Cognos for Microsoft Office Fails to Initialize

If you use Internet Explorer to browse IBM® Cognos® Analytics and open a workbook, document, or presentation published by IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office, the document launches in Microsoft Office, but without full functionality.

To configure Internet Explorer to open Microsoft Office files in Microsoft Office instead of in Internet Explorer, you must use the Folder Options tool to update browse options. It is also possible to do this in Windows Registry.

Procedure

  1. Open My Computer.
  2. From the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
  3. On the File Types tab, under Registered file types, click Microsoft Excel Worksheet, and then click Advanced.

    The Edit File Type dialog box appears.

  4. Clear the Browse in same window check box and click OK.
  5. Complete the same steps for Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentations and Microsoft Office Word documents.