Seamlessly embedded Cognos Analytics in SharePoint applications More is more – maximize the screen size of Cognos Content Less is more – don’t require users to be trained on 11.X Contents Overview QueryVision’s Cognos Component SharePoint web part offers options on showing and hiding IBM Cognos Analytics UI Navigation bar (left side bar) Application bar […]
IBM Analytics 11.X Report URLs – they are a changing…
Users who bookmark ICA 11.X interactive reports and dashboards may find they are broken in newer 11.X releases Web/App Developers – Use “Share” links or embed code + IBM extensions vs the URL formats ICA 11 puts in the Browser Address bar/field (URL) to run “interactive” Reports and Analytics 11 Dashboards in web applications Contents […]
Warning and tools for SSO support for IBM Cognos Analytics 11.X
Discovered in our support of IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0.9 is a a buggy Microsoft IIS module to avoid and a tool to automate IIS configuration. Avoid Microsoft Application Request Routing (ARR) module 3.0.1988 To support the IIS configuration for Single Sign On/and or use of an IBM Cognos Gateway requires the addition of the IIS […]
IBM Cognos Analytics 11 – support from IBM for Web Parts/Portal Services
With the release of IBM Cognos Analytics 11.X, IBM has dropped support for the use of portlets (Portal Services), including support for SharePoint integration. This can be confirmed by the fact that the Supported Environments for ICA 11.X no longer includes a “Portal Servers” section under “Supported Software”. In addition, with ICA 11 has updated […]
Supporting Portal Pages/Tabs in IBM Cognos Analytics 11.X
The IBM Cognos Analytics 11 (ICA 11) user interface and platform functionality were not designed with Portal Pages and Portal Tabs in mind. However, by using Reports with HTML items, the new UI “Extensions” capability and the “Legacy Portal” we can effectively emulate the Portal Page of IBM Cognos 10.X functionality in ICA 11.0.5+. This […]
Windows 10 access to Cognos
Summary In testing with the Windows 10 “[2016] Anniversary Update”, QueryVision has found that direct access to IBM Cognos (including IBM Cognos Analytics 11) or access via QueryVisions Web Parts for Cognos may be blocked for IE 11 without updating the new Group Policies for IE 11 introduced by the Windows 10 “Anniversary Update” See: […]
Internet Explorer, X-UA-compatible, SharePoint 2010, 2013, 2016 and IBM Cognos – What You need to Know
Embedding Cognos content in SharePoint 2010, 2013 or 2016 is simple, right? Just embed a URL link to the Cognos report in a SharePoint Page Viewer Web Part. What could be easier? Putting aside the complexities of authentication and security, navigation, rendering of the many different Cognos content types, etc, etc. that QueryVision’s SharePoint Web […]
Browser support for IBM Cognos 10
Last updated: Aug 2016 For current support, see QueryVision Web Parts for IBM Cognos – Whats New and Supported Platforms This article applies to support prior to QueryVision SharePoints for Web Parts for IBM Cognos V 2016.1 (Aug 2016) Note: The focus here is on Desktop/Laptop (Windows or OS X) support. Support for mobile is […]
IBM Cognos content database (Derby) could not be started
If you use the IBM Derby (default) database as the Cognos Content database (e.g. for development, testing or demos), recent Fix Packs may result in a failure to connect on starting. This most recently was observed for Cognos 10.2.1 FP6 There are a couple of TechNotes on the issue: Unable to start the IBM Cognos […]
Custom Cognos URL support and Cross Site Scripting
QueryVision now supports the option for XSS checking in Cognos. This particular feature is used in highly secured intranet environments. However, getting this to work with external applications can be difficult. We will show you here how you can get this working with your applications when you run into URL rejection errors. One of our […]