Configure the Cognos iViews for SAP EP

Within the iViews, you must link the iViews to the Custom Java Provider namespace within your respective portal.

Procedure

  1. Open the iView editor for each Cognos® iView.
  2. In the Property Category box, select Show All.
  3. For the cpsauthsecret: CPS Authorization Secret property, enter the secret character string that you used for the Shared Secret property when you configured the Custom Java Provider namespace.
  4. For the cps: authentication namespace ID property, enter the Custom Java Provider namespace ID.
  5. For the cpsserver: CPS Connection Server property, enter the URL path to access Portal Services components through the gateway.

    The format of the URL is as follows:

    • For Cognos content portlets

      Gateway_URI/wsrp/cps4/portlets/nav?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl

      Example for a CGI gateway:

      http://myserver/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi/wsrp/cps4/portlets/nav?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl

      Example for a servlet gateway:

      http://172.0.16.1:9500/wsrp/cps4/portlets/nav?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl

    • For Cognos Extended Applications

      Gateway_URI/wsrp/cps4/portlets/sdk?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl

      Example for a CGI gateway:

      http://myserver/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi/wsrp/cps4/portlets/sdk?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl

      Example for a servlet gateway:

      http://172.0.16.1:9500/wsrp/cps4/portlets/sdk?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl

    • For Metrics Manager Watchlist portlets

      Gateway_URI/wsrp/cps4/portlets/cmm?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl

      Example for a CGI gateway:

      http://myserver/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi/wsrp/cps4/portlets/cmm?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl

      Example for a servlet gateway:

      http://172.0.16.1:9500/wsrp/cps4/portlets/cmm?wsdl&b_action=cps.wsdl