Enabling access to Cognos Controller from Cognos Business Intelligence

To access IBM Cognos Controller from the IBM Business Intelligence portal you must add Cognos Controller to IBM Cognos Connection.

Before you begin

You must have a Personal Information Exchange (.pfx) file that contains your security certificate. The security certificate can be self-signed or issued by a certificate authority.

About this task

In this task, you'll sign the CCR.application file using your security certificate.

Procedure

  1. Go to \<controller installation location>\webcontent\ccr\app.publish.
  2. Double-click CCRSignApp.exe.
  3. Browse to the location of the .pfx file.
    You may be required to enter a password.
  4. Click Sign application.
    A message appears saying that the CCR.application was successfully signed.
  5. Click OK and close CCRSignApp.exe.