Troubleshooting
Problem
All users encounter the error "COI-ERR-2021 Connection failed. Unknown exception. Exception of type 'Cognos.Office.Framework.DataSource.HttpForbiddenException' was thrown." when testing or connecting to a Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW) URL from Planning Analytics for Excel (PAfE) when SSL is enabled for PAW.
Symptom
In addition when accessing PAW using the Internet Explorer (IE) browser they encountered the following error: "Can't connect securely to this page - This might be because the site uses outdated or unsafe TLS security settings. If this keeps happening, try contacting the website's owner." Other browsers such as Chrome and Firefox work.
Document Location
Worldwide
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Modified date:
09 May 2025
UID
ibm16526066