Sharing and embedding content

You can share IBM® Cognos® Analytics content objects with other users.

You can share content objects, such as reports and dashboards, with a URL that opens the content object directly, instead of having to browse to the content object from the Cognos Analytics welcome screen. You can also embed Cognos Analytics content objects (except for data modules) in customized web pages. An embedded content object does not display the application or navigation bars.

Tip: Embed is not available for data modules.

Procedure

You can share and embed content objects in two different ways.
  • In Team Content or My Content, browse to the object, click More , and then click Share or Embed.
  • Applies to version 11.0.6 and subsequent versions unless specifically overridden. You can share or embed a report, dashboard, or story that is open. To do this, click More on the application bar, and then click Share or Embed.

A dialog box opens that displays a URL for Share, or an HTML iFrame element for Embed.

Results

You can now provide a Share URL to other users that allow them to open the content object directly. You can add the Embed element to a web page to display the content object.

If you use the URL in an HTML item in a report, replace instances of & with &.

You can also modify the URL to perform other actions, such as opening a report for editing instead or running the report, or changing the output format of the report. For more information, see Creating custom URLs to display and run Cognos Analytics content.