Display the HTML Code From the Source RSS Feed in RSS Viewer and IBM Cognos Navigator

Some RSS channels contain HTML code sequences as part of their title and description fields. For security reasons, the HTML code, if present in the source RSS feed, is disabled in the news list view in the portlets RSS Viewer and IBM® Cognos® Navigator. Instead, a series of HTML control characters is displayed in the title and description fields of both portlets.

You can override this setting and allow the HTML code to be executed in RSS Viewer and IBM Cognos Navigator to display the code as intended by the publisher of the RSS feed. To do that, specify the CPSRssAllowUnsafeCharacters run-time parameter with a value of "true" for the dispatcher presentation service. The default value for this parameter is "false".

Warning: Allowing execution of the HTML code from external sources represents a security threat.

Procedure

  1. In IBM Cognos Connection, click Launch, IBM Cognos Administration.
  2. On the Configuration tab, click Dispatchers and Services.
  3. Click the dispatcher you want.
  4. For the PresentationService, in the Actions column, click the set properties button.
  5. Click the Settings tab.
  6. For the Environment category, next to Advanced settings, click the Edit link.
  7. If it appears, select the Override the settings acquired from the parent entry check box.
  8. In the Parameter column, type the parameter CPSRssAllowUnsafeCharacters
  9. In the Value column, as a value for this parameter, type true
  10. Click OK.
  11. Click OK again.
  12. Click the Configuration link in the path at the top of the page.

    You return to the list of dispatchers.

  13. If you have more than one dispatcher configured, perform steps 3 to 12 for each remaining dispatcher.
Parent topic: Portlets