and select multilingual properties .If your administrator configures Cognos 8 to use the Cognos Series 7 namespace, you can see Series 7 entries in Cognos Connection. When you run a Series 7 report, the report runs in the Series 7 application used to create it.
The contents of the Series 7 NewsIndex appears at the bottom of the page in Public Folders. The contents of your Series 7 personal NewsBox appears at the bottom of the page in My Folders.
Alternatively, PowerPlay 7.3 can be configured to use Cognos Connection rather than Upfront as a portal. However, if you are accessing content from other Cognos applications or versions previous to PowerPlay 7.3, the administrator may still depend on the Upfront portal.
When you access Series 7 entries from Cognos Connection, consider the following things:
If the Series 7 namespace and the Cognos 8 namespace are different, you must log on to both. Otherwise, you cannot see content in both areas.
If you log off when you are in Upfront, you can no longer access Series 7 entries in Cognos Connection. You should always log off in Cognos Connection.
If you belong to several Series 7 user classes, you are unable to select a different user class when you access Upfront through Cognos Connection.
If you use an Upfront theme other than standard70, an error message may appear when you click the More link in the Actions column. You cannot access Series 7 entries.
If you want to cut, copy, and paste Series 7 entries, use the More link in the Actions column, and then use the Upfront toolbar.
If you perform a search in Cognos Connection, the Series 7 entries are not included in the search.
You cannot combine Cognos 8 entries and Series 7 entries in a single folder or NewsBox.
For information about working with Series 7 entries in Upfront, see the Cognos Series 7 Web Portal User Guide.
After Series 7 PowerPlay reports and cubes are published to the Cognos 8 portal, you can use PowerPlay authoring tools to create and edit Series 7 PowerPlay reports. For more information about PowerPlay authoring tools, see the PowerPlay Web User’s Guide.
You can change the default run options of Series 7
PowerPlay reports and cubes and select multilingual properties .
Series 7 PowerPlay reports and cubes function differently from other reports. The following actions do not apply to Series 7 PowerPlay reports and cubes:
viewing the run history and report output versions
specifying how long to keep report outputs and histories
canceling and suspending reports
specifying prompt values for report formats other than PDF
specifying language for the content of reports
running a report as the owner
scheduling reports
distributing reports
Single signon ensures that users who are logged on to one Cognos application are not prompted for authentication when they run another Cognos application.
You can ensure that your users benefit from single signon by ensuring that both Cognos 8 and PowerPlay use the same Series 7 namespace as their authentication source. Alternatively, you can ensure that the authentication namespaces used for both Cognos 8 and PowerPlay are configured to use an external single signon mechanism for authentication, such as operating system signons for Series 7 PowerPlay or LDAP provider with External Identity Mapping in ReportNet®.
For instructions about setting up Series 7 single signon, see the Access Manager Administrator Guide.
For instructions about setting up single signon for ReportNet, see the Installation and Configuration Guide.
You can run Series 7 PowerPlay reports in the
following formats :
If the HTML icon 
is visible, the report opens in PowerPlay
Web Explorer.
If the PDF icon 
is
visible, the report runs in the PowerPlay Web Viewer.
PowerPlay administrators can restrict who can open cubes. For information about publishing Series 7 PowerPlay reports and cubes in Cognos 8, see the PowerPlay Enterprise Server Guide.
If you use secured Series 7 cubes, the namespace against which the cubes are secured must be configured as an authentication source in Cognos 8. This namespace need not be the only authentication namespace or the primary logon for the user. For more information about configuring authentication namespaces see the Installation and Configuration Guide.
Before you can run or open Series 7 PowerPlay reports
and cubes 
directly from Cognos 8, you must
have both PowerPlay 7.3 and Cognos 8 installed and configured.
You also must have the following permissions:
execute and read permissions to run or open a report or cube
read and traverse permissions to access the folder that contains the report or cube
read and write permissions to set properties for cubes and reports
In Cognos Connection, click the report that you want.
Depending on the default action for the report, the report runs in either PDF format (default) or opens with PowerPlay Web Explorer.
If you have the required permissions, you can change the run
options for Series 7 PowerPlay reports and cubes .
For information about using PowerPlay Web Explorer and PowerPlay
Web Viewer, see the Cognos PowerPlay Web User's
Guide.
Tip: To run any Series 7 PowerPlay report in
PowerPlay Web Explorer, click the open with PowerPlay Explorer button 
in the actions toolbar. You can also click More next
to the report you want and then open the report in Analysis Studio
or Report Studio. The migration tools must already be installed.
For information about installing these tools, see the Cognos 8 Migration
and Upgrade Tools Installation Guide. When
you open the report, it is upgraded to the format of the studio
that you opened it in. If you save the report, it is saved in the
upgraded format. There may be differences between the original PowerPlay
report and the Cognos 8 version of the report. If you do
not save the report, it remains a Series 7 PowerPlay report.
For more information about upgrading Series 7 PowerPlay
reports, see the Cognos 8 Migration and Upgrade User Guide.
You can change the defaults for Series 7 PowerPlay reports. You can select one of the following default actions when a report is run:
run the report in PDF format (default)
open the report with PowerPlay Web Explorer
For HTML format reports, you can choose to open the report in design mode (without data). Opening a report in design mode is useful to quickly view the structure of the report.
For PDF format reports, you can choose to be prompted for values that filter the range of data included in a report. For example, you can specify a date range that is a subset of the dates available in the report. If the Series 7 PowerPlay report was created with prompt values, you are prompted to enter values when the report runs.
In Cognos Connection, click the set properties button 
on the actions toolbar to the right of the
report you want to run.
Click the PowerPlay report tab.
Under Default action, select the default action for when the report is run.
For HTML reports, if you want to open the report without data, design mode, select the Open in design mode check box.
Tip: You can also click the open with PowerPlay Web Explorer
in design mode button if
it appears in the actions toolbar.
For PDF reports, if you want to be prompted for values, select the Prompt for values check box.
Tip: The Prompt for values check box appears only if prompt
values are created for the report. You can also click More next
to the report you want and then click the run the report in PDF
format and prompt for values button 
.
You can open Series 7 cubes and work with them in PowerPlay Web Explorer.
For more information about using PowerPlay Web Explorer, see PowerPlay Web User’s Guide.
In Cognos Connection, click the cube that you want.
In Cognos Connection, you can select the multilingual
properties of a Series 7 report or cube . The name,
screen tip, and description uses the language that you select.
The content, data, category labels, and other labels do not change. The language for these items is set by the PowerPlay administrator who creates the report or cube.
