Redirect User to a Web Site When They Log Off

When users log off from IBM® Cognos® Connection, you can redirect them to a Web site of your choice by specifying a URL for redirection.

For security reasons, this URL must be within a domain that is registered with the IBM Cognos Application Firewall software.

Procedure

Edit the system.xml file located in the <installation_location>/templates/ps directory, and specify the URL to use for redirection using the <redirect-url> </redirect-url> parameter. For example,
```
<param name="custom-auth">
	<logoff enabled="true">
		<redirect-url>http://www.google.com</redirect-url></logoff>
</param>
```
In the IBM Cognos Configuration component, register the domain for the URL used for redirection. Specify the domain name using the Valid domains or hosts property located under Security, IBM Cognos Application Firewall.
Note that if IBM Cognos Application Firewall is enabled and the specified URL uses an unregistered domain, IBM Cognos Connection returns an error page at logoff.