Allow User Access to Series 7 Reports from Cognos Connection

If Cognos 8 is configured properly to use the Cognos Series 7 namespace, you can allow users to access NewsIndexes and NewsBoxes of the Series 7 version of Cognos Upfront from Cognos Connection.

We recommend that Cognos Connection and Upfront use the same Web server if Upfront is set up to use relative URLs. If 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 Cognos Connection.

For information about configuring Series 7, see Cognos Series 7 Configuration Manager User Guide. For information about running Series 7 reports, see Series 7 Reports in Cognos Connection. You may also want to see Series 7 Users and Series 7 Roles.

Steps

1. In Cognos Configuration, configure Cognos 8 to use your Cognos Series 7 namespace. For more information, see the 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 Cognos Configuration.

4. Ensure that the ticket server for 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 Cognos 8 passport timeout value.

6. On the computer where Cognos 8 is installed, open the c8_location/templates/ps/portal/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 Cognos 8
   back URLs when linking to Series 7 content. (eg. http://Cognos8_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 Cognos Shared, click Locale, and then click the Encoding property

8. Save the system.xml file in UTF-8 format.

9. Using Cognos Configuration, stop and then restart Cognos 8.

   For more information about stopping Cognos 8, see the Installation and Configuration Guide.