Enabling access to external Watson Studio notebooks

You can configure IBM® Cognos® Analytics to connect to an external Watson Studio environment. This allows Cognos Analytics users to access the Watson Studio account's projects and notebooks.

To perform this task, you must be assigned the External Content capapbility. For more information, see External Content in Initial access permissions for capabilities.

Procedure

  1. Go to Manage > Configuration > System, and select Environment.
  2. In the Watson Studio URL field, enter the URL of the Watson Studio server.
  3. Enter the Watson Studio API key and sign-on ID that you were assigned when you registered for the Watson Studio environment.
  4. Click Apply.

Results

The configuration change is saved and propagated to all dispatchers. You do not need to restart the service for users to connect to the Watson Studio environment.

What to do next

Ensure that you have assigned either the Watson Studio secured function or roles that include the Watson Studio secured function to your intended Watson Studio notebook consumers. For more information, see Watson Studio in Initial access permissions for capabilities.
After you have enabled access to Watson Studio notebooks, users can perform these actions:
  1. Import Watson Studio notebooks into Cognos Analytics.