HTML and HTTP support during logon
The IBM® Cognos® Mobile product used on
mobile devices is a native application, as opposed to a web application.
It does not use a web browser, and does not use HTML to display reports
on mobile devices.
However, IBM Cognos Mobile does use HTTP to communicate with the IBM Cognos BI server, and so it must interoperate with any web-based security mechanisms that govern access to the Cognos BI server. To allow users to authenticate and to navigate through these security mechanisms, IBM Cognos Mobile shows basic HTML form elements and allows the user to perform the actions associated with them.
The following table shows the HTTP and HTML functions that are supported by IBM Cognos Mobile.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| HTTP Redirects | Supports HTTP 301 Moved Permanently and HTTP 302 Moved Temporarily. It will follow both relative and absolute URLs given in the Location header. |
| HTML Redirects | Supports the HTML equivalent of an HTTP redirect, for example <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="3;URL=http://...">. |
| HTTP Authentication | Supports HTTP 401 Unauthorized both with the basic scheme and with NTLM. NTLM is predominantly a Microsoft authentication scheme, known also as Windows Integrated Authentication. |
| HTML Forms | Shows the text of an HTML page (including text with anchor tags), buttons, and the input field types text, password, and hidden. It also shows the select input type, which is used to show a list of items that you can choose from, such as a list of security namespaces. |