Configuring Cognos reporting properties in Marketing Platform

There are several sets of properties for configuring reporting in HCL® Marketing Software. Some properties define parameter values for the reporting components in Marketing Platform. Some properties define URLs and other parameters for the HCL® Cognos® system. The properties that define parameter values are specified when the view or table creation scripts are generated. You must specify the properties that define URLs and other parameters for the HCL Cognos system.

Before you begin

Find the Portal URL and Dispatch URL in the Cognos Configuration utility under Local Configuration > Environment. You will need this information in step 5 and step 6.

About this task

To configure properties that define URLs and other parameters for the IBM Cognos system, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. Log in to HCL Marketing Software as the platform_admin user or another user with the ReportsSystem role.
  2. Select Settings > Configuration > Reports > Integration > Cognos version.
  3. Set the value of the Enabled property to True.
  4. Set the value of the Domain property to the name of the company domain on which the HCL Cognos system is running.
    For example, xyzCompany.com.

    If your company uses subdomains, the value in this field must include the company domain and the subdomain.

  5. Set the value of the Portal URL property to the URL of the Cognos Connection portal. Use a fully qualified host name, including the domain and any subdomains, which are specified in the Domain property.

    For example: http://MyCognosServer.xyzCompany.com/cognos11/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi

  6. In the Dispatch URL field, specify the URL of the primary Cognos Content Manager dispatcher. Use a fully qualified host name, including the domain and any subdomains, which are specified in the Domain property.

    For example: http://MyCognosServer.xyzCompany.com:9300/p2pd/servlet/dispatch.

  7. Leave Authentication mode set to anonymous for now.
  8. Save the settings.