and
then configure the deployed portlets to use that gateway. Portal Services provides a set of Cognos portlets that you can use in Cognos Connection and in third-party portals. You can use the portlets to navigate, search, and view Cognos reports in your working environment. Other users can view Cognos information without needing to know how to use Cognos products.
For more information, see the Administration and Security Guide.
Portal Services is installed automatically with Cognos 8 components. In a distributed environment, it is included with the Application Tier Components. The installation includes the deployment files for
SAP Enterprise Portal (SAP EP)
IBM WebSphere Portal
Plumtree Portal
SharePoint Portal
For some deployments of Portal Services, you must modify some Portal Services property settings and prepare the Cognos environment to support the third-party portal.
When used in a third-party portal, Portal Services can authenticate
users in only one namespace. If Cognos 8 components are configured
with more than one namespace, you must install a separate gateway
for each namespace that will be used to authenticate portal users.
You must configure each gateway to use the appropriate namespace and
then configure the deployed portlets to use that gateway.
After you configure the required properties, you must deploy the Cognos portlets to the third-party portal. For more information, see the Administration and Security Guide.
To use Portal Services with Cognos 8 components, do the following:
 | Specify the location of the applications.xml file, if required. |
| | Install and test the portlets on the third-party portal. For more information, see the Administration and Security Guide. |
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