Deploying Cognos Portlets to WebSphere Portal 7.0 and 8.0
You can deploy the following portlets:
- IBM® Cognos Content
This group includes IBM Cognos Navigator, IBM Cognos Search, IBM Cognos Viewer.
- IBM Cognos Extended Applications
This group includes the IBM Cognos Extended Applications portlet.
- IBM Cognos Metric Studio
This group includes IBM Cognos Metric List, IBM Cognos History Chart, IBM Cognos Impact Diagram, and IBM Cognos Custom Diagram.
The deployment process consists of the following tasks:
- Installing the portlet applications file
- Configuring the portlet applications
- Configuring the portlet cache
- Customizing the content of Cognos portlets
After you deploy the portlets, you can configure security for your WebSphere® Portal environment. For more information, see Configuring Security for Portal Services.
Before you begin
Before you start deploying the portlets, ensure that IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, including IBM Cognos Connection and Portal Services, is installed and configured.
For the IBM Cognos Extended Applications portlet, IBM Cognos Software Development Kit must be installed. If IBM Cognos Software Development Kit is not installed or not available, the portal administrator should disable the IBM Cognos Extended Applications portlet after the portlet applications file is installed.
For the IBM Cognos Metric Studio portlets, Metric Studio must be installed. If Metric Studio is not installed or not available, the portal administrator should disable the IBM Cognos Metric Studio portlets after the portlet applications file is installed.
You must first log on to the portal with administrator privileges.
About this task
As a WebSphere administrator, you have two types of configuration levels for defining the appearance of portlets:
- Administrator configuration that gives you access to the Configure mode of the portlet. Your changes affect all instances of the portlet on all pages for all users.
- Shared configuration that gives you access to the Edit shared settings mode of the portlet. Your changes affect a particular instance of a portlet in a page and apply to all users.
A configuration level that is named Personal configuration gives access to the Personalize mode of the portlet for users. This configuration mode is not available to administrators with the Shared configuration permissions. This is because IBM Cognos portlets support the IBM Portlet API. The changes made to a portlet in the Personal configuration mode affect only the user's view of the portlet.