Step 5: Configure the IBM Cognos application's firewall

IBM® Cognos® Application Firewall analyzes and validates requests before the requests are processed by IBM Cognos servers.

About this task

To configure the IBM Cognos Application Firewall for HCL Marketing Software, you must specify the HCL Marketing Software system as a valid domain or host.

To configure IBM Cognos Application Firewall for HCL Marketing Software, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. In the Cognos Configuration window, select Security > IBM Cognos Application Firewall.
  2. In the Valid domains or hosts property window, enter the fully qualified computer host name that includes the domain and the port for the computer where Marketing Platform is running. For example:

    serverXYZ.mycompany.com:7001

    Important: In a distributed environment, you must complete this step for every computer on which an HCL Marketing Software application that provides Cognos reports is installed, such as Marketing Platform, Campaign, and Marketing Operations.
  3. Save the configuration.
  4. Restart the IBM Cognos service.
Parent topic: Marketing Operations and Campaign Integration reports package