port in the dispatcher URI, ensure that you specify the new port number when you configure remote computers that use the dispatcher, Content Manager, or SDK services on this system. 5. From the File menu, click Save.

Change Cryptographic Settings

IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client communicates with Content Manager through the gateway to establish trust and obtain some cryptographic keys from Content Manager. Cryptographic keys are used to encrypt passwords and data in your configuration. Change the cryptographic settings on the client computer only when the settings are changed on the Content Manager computers. Important: In a distributed installation, all IBM Cognos 8 server and client components in a distrib uted installation must use the same cryptographic keys. If the cryptographic keys on the Content Manager computers are changed, they must be deleted from the other server and client computers in the IBM Cognos 8 environment. Then the configuration must be saved on each computer so that they obtain the new cryptographic keys from Content Manager.

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Chapter 2: Configuration Options Also, in a distributed environment, the symmetric key should only be stored locally on computers where Content Manager has been installed.

Steps to Delete the Existing Cryptographic Keys

1. Go to the c8_location\configuration directory. 2. Delete the csk, encrypkeypair, and signkeypair directories.

Steps for Cryptographic Settings

1. Start IBM Cognos Configuration. 2. In the Explorer window, under Security, click Cryptography. 3. In the Properties window, update the value of the properties as required to reflect changes in the cryptographic properties on the Content Manager computer. 4. From the File menu, click Save.

Configure Embedded Fonts for PDF Reports

When a PDF report opens in Adobe Reader, all the fonts used in that report must be available. Fonts must be either embedded in the report or installed on the users computer. If a font is not available in either of these locations, Adobe Reader tries to substitute an appropriate font. This substitution may cause changes in the presentation of the report or some characters may not be displayed. To ensure that PDF reports appear correctly in Adobe Reader, IBM Cognos 8 embeds required fonts in reports by default. To minimize the file size, IBM Cognos 8 embeds only the characters (also called glyphs) used in the report rather than all characters in the font set. IBM Cognos 8 embeds fonts only if they are licensed for embedding. The license information is stored in the font itself and is read by IBM Cognos 8. If you are confident that the fonts used in reports are available on users computers, you can limit or eliminate embedded fonts to reduce the size of PDF reports. When limiting fonts, you specify whether a font is always or never embedded, using an embedded fonts list in IBM Cognos Config uration.

Steps
1. Start IBM Cognos Configuration. 2. In the Explorer window, click Environment. 3. In the Properties window, under Font Settings, click the value for Fonts to embed (Batch report service) or Fonts to embed (Report service), and then click the edit button. 4. If you are not using the default fonts directory or if you want to add a path to an additional directory, in the Fonts to Embed in PDF Reports dialog box, specify the new path in the font paths box. Tip: Click Search Now to get a list of the available fonts in the specified path or paths. 16 PowerPlay Client

Chapter 2: Configuration Options 5. For a font that will always be available on users computers, scroll to the font name, and click the Never check box. IBM Cognos 8 does not embed the font with any reports. Adobe Reader uses the font from the users computer when the report is opened. 6. For a font that may not always be available on the users computers, scroll to the font name and click the Always check box. IBM Cognos 8 embeds the font with all reports that use it. Adobe Reader uses the embedded font when the report is opened. 7. Click OK.

Configure SSL for IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client

The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol is used to secure communication between IBM Cognos components installed on the same computer or on different computers. If you configured IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client for access to remote cubes and the IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay servers are configured to use the SSL protocol, you must configure IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client to use SSL also. All IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay computers in your environment must use the same protocol. For more information about configuring SSL on server computers, see the IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Install ation and Configuration Guide.

Steps
1. Start IBM Cognos Configuration. 2. In the Explorer window, click Environment. 3. Configure the SSL protocol by changing the http portion of the URI to https for either of the following two settings: Dispatcher URI for external applications If the IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay server uses a different SSL setting than the one you config ure, the setting on the server is used. Gateway URI

4. In the Explorer window, click Security, Cryptography, Cognos. 5. In the Properties window, specify a password for the IBM Cognos 8 signing key store: Under Signing key settings, click the value for Signing key store password and then click the edit button. Type the new password in both boxes and then click OK.

6. In the Properties window, specify a password for the IBM Cognos 8 encryption key store:

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Chapter 2: Configuration Options Under Encryption key settings, click the value for Encryption key store password and then click the edit button. Type the new password in both boxes and then click OK.

7. From the File menu, click Save.

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Chapter 3: Setting Up the Samples for IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client

IBM Cognos 8 provides sample reports that contain sales, marketing, and financial information for a fictional company named the Great Outdoors Company that sells sporting equipment. The samples are available on a separate CD and are described in the related user guides and online help. To use the samples, you must install and configure them, or contact your administrator to find out where they are installed. Use the following checklist to guide you through the tasks: Install the samples. Test a sample in IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client.

Install the IBM Cognos 8 Samples

The IBM Cognos 8 samples use data from the Great Outdoors company to illustrate product features. To use the samples, install them from the IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence Samples CD or from a network location prepared by your administrator.

Steps to Install from CD

1. Insert the CD. 2. To start the installation wizard, click issetup.exe. The Welcome page of the installation wizard should appear. 3. Select the language to use for the installation. The language that you select determines the language of the user interface. You can change the language to any of the installed languages after installation. 4. Follow the directions in the installation wizard to copy the required files to your computer. Install the samples in the same location as IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client. 5. In the Finish page of the installation wizard, click Finish.

Steps to Copy Samples from a Network Location

1. Go to the network location and directory specified by your administrator. 2. Copy the contents of the directory to a directory on your computer.

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Test a Sample Report in IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client

You can test a sample report by opening it in PowerPlay Client. You can test a local report by specifying both the report (ppx file) and the cube (mdc file) that was used to create the report. If you configured access to the PowerPlay server, you can test a remote report by opening it in PowerPlay without specifying a cube. You can also publish reports for cube packages in PowerPlay Client, for use in IBM Cognos Viewer or PowerPlay Studio. For more information, see the IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client User Guide.

Steps to Open a Local Report

1. From the Start menu, click Programs, IBM Cognos 8, IBM PowerPlay 8. 2. In the Welcome page, click Open an existing report. 3. In the Choose a Report dialog box, click the arrow in the Look in box, find the directory con taining the reports for local cubes, select the report, and then click Open. 4. In the Choose a Local Cube dialog box, click the arrow in the Look in box, find the directory containing the sample data sources, select the great_outdoors_8.mdc file, and then click Open. The report opens in PowerPlay.

Steps to Open a Remote Report

1. From the Start menu, click Programs, IBM Cognos 8, IBM PowerPlay 8. 2. In the Welcome page, click Open an existing report. 3. In the Choose a Report dialog box, click the arrow in the Look in box, find the directory con taining the reports for remote packages, select the report, and then click Open. The report opens in PowerPlay. For a list of the reports, see the IBM Cognos 8 PowerPlay Client User Guide.

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Index
B
Batch report service list of embedded fonts for PDF reports, 16 information finding, 5 installing Great Outdoors samples, 19

C
changing default configuration settings, 13 URIs, 13 Cognos Software Services Web site, 6 common symmetric key, 15 configuration changing default settings, 13 settings for IBM Cognos 8, 13 configuring SSL protocol, 17 configuring the SDK, 10 copyright material printing, 6

P
ports changing, 13 printing copyright material, 6

Q
quick tours using, 6

R
related documentation, 5 Report service list of embedded fonts for PDF reports, 16

S E
embedded fonts, 16 samples Great Outdoors, 19 installing, 19 SDK configuring, 10 secure sockets layer, See SSL protocol services uninstalling, 11 SSL protocol configuring, 17

F
finding information, 5 font embedding lists, 16 fonts list of embedded fonts for PDF reports, 16

G
Great Outdoors samples, 19 installing, 19

U
uninstalling IBM Cognos 8, 11 URI changing, 13

H
help getting, 6

I
IBM Cognos 8 uninstalling, 11

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