Deploying Cognos Portlets to SAP Enterprise Portal 7.3

Before users can add Cognos® portlets to their portal pages, you must deploy the portlets to the portal server.

You can deploy the following portlets:

IBM® Cognos Content
This group includes IBM Cognos Navigator, IBM Cognos Search, IBM Cognos Viewer.
IBM Cognos Extended Applications
This group includes the IBM Cognos Extended Applications portlet.
IBM Cognos Metric Studio
This group includes IBM Cognos Metric List, IBM Cognos History Chart, IBM Cognos Impact Diagram, and IBM Cognos Custom Diagram.

Before you deploy the Cognos portlets, ensure that IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, including IBM Cognos Connection and Portal Services, is installed and configured.

For the IBM Cognos Extended Applications portlet, IBM Cognos Software Development Kit must also be installed. If IBM Cognos Software Development Kit is not installed or not available, the portal administrator should disable the IBM Cognos Extended Applications portlet after the IBM Cognos business package is installed.

For the IBM Cognos Metric Studio portlets, Metric Studio must also be installed. If Metric Studio is not installed or not available, the portal administrator should disable the IBM Cognos Metric Studio portlets after the IBM Cognos business package is installed.

In SAP Enterprise Portal, portlets are named iViews. Portions of this document refer to iViews as portlets.

You must first log on to the portal with administrator privileges.

The deployment process consists of the following tasks:

Installing the IBM Cognos business package.
Editing properties for the iViews
Setting the default iViews content and appearance

After you deploy the portlets, you must configure security for your SAP Enterprise Portal environment

For more information, see the Proven Practices on the IBM Cognos Software Services Web site.