Starting Report Studio

Use the following parameters to start Report Studio with the parameterized URL method:

http://localhost/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi?b_action=xts.run&m=
portal/launch.xts&ui.tool=ReportStudio&ui.gateway=
http://localhost/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi&ui.option=/content

When starting Report Studio with the parameterized URL method, specify both the gateway (http://localhost/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi?) and the ui.gateway parameter.

For a list of mandatory parameterized URL launch parameters, see Mandatory Parameterized URL Parameters.

Use the following parameters to start Report Studio with the cognosLaunch method:

cognosLaunch("ui.gateway","http://localhost/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi?","ui.
tool","ReportStudio","ui.option","/content")

For a list of mandatory cognosLaunch parameters, see Mandatory cognosLaunch Parameters.

In addition to the mandatory parameters required, you can also use the following optional parameters:

• ui.object

  Specifies the path of the target object. Acceptable values are the Content Manager search path or store ID. For more information, see Using Search Paths and Page IDs.

• ui.folder

  Specifies the target folder. Acceptable values are the Content Manager search path or store ID. For more information, see Using Search Paths and Page IDs.

• ui.backURL

  Specifies the URI to open after you close the selected component.

  IBM Cognos Application Firewall validation is enforced on URLs that contain this parameter. For more information see, URL Validation.