Allow User Access to Series 7 Reports from IBM Cognos Connection

If IBM® Cognos® software is configured properly to use the IBM Cognos Series 7 namespace, you can allow users to access NewsIndexes and NewsBoxes of the Series 7 version of IBM Cognos Upfront from IBM Cognos Connection.

We recommend that IBM Cognos Connection and Upfront use the same Web server if Upfront is set up to use relative URLs. If IBM Cognos Connection and Upfront use different Web servers, configure Series 7 to use fully qualified URL. This allows users to use the Web browser back button to navigate from Upfront back to IBM Cognos Connection.

For information about configuring Series 7, see IBM Cognos Series 7 Configuration Manager User Guide.

Procedure

  1. In IBM Cognos Configuration, configure IBM Cognos to use your IBM Cognos Series 7 namespace. For more information, see the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Installation and Configuration Guide.
  2. In the Properties window, under Cookie Settings, ensure that the Secure Flag Enabled property is set to false.
  3. From the File menu, click Save and close IBM Cognos Configuration.
  4. Ensure that the ticket server for IBM Cognos Series 7 namespace is running.
  5. Ensure that the timeout value of the Series 7 ticket server is set to the same value or to a higher value than the IBM Cognos passport timeout value.
  6. On the computer where IBM Cognos software is installed, open the c10_location/templates/ps/system.xml file in an editor.

    Ensure that your editor supports saving files in UTF-8 format.

  7. Find and edit (with an XML editor) the series7 parameter as follows: 
    <!-- Series 7 Integration parameters --> 
<param name="series7"> 
  <enabled>true</enabled> 
  <!-- character encoding used by series7 --> 
  <encoding>series7_character_encoding</encoding> 
  <!-- host and port to connect to Upfront server --> 
  <host>Upfront_host_name</host> 
  <port>Upfront_dispatcher_port_number</port> 
  <!-- Upfront gateway location --> 
  <gateway>Upfront_gateway_location</gateway> 
  <!-- If required, specify the prefix for IBM Cognos
back URLs when linking to Series 7 content. (eg. http://ibmcognos_computer)
otherwise relative URL's will be used --> 
  <back-prefix>http://Series 7_server</back-prefix> 
</param>

    To view the character encoding used by Series 7, in Series 7 Configuration Manager, on the Properties tab, click IBM Cognos Shared, click Locale, and then click the Encoding property.

  8. Save the system.xml file in UTF-8 format.
  9. Using IBM Cognos Configuration, stop and then restart IBM Cognos Business Intelligence.

    For more information about stopping IBM Cognos BI, see the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Installation and Configuration Guide.

Parent topic: IBM Cognos Software Administration