Configure the Cognos iViews for SAP EP

Within the iViews, you must link the iViews to the Custom Java™ Provider namespace within your respective portal.

Procedure

  1. Open the iView editor for each Cognos® iView.
  2. In the Property Category box, select Show All.
  3. For the cpsauthsecret: CPS Authorization Secret property, enter the secret character string that you used for the Shared Secret property when you configured the Custom Java Provider namespace.
  4. For the cps: authentication namespace ID property, enter the Custom Java Provider namespace ID.
  5. For the cpsserver: CPS Connection Server property, enter the URL path to access Portal Services components through the gateway.

    The format of the URL is as follows:

    • For Cognos content portlets

      Gateway_URI/wsrp/cps4/portlets/nav?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl

      Example for a CGI gateway:

      http://myserver/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi/wsrp/cps4/portlets/nav?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl

      Example for a servlet gateway:

      http://172.0.16.1:9500/wsrp/cps4/portlets/nav?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl

    • For Cognos Extended Applications

      Gateway_URI/wsrp/cps4/portlets/sdk?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl

      Example for a CGI gateway:

      http://myserver/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi/wsrp/cps4/portlets/sdk?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl

      Example for a servlet gateway:

      http://172.0.16.1:9500/wsrp/cps4/portlets/sdk?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl

    • For Metrics Manager Watchlist portlets

      Gateway_URI/wsrp/cps4/portlets/cmm?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl

      Example for a CGI gateway:

      http://myserver/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi/wsrp/cps4/portlets/cmm?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl

      Example for a servlet gateway:

      http://172.0.16.1:9500/wsrp/cps4/portlets/cmm?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl