Integrating Cognos Express into Sharepoint 2007

Step by step instructions found on proven practices:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/cognos/infrastructure/cognos_specific/page559.html?ca=drs-

Cognos Express 95 Online Mnauals

Useful to keep in your bookmarks:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/cx/v9r5m0/index.jsp

Single Sign On for Cognos Express on Windows 2008

With the release of Cognos Express 95, windows 2008 64 bit is now a supported OS.

The following url contains notes to setup single sign on:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/library/cognos/infrastructure/cognos_specific/page555.html?ca=drs-

Cognos Express and VMware

Some useful tips on Cognos Express within a vmware environment here:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413456

Automaticalling Deleting Log Files

2 great posts here on olapforums for how to automatically delete old log files in TM1 or Cognos Express:

http://forums.olapforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4108

Cognos Express 95

With the launch of Cognos Express 95 last month there are a number of new features such as the new Planner module, new backup and restore capability etc.

The one I look forward to most though is the support for Windows 2008 64 bit

How to enable browsing for Images in IBM Cognos Express Report Studio

By default you will not be able to browse for images in Cognos Express report studio.
To enable it you need to follow the instructions found here:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21421987

Integrating TM1web with Cognos BI

When you have a distributed architecture for your Cognos BI install and then you want to integrate TM1web into the environment with CAM authentication, you may find you get an error message about a CAF rejection and you cannot access tm1web.

This is due to the internal cognos firewall rules and you need to edit the CAF settings within Cognos Configuration. Normally this just involves adding the tm1 adminhost name into the CAF exception rule.

e.g. If your TM1 server is running on a computer called "TM1WebAppServ", then you would add this to the CAF exception rule

I found these sites helpful in resolving this issue:

http://www.cogknowhow.com/index.php/knowledge-articles/30-cognos-8/305-can-not-add-a-url-in-cognos-connection-to-direct-users-to-other-server-or-website

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21410316