Questions tagged [cognos]

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IBM WebSphere Application Server SSO does not set REMOTE_USER on Cognos BI 10.2.2

Very similar issue was posted here, I do not believe they are the same. IBM WebSphere Application Server SSO sets REMOTE_USER incorrectly We are running IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.2 (no other extra software products) on WebSphere…
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Cognos 8.3 and Oracle11g

When i place ojdbc5.jar in the c8\webapps\p2pd\WEB-INF\lib directory... i receive the error below. And yes the content store is on an oracle 11g RAC database. I am running Oracle11g Client. Cognos version is 8.3 SP4. [Content Manager database…
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Two certificate stores, two certificates, one host

I have an application (Cognos) which delivers web pages through two mechanisms: via IIS, and via a Java application. We need to enable SSL for both of these. IIS has been done. We are working on the Java applet now. The IIS cert was generated by…
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Best method for pulling data out of SharePoint to use with a Business Intelligence application

I'm looking for advice from anyone out there who has experience integrating SharePoint with a business intelligence application like Cognos. Our BI team wants to be able to report on data stored in SharePoint. Their tool of choice is Cognos. What's…
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How can I monitor "primary and secondary" Cognos nodes?

We have several Content Managers in Cognos that are running: one as a primary, one as a secondary. I would like to be alerted if there isn't one node acting as primary, if the primary node changed, or if the uptime changed. This information is…
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Please recommend monitoring tool for Cognos 8.2

We are running Cognos 8.2 on a Windows 2003 server. I am currently monitoring that its processes and web page are up. After a night where several reports hung and a few days latter the whole system hung allowing user to log in but not do anything…
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IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 for AIX yields a lot of 500 Internal Server Errors

I am using IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 on WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.37 for AIX 7.1.3.45 TL03. Every time my system undergoes a heavy usage period, which currently happens pretty often due to corporate end-of-quarter reporting,…
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IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.2 on WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.29 fails to start, possibly due to a missing classpath entry

I have a server running IBM AIX 6.1.7.15 TL07 and I am trying to install Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.2 on WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 7.0.0.29, using a server cluster to deploy and manage my application and using an IBM DB2…
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IBM WebSphere Application Server SSO sets REMOTE_USER incorrectly on Cognos BI 10.2.1

I am running IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.1 (no other extra software products) on WebSphere Application Server 7, both softwares on an AIX server. I am trying to configure LTPA SSO through basic HTTP authentication from WebSphere to…
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SharePoint link to Cognos TM1 Server causes 403

We have a strange issue where a direct link from SharePoint to a Cognos TM1 URL causes a 403, however if we refresh or paste-in the link directly it works. The cause might be related to the leading "http" being stripped-off (see below with the other…
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What URL should I use to test IBM cognos Mobile, and what are the expected results?

I need to test IBM Cognos Mobile functionality and need to have an accurate baseline/reference point. What URL should I use to test Cognos? Is it https://server.somthing.com/IBMCognos/M <-- trailing M? I'm getting different results in different…
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Customizing Cognos 11.1.6 Connection Portal

Previously in Cognos 10 you could customize the connection portal by adding a company logo and/or fonts and colors. These settings could be changed by editing the banner.css file on the gateway web server and editing the system.xml file on the app…
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Cognos Analytics 11.1.6 - Reports Requesting User ID and Password When Clicked

I'm running Cognos Analytics 11.1.6 and restored a bunch of reports from the previous server that was running 10.2.2. A user mentioned that when she clicks a report on the 11 instance she is required to enter a user id and password for the data…
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