Single Signon

Single signon ensures that users who are logged on to one IBM® Cognos® application are not prompted for authentication when they run another IBM Cognos application.

You can ensure that your users benefit from single signon by ensuring that both IBM Cognos Business Intelligence and PowerPlay® use the same Series 7 namespace as their authentication source. Alternatively, you can ensure that the authentication namespaces used for both IBM Cognos BI and PowerPlay are configured to use an external single signon mechanism for authentication, such as operating system signons for Series 7 PowerPlay or LDAP provider with External Identity Mapping in IBM Cognos BI.

For instructions about setting up Series 7 single signon, see the Access Manager Administrator Guide.

For instructions about setting up single signon for the IBM Cognos reporting product, see the Installation and Configuration Guide.

Parent topic: Series 7 Reports in IBM Cognos Connection