HowtoaccesscontentfrompreviousIBMCognos

releasefromwithintheIBMCognos10portal?
Technote(FAQ)
Question
DescribestheproceduretomakecontentfromapreviousIBMCognosrelease(8.4forexample)availablewithinthe
IBMCognos10portal.Alsoknownasmultiversioncoexistence

Answer
Cognos10MultiVersionCoexistenceissupportedwithCognos8.3.x,8.4.xand8.4.1.WhileCognos8.4.1requiresno
updater,onemayberequiredforCognos8.3FP5and8.4.x.Belowaretheminimumbuildnumbersrequiredforthese
versions.Thesecanbefoundandconfirmedinthecmplst.txtfile.
IBMCognos8.3.86.1045
IBMCognos8.4.29.1331
Note:
PleasecontactIBMCognosSupporttorequestaccesstotheseupdaterversions.
Planningisnotsupported.

ImplementationDetails:
NOTE:Ensurethatyour'GatewayURI'valueiscorrectonallapplicationtierinstances.Thisvalueisusedtoformlinks
tocontent.
A:InyourIBMCognos10portal:
1)GototheLaunch>IBMCognosAdministrationpage
2)UndertheStatustab,clicktheSystemlink
3)Inthescorecardpane,clickthetrianglenexttotheSystementryandchooseSetProperties
4)ClickontheSettingstab.
5)ClicktheEditlinkundertheEnvironment>AdvancedSettingsrow
6)Addthefollowingadvancedvariablesandtheircorrespondingvalues:

Variable

Value

MVC_remoteWebContent

http://<hostname>.<domain>/<c8alias>

MVC_remoteGateway

http://<hostname>.<domain>/<c8alias>/cgibin/cognos.cgi
(seenoteabelow)

MVC_domain

<domain>
(seenotebbelow)

Note:
(a)YoucangettheMVC_remoteGatewayvaluefromtheIBMCognos8.4'sCognosConfigurationtoolunderthe
Environmentsection.Itisthe"GatewayURI"entryunderthe"GatewaySettings"section.
(b)TheMVC_domainvariableshouldonlybeaddedifusing8.4.1FP4orhigherrelease
7)Youwillneedtoensurethedomainname(forexample:ibm.com)associatedwiththe<hostname>usedaboveis
addedtotheSecurity>IBMCognosApplicationFirewall's"Validdomainsorhosts"propertyintheIBMCognos10's
Configurationtool.Additionally,makesureallotherentriesinthissectionmatchwiththeIBMCognos8.4"Valid
domainsorhosts"property.ThenrestarttheIBMCognos10service.
B:InyourIBMCognos8portal:
1)GototheLaunch>IBMCognosAdministrationpage
2)UndertheStatustab,clicktheSystemlink

3)Inthescorecardpane,clickthetrianglenexttotheSystementryandchooseSetProperties
4)ClickontheSettingstab.
5)ClicktheEditlinkundertheEnvironment>AdvancedSettingsrow
6)Addthefollowingadvancedvariableandthecorrespondingvalue:
Variable

Value

MVC_gateway

http://<hostname>.<domain>/<c10alias>/cgibin/cognos.cgi
(seenoteabelow)

MVC_domain

<domain>
(seenotebbelow)

Note:
(a)YoucangettheMVC_gatewayvaluefromtheIBMCognos10'sCognosConfigurationtoolundertheEnvironment
section.Itisthe"GatewayURI"entryunderthe"GatewaySettings"section.
(b)TheMVC_domainvariableshouldonlybeaddedifusing8.4.1FP4orhigherrelease
7)Youwillneedtoensurethedomainname(i.e.ibm.com)associatedwiththe<hostname>usedaboveisaddedtothe
Security>IBMCognosApplicationFirewall's"Validdomainsorhosts"propertyintheIBMCognos8.4'sConfiguration
tool.Additionally,makesureallotherentriesinthissectionmatchwiththeIBMCognos10"Validdomainsorhosts"
property.ThenrestarttheIBMCognos8service.
C:AddingalinkintheIBMCognos10portaltoviewIBMCognos8.4content:
1)WithintheIBMCognos10portal,youshouldnowseeanewbuttonlink("LinktoContentfromaRemoteSystem")on
thePublicFolderspagetotheleftofthescissors(Cut)buttonlink.
2)ClickthislinkandgiveanametothelinkyouwillcreatethatwillresideintheIBMCognos10portal.(e.g.
c84content).ClicktheNextbutton
3)UndertheStartingfolder,clickthe"browse"link.YoushouldnowseethePublicFoldersoftheIBMCognos8
release.ChoosethepackageorfolderyouwanttobeabletoaccesswithintheIBMCognos10portalortoaccessthe
PublicFoldersintheIBMCognos8.4releasejustclicktheOKbutton.Thiswillautomaticallyselect"Cognos>Public
Folders"todisplay.ClickFinishbutton.
4)InthePublicFoldersofIBMCognos10portal,youwillnowseealinkcalled"c84content".Clickthislinktoseethe
IBMCognos8.4content.

Crossreferenceinformation
Segment

Product

Component

Platform

Version

Business
Analytics

CognosBusiness
Intelligence

Cognos
Connection

AIX,HPUX,HPItanium,Linux,
Solaris,Windows

10.2,10.1.1,
10.1,8.4.1

Documentinformation
Moresupportfor:
CognosBusiness
Intelligence
CognosConnection
Softwareversion:
10.1,10.1.1
Operatingsystem(s):
AIX,HPItanium,HPUX,
Linux,Solaris,Windows
Softwareedition:
EditionIndependent
Reference#:
1459041
Modifieddate:
20110408

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