Configuring HCL Cognos Application Firewall for IBM EMM

HCL® Cognos® Application Firewall analyzes and validates requests before the requests are processed by HCL Cognos servers. To configure the HCL Cognos Application Firewall for IBM EMM, you must specify the IBM EMM system as a valid domain or host.

Procedure

Complete the following tasks to configure HCL Cognos Application Firewall for IBM EMM
  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: If you have a distributed IBM EMM environment, you must complete the preceding step for every computer on which an IBM EMM product that provides Cognos reports is installed.
    For example, Marketing Platform, Campaign, and Marketing Operations provide reports.
  3. Save the configuration.
  4. Restart the HCL Cognos service.