Preparing a Page for Standalone Access

You must prepare each page in IBM® Cognos® Connection so that the page can be accessed by using a URL. You must do this even if you intend to use only one portlet in the page.

Ensure that the following conditions are met:

The page is saved in a public folder in IBM Cognos Connection.
The objects in Public Folders can be accessed by all users. An individual users can access a standalone page from his own My Folders directory, but that page is only accessible to that user.
The IBM Cognos BI logon mechanism is implemented by your application.
Your application is responsible for authenticating users. This is not required if the host application and IBM Cognos BI have already established single signon.

For more information about setting single signon, see the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Installation and Configuration Guide.
The required access permissions are set for the page.
Read permissions are granted to all users of a portal page or application that embeds the IBM Cognos Connection page. Write permissions are granted to the portal administrator and the page owner. This makes the page read-only, preventing other users from editing the portlet settings inside the page.

The page is now ready for standalone access Access an IBM Cognos Connection Page.