Configure the Cognos Portlets for WebSphere® Portal

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

Procedure

For each Cognos® portlet application, click the edit value icon.
For the cps_auth_secret property, enter the secret character string that you used for the Shared Secret property when you configured the Custom Java Provider namespace.
For the cps_auth_namespace property, enter the Custom Java Provider namespace ID.
For the CPS Endpoint 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