Enabling Single Signon Between IBM Cognos Series 7 and IBM Cognos

If your IBM® Cognos® Series 7 namespace has been configured for integration with your external authentication mechanisms for single signon, the IBM Cognos Series 7 provider will automatically use this configuration.

By configuring single signon, you are not prompted to reenter authentication information when accessing IBM Cognos content that is secured by the IBM Cognos Series 7 namespace.

Procedure

  1. Ensure that you configured IBM Cognos components to use an IBM Cognos Series 7 namespace as an authentication provider.
  2. For IBM Cognos Series 7, start Configuration Manager.
  3. Click Open the current configuration.
  4. On the Components tab, in the Explorer window, expand Services, Access Manager - Web Authentication and click Cookie Settings.
  5. In the Properties window, ensure that the Path, Domain, and Secure Flag Enabled properties match the settings configured for IBM Cognos Analytics.
  6. Save and close Configuration Manager.
  7. If the IBM Cognos Series 7 namespace uses the Trusted Signon plug-in for single signon, you must now define the SaferAPIGetTrustedSignonWithEnv function.

Results

You can now add IBM Cognos Upfront Series 7 NewsBoxes to IBM Cognos Analytics.