Configure the Portlet Applications

Configure the portlet application to specify the signon mechanism and the address of the server component for Portal Services. This must be done for all sets of Cognos® portlets: the IBM® Cognos Content portlets, the IBM Cognos Extended Applications portlets, and the IBM Cognos Metric Studio portlets.

Procedure

On the Administration tab, click Portlet Management, Web Modules.
Click the CognosBIPortlets.war file.
A list of the Cognos portlet applications appears.
For the application you want, click the edit portlet application button .
The edit page appears.
For the Active Credential Type property, enter one of the following values to specify the single signon mechanism used in your installation.
- LtpaToken
- SiteMinderToken
- WebSealToken
For more information about configuring single signon for Portal Services, see Configuring Security for Portal Services.
For the IBM Cognos WSRP WSDL Location property, modify the URL as required to connect to the CPS server. The URL must contain the correct protocol, server name, port number, and server path.
By default, the protocol is http. If IBM Cognos Business Intelligence is configured to be accessed through Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections, change the protocol to https.

The server path must point to an IBM Cognos gateway.
- For the IBM Cognos Navigator, IBM Cognos Search, and IBM Cognos Viewer portlets, the path is c10_gateway/wsrp/cps4/portlets/nav?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl.
- For the IBM Cognos Extended Applications portlet, the path is c10_gateway/wsrp/cps4/portlets/sdk?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl.
- For the IBM Cognos Metric Studio portlets, the path is c10_gateway/wsrp/cps4/portlets/cmm?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl.
Click OK.
The Cognos portlets are now available to be added to pages by users. You can configure Cognos portlets so that their default settings are the same for all users.
Repeat steps 3 to 6 for the IBM Cognos Extended Applications Portlets and the IBM Cognos Metric Studio portlets.
Note: You can create the IBM Cognos Extended Applications portlets only if IBM Cognos Software Development Kit is installed. For information about creating extended applications for Portal Services, see the Developer Guide.