Enable Scheduled Reports and Agents for IBM Cognos Planning Contributor Data Sources

To run scheduled reports and agents, which are based on IBM® Cognos® Planning Contributor data sources, you must specify a shared, secret password. This helps to ensure secure communication between IBM Cognos Analytics servers and Contributor Data Server.

Procedure

  1. On the Application Tier Components computer, start IBM Cognos Configuration.
  2. In the Explorer window, click Data Access, IBM Cognos Planning, Contributor Data Server.
  3. In the Properties window, click the Value box next to the Signature password property and then click the edit button Actions icon when it appears.
  4. In the Value - Signature Password dialog box, type the password that will be digitally signed.

    The password is case-sensitive and must match the Signature password property that you configure in IBM Cognos Series 7, Configuration Manager, Cognos Planning/Cognos BI - Contributor Data Server/General properties.

  5. From the File menu, click Save.

Results

A digital signature, based on the password, is created. The digital signature is encoded by IBM Cognos Analytics and decoded by Contributor Data Server.