Install & Configuration
Connecting to Microsoft PowerBI Report Server
Question Is it possible to connect Digital Hive to an instance of Microsoft PowerBI Report Server? This is the on premises version of Power BI. Answer As a Digital Hive administrator, connecting to Microsoft PowerBI Report Server can be accomplished ...
Multi Server installation of DH 2024.3 (Windows)
Question Due to the number of users and the critical nature of the BI reports, it is desirable to introduce more capacity into the Digital Hive environment. Can Digital Hive be installed across multiple servers? Answer Digital Hive can be installed ...
Postgres database not installing for 2024.3
Question During the installation process of DigitalHive 2024.3 on Windows Server, this error occurs: *Where: Build file 'C:\DigitalHive\theia.gradle' line: 196 *What went wrong: Execution failed for task ':initializeDatabase' ...
Installing Digital Hive 2024.3 on Linux
Overview The 2024.3 Digital Hive release brings a lot of new capabilities to the market. In order to deliver some of the new features, changes to the underlying technology stack that underpins the Digital Hive solution had to be made. The 2024.3 ...
Connecting Digital Hive to Microsoft Engage (formerly Yammer)
Question How do we connect Digital Hive to Microsoft Engage so that discussion threads can be embedded onto a Hive page? Answer Connecting Digital Hive to PowerBI requires that an app registration has been created within Azure. For more information ...
Create a Digital Hive Azure App Registration for Microsoft Engage (Yammer)
Question Are there any prerequisites for connecting Microsoft Engage to Digital Hive so that users can access discussion threads? Answer Similar to other Cloud based hosted solutions that use REST interfaces, like Google and Box, an Azure AD ...
Uninstalling the Digital Hive Software
Question Digital Hive was recently installed on a new server. What is the best way to uninstall Digital Hive from the previous server? Answer To uninstall Digital Hive from your Windows server: Log into the physical Digital Hive Windows server as an ...
Upgrading Digital Hive on Linux to the 2024.3 Release
Overview The 2024.3 Digital Hive release brings a lot of new capabilities to the market. In order to deliver some of the new features, changes to the underlying technology stack that underpins the Digital Hive solution had to be made. The 2024.3 ...
Upgrading Digital Hive on Windows to the 2024.3 Release
Overview The 2024.3 Digital Hive release brings a lot of new capabilities to the market. In order to deliver some of the new features, changes to the underlying technology stack that underpins the Digital Hive solution had to be made. The 2024.3 ...
Create Dynamic Folders to Curate Certain Content for Users
Question We have a lot of content that is exposed through Digital Hive, which is great for our Authors and Power Users, but for most Consumers, this can be overwhelming. Custom Fields are being used, and one of the fields that is populated on the ...
Connecting to SAP Business Objects
Question How do we connect Digital Hive to SAP Business Objects? Answer As a Digital Hive administrator, connecting to SAP Business Objects can be accomplished via the following steps: Open the Digital Hive Control Center Click on the Connectors and ...
Connecting to the Local Windows File System
Question How do we connect Digital Hive to the local File System? Answer As a Digital Hive administrator, connecting to the File System can be accomplished via the following steps: Launch Digital Hive and login with an admin account Click your avatar ...
Digital Hive Installation and Configuration Overview
Overview This article serves as a collection of all the steps required to install and configure the Digital Hive solution. Prerequisites Digital Hive can be installed on either Windows or Linux based systems. From a server sizing perspective, the ...
How to Clone Digital Hive Using a Direct Copy of the Database
Question How can I clone or migrate one Digital Hive environment to another environment? Answer The same version of Digital Hive needs to be installed in both the original and new environment. Steps Install the same version of Digital Hive in the new ...
Cognos SSO not working in Digital Hive 2024.1
Question IBM Cognos analytics Single Sign-on (SSO) is no longer working after deploying the Digital Hive 2024.1 version. Answer The tomcat properties in the Digital Hive server requires a line added. Setup steps: 1. From Services stop the node1 ...
Content from IBM Planning Analytics is not executing through Digital Hive
Question The IBM Planning Analytics connector has been configured and we're able to index and browse the IBM Planning Analytics content, but when trying to launch a websheet, cube view, or PAW book, a grey screen with an unhappy face is returned. ...
Connecting to IBM Planning Analytics
Question How do we connect Digital Hive to IBM Planning Analytics? Answer As a Digital Hive administrator, connecting to IBM Planning Analytics can be accomplished via the following steps: Open the Digital Hive Control Center Click on the Connectors ...
Cleaning up Stale Lobs
Question I see errors like this in the theia log: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: large object 443111 does not exist Is there anything that I can or should do? Answer If you often delete images then it is suggested to run a vacuum job to ...
Download the Latest Digital Hive Releases
Question Where can I find and download the latest version of Digital Hive? Answer The latest version of Digital Hive can be found using the following links: Digital Hive 1.8: https://releases.digitalhive.com/DH1_8/Theia-1.8.fl8_win-x64.zip ...
Setting the Memory Used by Elasticsearch
Question Can I increase the JVM for Elasticsearch? Answer Yes, it is possible to adjust the Elasticsearch JVM size. By default, Digital Hive sets the Elasticsearch JVM to 500 MB for each node and this is sufficient for most environments. If your ...
Setting the Memory Used by Digital Hive
Question How do you set the amount of memory that Digital Hive uses? Answer If you have lots of available memory on the Digital Hive server you will want to increase the Tomcat JVM. Setting the Tomcat Memory in Windows In Services, stop DigitalHive - ...
Installing the Digital Hive Software
Question How do you install Digital Hive? Answer Digital Hive can be installed in Windows or Linux environments. Installing Digital Hive on Windows Prerequisites for installing Digital Hive on Windows Microsoft® Visual C++ 2013 runtime library ...
Digital Hive Load Balancing
Question Due to the number of users and the critical nature of the BI reports, it is desirable to introduce more capacity into the Digital Hive environment. Can Digital Hive be installed across multiple servers? Answer Digital Hive can be installed ...
Connecting to Google Looker
Question How do we connect Digital Hive to Google Looker? Answer Programmatic authentication into Looker works differently than most other BI content providers. Instead of leveraging the standard username and password, or token, approaches, Looker ...
Connecting to SharePoint Online
Question How do we connect Digital Hive to Microsoft SharePoint Online? Answer As a Digital Hive administrator, connecting to Microsoft SharePoint Online can be accomplished via the following steps: Open the Digital Hive Control Center Click on the ...
Create a Digital Hive Azure App Registration for SharePoint Online
Question Are there any prerequisites for connecting SharePoint Online to Digital Hive so that users can access SharePoint Online content? Answer Similar to other Cloud based hosted solutions that use REST interfaces, like Google and Box, an Azure AD ...
Create a Digital Hive Azure App Registration for PowerBI
Question Are there any prerequisites for connecting PowerBI to Digital Hive so that users can access PowerBI content? Answer Similar to other Cloud based hosted solutions that use REST interfaces, like Google and Box, an Azure AD application to use ...
Connecting to Salesforce
Question How do we connect Digital Hive to the Salesforce CRM platform? Answer Before Digital Hive can successfully connect to Salesforce, a Connected App must first be created within Salesforce Setup. Launch Salesforce Setup Navigate to App Manager ...
How to Change the Default Ports
Question Is there a way to change the default ports (9080 and 9443) that Digital Hive uses? Answer The following steps outline how to change the default ports on a Windows server. It is strongly recommended that https be used and not http, and by ...
Connecting to SAP Analytics Cloud
Question How do we connect Digital Hive to SAP Analytics Cloud? Answer Like other Cloud based analytics platforms, some administrative action is required within SAP Analytics Cloud to generate an AppID and AppSecret that can be used to broker the ...
Connecting to Tableau Server
Question How do we connect Digital Hive to Tableau Server? Answer Before Digital Hive can successfully connect to Tableau Server, the Digital Hive server URL or IP address must be added to the Tableau Trusted Authentication list. This operation must ...
Connecting to IBM Cognos Analytics
Question How do we connect Digital Hive to IBM Cognos Analytics? Answer As a Digital Hive administrator, connecting to IBM Cognos Analytics can be accomplished via the following steps: Open the Digital Hive Control Center Click on the Connectors and ...
Connecting to Microsoft PowerBI
Question How do we connect Digital Hive to Microsoft PowerBI? Answer As a Digital Hive administrator, connecting to Microsoft PowerBI can be accomplished via the following steps: Connecting Digital Hive to PowerBI requires that an app registration ...