CONNECTION subcommand (GETCOGNOS command)

The required CONNECTION subcommand specifies the IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence server and any credential required to access data on the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence server.

SERVERURL. Specifies the URL for the server. The keyword is followed by an equals sign (=) and a URL enclosed in quotes.

MODE. Specifies if you are using explicitly specified credentials, stored credentials, or no credentials to access the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence server. The keyword is followed by an equals sign (=) and either the CREDENTIALS, STOREDCREDENTIAL, or ANONYMOUS keyword.

CREDENTIALS

For CREDENTIALS, you must also specify the following:

• NAMESPACE. The IBM Cognos Business Intelligence security authentication provider used to log on to the server. The authentication provider is used to define and maintain users, groups, and roles, and to control the authentication process. The keyword is followed by an equals sign (=) and a value enclosed in quotes.
• USERNAME. The IBM Cognos Business Intelligence user name with which to log on to the server. The keyword is followed by an equals sign (=) and a value enclosed in quotes.
• PASSWORD. The password associated with the specified user name. The keyword is followed by an equals sign (=) and a value enclosed in quotes. By default, the password is encrypted. If you don't want the password encrypted, specify ENCRYPT=NO.

STOREDCREDENTIAL

Specifies to use the login information from a stored credential. To use a stored credential, you must be connected to the IBM SPSS® Collaboration and Deployment Services Repository that contains the credential. For STOREDCREDENTIAL, you must specify the CREDENTIAL keyword, followed by an equals sign (=) and the name of the credential in quotation marks.

Example

/CONNECTION 
  SERVERURL='http://9.116.202.300:9300/p2pd/servlet/dispatch' 
  MODE=ANONYMOUS