Enabling anonymous access for PowerPlay

When using single signon with Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), anonymous access must be enabled for users to access IBM® Cognos® for Microsoft Office documents that are based on PowerPlay® reports. If necessary, a second PowerPlay gateway can be used to provide anonymous access for IBM Cognos for Microsoft Office.

For more information, see the topic about specifying gateway mappings in the IBM Cognos Administration and Security Guide.

The administrator must follow these steps to enable Anonymous Access in IIS.

Procedure

  1. On each computer where Content Manager is installed, start IBM Cognos Configuration.
  2. In the Explorer window, under Security, Authentication, click Cognos.
  3. In the Properties window, click the box next to the Allow anonymous access property and then click True.
  4. From the File menu, click Save.