Specify Gateway Mappings for IBM Cognos Series 7 PowerPlay Data

You can specify the location of a Series 7 PowerPlay® server.

IBM® Cognos® for Microsoft Office users may send requests to Report data service (RDS) for data that resides on a Series 7 PowerPlay server. Report data service (running on the IBM Cognos application server) communicates with Series 7 PowerPlay through the Series 7 PowerPlay Enterprise Server gateway.

If the network configuration prohibits application server access to the Web tier server that hosts the Series 7 PowerPlay Enterprise Server gateway, then a second internal Series 7 PowerPlay Enterprise Server gateway must be installed in the application server tier. In this type of configuration, you can specify the location of the Series 7 PowerPlay server.

Procedure

  1. Start IBM Cognos Connection.
  2. In the upper-right corner, click Launch, IBM Cognos Administration.
  3. On the Status tab, click System.
  4. In the upper-left corner of the Scorecard pane, click the arrow to view the Change view menu. Click Services, and then click Report data.
  5. Click the arrow next to reportDataService to view the Actions menu, and then click Set properties.
  6. Click the Settings tab.
  7. In the Value column, click Edit for Gateway mappings.
  8. Click the check box Override the settings acquired from the parent entry.
  9. Click Add a mapping.
  10. For Application gateway (external), type the address of the Web server.
  11. For Application gateway (internal), type the address of the Series 7 PowerPlay server.
  12. Click OK.
Parent topic: Dispatchers and Services